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MIND MAP




                                                         ON THE FACE OF IT

                                            BY SUSAN HILL

                    MR. LAMB                                                                DERRY

              A forty year old man.                    MAIN                          A fourteen year old boy.
                                                CHARACTERS




                 A lame person but very
                 positive.                     BOTH MEET WITH EACH                      Has a burnt face .
                 Children call him Lamey                                                Negative attitude .
                 lamb.                          OTHER IN MR. LAMB’S                     Believes his life is a burden.
                                                                                        Suffers from a sense of
                                                                                        inferiority complex.
                                                        GARDEN


                A very open minded person.
                Bees sing to him.                                                       Advises Derry to meet
                His house has no curtains.             MR. LAMB                         people happily, learn to be
                Makes toffees out of jelly .                                            happy with himself.
                Keeps himself busy by           TRANSFORMS DERRY’S                      Not to burn himself with the
                growing crab apples, reading     ATTITUDE TOWARDS                       acid of hatred for others
                etc.                                                                    inside him.
                Very optimistic person.                   LIFE                          Tells him to enjoy the
                Gives courage and                                                       blessings of life, to be
                confidence to Derry.                                                    thankful to God for two
                                                                                        arms, two legs, two eyes,
                                                                                        two ears and a brain.
                                                                                        Narrates him a story of “The
                                                                                        Beauty and The Beast”.
                                                                                        Derry understands and
                                                   Mr. Lamb developed and               shows respect for him.
                                                  inculcated in Derry the will
                                                  to live and face the harsh
                                                  realities of life.
                                                   Sheds his old self and
                                                  rediscovers life.
                                                   Even told his mother, “You
                                                  should not believe all you
                                                  hear”.
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