Who is Mr Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?
Mr Lamb is the owner of the house with the garden. Derry just wanted to see the garden.
Do you think all this will change Derry's attitude towards Mr Lamb?
Of course. Because Mr Lamb has a peculiar way of talking. And Derry has been accustomed to thinking that everyone hates him. When he finds someone who doesn't hate him, who's not afraid of him, he is bound to change the attitude.
What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself?
Mr Lamb is tin-legged, talks peculiarly, and above all isn't afraid of Derry. He's not bothered about Derry's face, doesn't ask a word about it until Derry makes him do so. He just wants to make a friend out of Derry.
In which section of the play does Mr Lamb display signs of loneliness and disappointment? What are the ways in which Mr Lamb tries to overcome these feelings?
Mr Lamb's feeling of loneliness is evident by his exclamation when Derry's leaving. He says that everyone who has come there left saying they would come back. But they would never come back. He tries to overcome these feelings by listening to honey bees, and by making toffies, making friend out of everyone coming to his house, letting kids have crab apples, letting his house have no curtains, etc.
The actual pain or inconvenience caused by a physical impairment is often much less than the sense of alienation felt by the person with disabilities. What is the kind of behaviour that the person expects from others?
The kind of behaviour that a person with physical impairment expects from others depends on the person. There are people who falls into the vicious cycle of gaining sympathy and feeling helpless, and then living miserably. People who like to be called 'disabled'. They'd want others to ask about their disability, sympathise with them and may be even lend a helping hand. But there are also people who find opportunities in adversity, who play the best game out of the bad hand nature has dealt them. They'd like others to call them 'differently abled' and to consider them like normal people.
Will Derry get back to his old seclusion or will Mr Lamb’s brief association effect a change in the kind of life he will lead in the future?
Derry is very young. His mind and will are plastic. He became a pessimist not by choice, but by chance. There was only sympathetic voices filling his ears until his meeting with Mr Lamb. And that is exactly why he was that lonely boy afraid of everyone. His session with Mr Lamb has brought a profound transformation in his life. He, for the first time in his life saw opportunities. And man's mind once stretched to a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. So, Derry will excel.
Very helpful. Apparently the point answers. Thanks :)
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