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ON THE FACE OF IT�( Susan Hill )

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JOHNSON JOHN

(PGT English), JNV ERNAKULAM

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A PLAY FEATURING AN OLD MAN AND A SMALL BOY

A BOND UNITES THE TWO TOGETHER

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THEMES

  • LONELINESS

BOTH OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS - LAMB AND DERRY ARE LONELY

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  • SELF ACCEPTANCE

DERRY IS UNABLE TO ACCEPT HIMSELF WHILE LAMB HAS ACCEPTED HIS

DISABILITY.

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  • INSENSITIVE SOCIETY

THE UNKIND REMARKS OF PEOPLE HURT DERRY LEADING HIM TO BE

WITHDRAWN AND DEFIANT

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LONELINESS

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SELF ACCEPTANCE

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INSENSITIVE SOCIETY

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(Vocabulary)Pages 56,57

  • On the face of it – used to say that something seems to be good, true etc. but that this opinion may need to be changed when you know more about it.

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(Vocabulary)Pages 56,57

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  • Tentatively – in a hesitant or uncertain manner
  • Scrump – steal
  • Pretend – to give a false appearance of being

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(Vocabulary)Pages 58,59,60

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  • Jelly – a fruit product made by boiling sugar and juice of fruit
  • Weeds – wild plants
  • Monstrous – extraordinarily ugly
  • Daft – silly
  • Dribble – to let saliva trickle from the corner of the mouth

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(vocabulary)Pages 61 - 68

  • Trespassing – intruding
  • Peculiar – different from the usual or normal
  • Panting – breathing heavily
  • Withdrawn – lost to oneself

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A LONELY CHILD

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  • ACID LEFT DERRY’S FACE SCARRED AND DISFIGURED
  • HE FEELS THAT PEOPLE STARE AT HIS FACE
  • THINKS THAT PEOPLE ARE SCARED OR DISGUSTED OF HIS UGLY FACE
  • DEEPLY HURT BY UNKIND REMARKS
  • LOCKED IN A WORLD OF HIS OWN

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DERRY DISLIKES HIS SCARRED FACE

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LOCKED IN A WORLD OF HIS OWN

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A LONELY OLD MAN

  • LAMB LIVES ALL ALONE
  • HE KEEPS HIMSELF ENGAGED
  • HE OBSERVES THE BEES OR PICKS THE APPLES
  • HE IS OPTIMISTIC AND HAPPY
  • HE IS HANDICAPPED AND HAS A TIN LEG
  • DOESN’T CARE MUCH ABOUT HIS DISABILITY- HAS LEARNT TO ACCEPT IT

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PICKING APPLES

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LAMB’S GARDEN

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  • IT WAS WALLED BUT THE GATES WERE KEPT OPEN
  • THERE WERE WEEDS AND TALL GRASS ALONG WITH TALL SUN-FLOWERS, CRAB APPLE TREES AND PEACH
  • THERE WAS ALSO A HIVE OF BEES BEHIND THE TREES

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WEEDS AND TALL GRASS

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HIVE OF BEES

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DERRY’S MOTIVE IN ENTERING THE GARDEN

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DERRY THOUGHT THAT THE GARDEN, OVERGROWN WITH GRASS AND WEEDS, WAS A DESERTED ,PLACE WHERE HE COULD SPEND HIS TIME , AWAY FROM THE PRYING GLANCES OF PEOPLE. THOUGH THE GATE WAS OPEN HE CLIMBED OVER THE WALL TO GET IN. HE WALKS SLOWLY AND TENTATIVELY THROUGH THE LONG GRASS AND WAS STARTLED TO HEAR LAMB SPEAK TO HIM.

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DERRY DID NOT ENTER THROUGH THE GATE

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DERRY HAS INHIBITIONS

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TO HELP DERRY OVERCOME HIS INHIBITIONS LAMB TOLD HIM THE STORY OF A MAN WHO LOCKED HIMSELF UP IN A ROOM TO BE SAFE

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THE MAN WHO LOCKED HIMSELF UP

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  • THE MAN WAS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING
  • FEARED THAT A BUS MIGHT RUN OVER HIM
  • A MAN MIGHT BREATH DEADLY GERMS ONTO HIM
  • A DONKEY MIGHT KICK HIM TO DEATH
  • LIGHTNING MIGHT STRIKE HIM
  • HE MIGHT SLIP ON A BANANA PEEL MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH

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SPOOKED OF EVERYTHING

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LOCKING HIMSELF DIDN’T HELP THE MAN

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  • A PICTURE FELL OFF THE WALL ON TO HIS HEAD AND KILLED HIM
  • DERRY LIKES THE STORY AND LAUGHS A LOT
  • DERRY FEELS THAT LAMB SAYS PECULIAR THINGS

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FRUITFUL FRIENDSHIP

  • LAMB’S UNENDING ENTHUSIASM AND UNENDING ZEAL TO LIVE LIFE DESPITE ALL ODDS HELPED DERRY CHANGE HIS OUTLOOK

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  • DERRY WHO WAS CARRYING ON AN UNHAPPY EXISTENCE WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME MEANING IN LIFE

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A BOND UNITES DERRY AND LAMB

  • BOTH HAD A PHYSICAL DEFORMITY
  • BOTH HAVE AN EMPATHETIC FEELING TOWARDS EACH OTHER
  • LAMB HAS AN UPPER HAND IN IN EXPERIENCE WHICH HELPS HIM TO INSPIRE THE LITTLE BOY

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LAMB REMOVES HIS BASELESS FEARS

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  • TELLS THAT NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS WORTHLESS
  • NOTHING DESERVES TO BE CONSIDERED AS TRASH
  • EVEN WEEDS HAVE THEIR OWN VALUE
  • ADVISES DERRY TO IGNORE PEOPLE’S COMMENTS
  • TELLS HIM TO HEAR ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WORTH HEARING
  • CONVINCES HIM THAT IT IS ATTITUDE THAT MATTERS

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MAIN POINTS

  • Mr Lamb lived in a big house with a garden.
  • Derry climbed over the garden wall to enter the garden.
  • Derry expected it to be an unoccupied place.

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MAIN POINTS

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  • Lamb had a tin leg and some kids called him Lamey - Lamb
  • He has accepted his disability

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MAIN POINTS

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  • Derry was a 14 year old boy .
  • His face was burnt on one side due to acid.
  • He sequestered himself

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MAIN POINTS

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  • Mr. Lamb realised that Derry was a lonely child.
  • He encouraged Derry to overcome his handicap with courage.
  • Before he met Mr. Lamb , Derry was a cynical (pessimistic) young boy.

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MAIN POINTS

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  • Derry was hurt by the mean and insensitive remarks of people.
  • Mr. Lamb’s behaviour brought a change in Derry’s thought process.
  • Though the association was brief it definitely left a mark on Derry’s mind.

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QUESTIONS

  • Who is Mr. Lamb ?
  • Who is Derry ?
  • How does Derry get into Mr. Lamb’s garden?
  • How are Mr. Lamb and Derry different in their attitudes to their respective disabilities?

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QUESTIONS

  • Why does Mr. Lamb always leave his gate open ? Why does he live in a house without any curtains ?
  • Why does Derry decide to come back to Mr. Lamb ?
  • The play ends tragically, yet leaves one with a sense of hope. Explain.

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EXTRACT BASED REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS -

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YOU MAY BE EXPECTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BASED ON WHAT LEADS TO THE QUOTE, WHAT THE QUOTE MEANS OR WHAT IT REVEALS ABOUT THE STORY

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BRIEFLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW THE EXTRACT

“SOME CALL THEM WEEDS. IF YOU LIKE,THEN…..A WEED GARDEN, THAT. THERE’S FRUIT AND THERE ARE FLOWERS, AND TREES AND HERBS. ALL SORTS”

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  • WHO IS THE SPEAKER?
  • WHAT IS PECULIAR ABOUT THE PLACE?
  • WHY DOES THE SPEAKER ALLOW WEEDS?
  • WHO IS SPOKEN TO?

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BRIEFLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW THE EXTRACT

“PEOPLE FUSS” ….

“ONCE I GOT HOME, THEY WILL NEVER LET ME COME BACK”

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  • WHO IS THE SPEAKER?
  • WHAT MAKES HIM APPREHENSIVE?
  • WHERE WAS HE AT THE MOMENT?
  • WHAT WAS HIS RESOLVE BEFORE LEAVING?

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM

(Ponder over the following with respect to the lesson and real situations in life around you)

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  • DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OUTLOOK
  • WHAT YOU ARE INSIDE IS IMPORTANT
  • EVERYONE NEEDS TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND REALISE POTENTIAL
  • PEOPLE CAN INFLUENCE OTHERS FOR GOOD OR FOR WORSE
  • A POSITIVE ATTITUDE HELPS US TO TACKLE ALL DIFFICULTIES OF LIFE

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ON THE FACE OF IT

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JUSTIFY THE TITLE OF THE LESSON

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KNOW YOUR EMOTIONS

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STUDY THE CHART IN THE SLIDE THAT FOLLOWS AND CATEGORISE THE EMOTIONS OF DERRY AND LAMB.

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ALSO SEARCH FOR YOUR EMOTIONS AND FIND OUT YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

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EMOTIONS

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PEN THE INSIGHTS YOU GAINED