it is the story of a depressed boy who is full of negativity, hatred and pessimist. But his notion towards the people & life completely changed when he came in contact to an old man who was full of positivity and optimist
The document provides context and summaries for the short story "On the Face of It" by Susan Hill. It introduces the author Susan Hill and provides a brief plot summary, stating that the story is about a teenage boy with a burnt face, Derry, who hides in the garden of Mr. Lamb, a disabled old man with an artificial leg. It summarizes some of the interactions between Derry and Mr. Lamb in the garden where Mr. Lamb encourages Derry and tells him not to judge based on appearances. When Derry returns home, his mother discourages him from returning to Mr. Lamb's garden.
on the face of it class12 English PPT
1. Mr.derry
2. You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it. There was a man who did that. He was afraid of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or So he went into this room and locked the door.
3. Forever? For a while.
4. Then what? A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.
5. But....you still say peculiar things.You see?
6. Peculiar to some. What do you do all day?
7. But there aren’t any curtains at the windows. Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it’s full. Books and other things. Full.
8. I’m not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind. Yes. I like that. When it’s raining, I like to hear it on the roof
9. So you’re not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.
10. They talk about me. Downstairs, When I’m not there. ‘What’ll he ever do? What’s going to happen to him when we’ve gone? However, will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?’ That’s what they say.
11. Lord, boy, you’ve got two arms, two legs and eyes ears, you’ve got a tongue and a brain. You’ll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.
12. Same way as I do. How?
13. Do you have any friends? Hundreds.
14. But you live by yourself in that house. It’s a big house, too. Friends everywhere. People come in.... Everybody knows me. The gate’s always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.
15. Certainly, you are. So far as I’m concerned. What have you done to make me think you’re not? But I’m not a friend.
16. You don’t know me. You don’t know where I come from or even what my name is. Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?
17. I suppose...not. No. You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn’t.
18. Derry. Only it’s Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I’m your friend, you don’t have to be mine. I choose that. Certainly.
19. I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn’t still be a friend. Why not?
20. How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn’t mean they’re friends.
21. done BY Saniya
Susan Hill is an English author known for novels such as The Woman in Black and I'm the King of the Castle. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for her services to literature. The story depicts a chance meeting between Derry, a teenage boy with half his face burned by acid, and Mr. Lamb, a man with a tin leg, in the latter's garden. Through their conversation, Mr. Lamb tries to convince Derry that true beauty and worth lies within, not without, and that he should not let his disfigurement define him or cause hatred.
Ruth's (un)Officially Wacky Boolprop Challenge: Hereupon We're Both Agreedesme iolanthe
The document provides an update on the Boolprop family. It introduces the family members and discusses some of their recent activities, including Old Adam arranging a marriage between his daughter Rose and Leonid Sanders' son Dmitri. It also mentions Ryan Shankel passing away at the same time as Rose's birthday, which was an upsetting event for the family.
The White Legacy--Generation 3, College (Part 2)Keika20
Merry considers killing her brother Dez to become the heir to their family legacy. She decides to make him her "Plan B" if she cannot think of another way. Dez then begins secretly dating Isis without telling anyone. They announce they are officially a couple, angering Merry. Merry threatens Dez and Isis with her wand but the Author intervenes, telling Merry not to harm them while they are in college.
The document provides guidance on writing a personal reflective essay, including choosing a topic from one's own experiences, focusing on specific experiences or people through short paragraphs, and using details, descriptions, thoughts, feelings, and dialogue to bring the writing to life. It emphasizes reflecting on how experiences and people have shaped the writer as well as looking back on past events with new perspective and understanding.
Pips, the heir of the Alpha legacy, has been transferred to a new save of the Duality A world after the original was corrupted. He no longer remembers his family or past. Ani-Mei helps rebuild the world for him. Pips embraces his new freedom and sets out to romance many townies. Meanwhile, Alema Rar has also been transferred to a new save as the Beta heir. She is adjusting by asserting her dominance over the bartender Emmet and taking him as her servant. Both heirs are pursuing careers in music.
A student named Chad has passed away. In school, Adam and his friends deal with the news of Chad's death. That night, while looking at old photos of himself and Chad, Adam hears strange noises in his house. He investigates and encounters an unknown figure, screaming in terror as the screen cuts to black.
The document provides context and summaries for the short story "On the Face of It" by Susan Hill. It introduces the author Susan Hill and provides a brief plot summary, stating that the story is about a teenage boy with a burnt face, Derry, who hides in the garden of Mr. Lamb, a disabled old man with an artificial leg. It summarizes some of the interactions between Derry and Mr. Lamb in the garden where Mr. Lamb encourages Derry and tells him not to judge based on appearances. When Derry returns home, his mother discourages him from returning to Mr. Lamb's garden.
on the face of it class12 English PPT
1. Mr.derry
2. You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it. There was a man who did that. He was afraid of everything. Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death, or So he went into this room and locked the door.
3. Forever? For a while.
4. Then what? A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.
5. But....you still say peculiar things.You see?
6. Peculiar to some. What do you do all day?
7. But there aren’t any curtains at the windows. Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it’s full. Books and other things. Full.
8. I’m not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind. Yes. I like that. When it’s raining, I like to hear it on the roof
9. So you’re not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.
10. They talk about me. Downstairs, When I’m not there. ‘What’ll he ever do? What’s going to happen to him when we’ve gone? However, will he get on in this world? Looking like that? With that on his face?’ That’s what they say.
11. Lord, boy, you’ve got two arms, two legs and eyes ears, you’ve got a tongue and a brain. You’ll get on the way you want, like all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on better than all the rest.
12. Same way as I do. How?
13. Do you have any friends? Hundreds.
14. But you live by yourself in that house. It’s a big house, too. Friends everywhere. People come in.... Everybody knows me. The gate’s always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.
15. Certainly, you are. So far as I’m concerned. What have you done to make me think you’re not? But I’m not a friend.
16. You don’t know me. You don’t know where I come from or even what my name is. Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?
17. I suppose...not. No. You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you didn’t.
18. Derry. Only it’s Derek....but I hate that. Derry. If I’m your friend, you don’t have to be mine. I choose that. Certainly.
19. I might never come here again, you might never see me again and then I couldn’t still be a friend. Why not?
20. How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn’t mean they’re friends.
21. done BY Saniya
Susan Hill is an English author known for novels such as The Woman in Black and I'm the King of the Castle. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for her services to literature. The story depicts a chance meeting between Derry, a teenage boy with half his face burned by acid, and Mr. Lamb, a man with a tin leg, in the latter's garden. Through their conversation, Mr. Lamb tries to convince Derry that true beauty and worth lies within, not without, and that he should not let his disfigurement define him or cause hatred.
Ruth's (un)Officially Wacky Boolprop Challenge: Hereupon We're Both Agreedesme iolanthe
The document provides an update on the Boolprop family. It introduces the family members and discusses some of their recent activities, including Old Adam arranging a marriage between his daughter Rose and Leonid Sanders' son Dmitri. It also mentions Ryan Shankel passing away at the same time as Rose's birthday, which was an upsetting event for the family.
The White Legacy--Generation 3, College (Part 2)Keika20
Merry considers killing her brother Dez to become the heir to their family legacy. She decides to make him her "Plan B" if she cannot think of another way. Dez then begins secretly dating Isis without telling anyone. They announce they are officially a couple, angering Merry. Merry threatens Dez and Isis with her wand but the Author intervenes, telling Merry not to harm them while they are in college.
The document provides guidance on writing a personal reflective essay, including choosing a topic from one's own experiences, focusing on specific experiences or people through short paragraphs, and using details, descriptions, thoughts, feelings, and dialogue to bring the writing to life. It emphasizes reflecting on how experiences and people have shaped the writer as well as looking back on past events with new perspective and understanding.
Pips, the heir of the Alpha legacy, has been transferred to a new save of the Duality A world after the original was corrupted. He no longer remembers his family or past. Ani-Mei helps rebuild the world for him. Pips embraces his new freedom and sets out to romance many townies. Meanwhile, Alema Rar has also been transferred to a new save as the Beta heir. She is adjusting by asserting her dominance over the bartender Emmet and taking him as her servant. Both heirs are pursuing careers in music.
A student named Chad has passed away. In school, Adam and his friends deal with the news of Chad's death. That night, while looking at old photos of himself and Chad, Adam hears strange noises in his house. He investigates and encounters an unknown figure, screaming in terror as the screen cuts to black.
This document is a screenplay about a student named Adam dealing with the death of his friend Chad. In the first scene, Adam's friend Marl notices Adam seems upset at school. They later learn in class that Chad passed away. Adam talks to Marl about how hard it is, especially for their mutual friend Ava. Later scenes show Adam walking home from school hearing classmates discuss Chad's death, and at night looking at old photos of him and Chad before a scary encounter in his home.
An Unoriginal Legacy - Chapter Two, Generation Twocrimml
The triplets have aged up to young adults. Esme is engaged to a man named Archie and Lori is flirting with a teenager named Ezra. Zelda, the mother of the triplets and twins, has passed away and been buried in the family mausoleum.
This document contains a lesson about new vocabulary words related to transportation and winter weather. It includes a reading passage about a boy named Tom who waits for the school bus in the snow. When the bus does not come due to heavy snowfall, a snowplow helps take Tom to school instead. The document also includes vocabulary practice, comprehension questions about the reading, and a grammar section about comparisons.
A student named Chad has passed away. The next day at school, Adam and his friends deal with the news of Chad's death. Adam feels depressed but tries to seem okay. That night alone in his house, Adam hears strange noises and sees a figure in the darkness that terrifies him.
Andromeda starts college and meets new friends and potential romantic partners. Andrew continues pursuing his crush Opal. Colin tries different methods to find dates, with mixed results. Alice discovers she may be unexpectedly pregnant. Overall the group is adjusting to new experiences and relationships as they start this chapter of their lives.
A student named Chad has passed away. The next day at school, Adam and his friends deal with the news of Chad's death. Adam feels depressed but tries to seem okay. That night alone in his house, Adam hears strange noises and sees a figure in the darkness that terrifies him.
Randy and Eleonore are on their last date together before Eleonore's final exams. They reminisce about meeting in the university library and starting their relationship. Eleonore proposes to Randy, but he learns that as a "townie" or non-playable sim, he will die if he marries her. However, he accepts, realizing an interesting life with Eleonore is better than an immortal but boring one alone. They plan to get married after Eleonore's graduation and move to a new town together.
A Boolprop Monster Mash Challenge: Chapter 14animeangel1983
The document discusses the aging up and development of the last generation of a Sims family. It describes various family members teaching toddlers to talk and interacting with their grandchildren. It also covers two elders, Triton and Medusa, passing away, leaving the family home with only seven Sims again. The writer expresses their excitement to finish this final generation and earn medals before starting a new game.
This document contains information about relative pronouns in English including who, whom, whose, which, that and zero relative pronouns. It provides examples of how to use these pronouns correctly when they are the subject or object of a clause. It also discusses common mistakes made with relative pronouns and provides corrections. The document seeks to help improve a reader's understanding and proper use of relative pronouns in the English language.
The document provides an overview of events in a Sims household. It summarizes that the author is redoing chapters and feeling tired. They introduce their heir Orchid who had four votes to win and will bring the Quad Pod. Orchid gets various supernatural traits like being a witch and vampire. She then gives birth to quadruplets named Paisley, Petunia, Plum and Phoenix. The quadruplets are then vamped and find jobs before leaving. The summary introduces characters like Neil, Becca and Count Helios. It concludes by teasing the birth of the next generation.
This document contains an excerpt from the play "Lub Sample" by Caroline Castro. It describes several scenes between various characters, including Emma, Alba, Linda, Roger, Oma, and a mermaid. In one scene, Emma finds the mermaid alone in the tub and gets in to comfort her. Later, Alba confronts Roger at their home after he professes his love for her, and Linda ends up hitting Roger with a baseball bat to defend Alba. At the end, Oma helps the mermaid let go of her past by giving her a name, Amor.
This summary provides an overview of the key ideas and themes across 3 passages from the document:
1) The passages discuss the concept of a "blueprint" that is laid out in childhood by authority figures and influences how one navigates life. Key experiences become etched on one's "blank slate".
2) A second passage describes listening as being deeply engrained in the narrator's blueprint, and various sounds and instructions associated with different colors that were part of their upbringing.
3) In the final passage, the "color guard" or influences change when the narrator is 15, depicted through various colors, and the narrator gains independence but the blueprint still provides walls that shape their worldview.
Crash course in creativity completed assignmentdervala
The document summarizes the key learnings from a random conversation the author had at the end of an assignment. The author was reviewing observations from shops in Cork, Ireland when an elderly man joined her table. He shared his story of overcoming obstacles through hard work and belief to become a mechanical engineer who worked on the Boeing 747 engine. The most important lesson, according to the man, was to be determined, follow your intuition, and believe in your work and ability to overcome challenges. This random conversation reinforced for the author the importance of being open to new experiences and people who can support you in unintended ways.
This document is a summary of a children's story about a girl named Jamie who starts a harmful rumor at her school. After seeing the boy Del in the principal's office with a crying kindergartner, Jamie tells her friends she thinks Del beat up the younger student. This rumor then spreads throughout the school. Jamie later realizes she was wrong to start gossiping without knowing the full story. She feels bad for Del and wants to set the record straight. She goes to her teacher Mr. Sanchez for advice on how to fix the situation.
Jade chooses an heir for the White family legacy. Though Lyra, Dane, and Andi all decline the role, Hyde reluctantly accepts. However, their celebration is interrupted by the arrival of Arc and Merry, who taunt the family. A fight ensues in which Sun tries to attack Arc. Arc escapes with Dez's tombstone, upsetting the family further.
Lasma, Rosel, Dina, and Ezra meet in the park. Rosel introduces Dina and Ezra, visitors from Brunei, to Lasma. Lasma explains that she lives in Chevron housing, which is about a 10 minute motorcycle ride away. The city's economy relies on oil and palm oil industries. Dina and Ezra are interested to learn more about the city during their vacation.
- Oakapple has reached Childhood and enjoys painting, while fighting with his brother Adam over who will inherit their family home.
- Buttercup is a stereotypical teenage girl who wants to go on dates and buy a cell phone, though she failed to roll Pleasure as her aspiration.
- Issues were discovered with the save file, including graves labeled with the names of living Sims, requiring the neighborhood to be rebuilt.
The document discusses the novel "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill. It introduces the main characters of the story: Derry, a teenage boy with a burnt face who feels isolated, and Mr. Lamb, an old man with an artificial leg who befriends Derry. Derry finds acceptance in Mr. Lamb's garden and their friendship helps Derry gain confidence and a more positive outlook, despite their physical disabilities. However, when Derry returns to help Mr. Lamb as promised, he finds that Mr. Lamb has fallen from a ladder and died, highlighting the difficulties faced by the physically impaired.
Taylor Swift - Fearless (Karaoke) Digital BookletGabeExplosion
The document contains the lyrics to three songs by Taylor Swift: "Fearless", "Fifteen", and an untitled song. "Fearless" is about a carefree summer romance and dancing without fear. "Fifteen" reflects on being 15 years old, first loves, and learning who you are. The third song is about secretly being in love with someone who is in a relationship with someone else but feels they are a better match.
Poets and Pancakes summary will help you learn about this chapter in a simplified manner. The chapter has been taken from the book ‘My Years with Boss’ by Asokamitran. It is about his time when he worked in Gemini Studios. It was quite a famous film studio back in those days. We learn that Asokamitran’s job is to cut newspaper clippings concerning different topics and maintaining a file of the same. In this story, we learn about a lot of things relating to the film industry, especially the one in India. We get an inside glimpse of the working it and also of the beginning of India post-independence. He first writes his take on the make-up department. Moreover, he makes fun of the looks the actors try and the glaring lights. After that, we learn that ‘pancakes’ is actually the name of a makeup brand used by the Gemini studio.
Indigo summary is going to assist students in learning about the chapter in a summarized version. Indigo is about how Mahatma Gandhi struggled for the underprivileged peasants of Champaran. They were the sharecroppers with the British planters. The peasants use to live a wretched life and were under an agreement to grow Indigo. As Bihar has the landlord system back then, it worsened their condition. Thus, Gandhi decided to fight against injustice. He waged a war which lasted for a year to tackle the discrimination and got justice for the peasants. After that, it helped the peasants become courageous and aware of their fundamental rights. Moreover, Gandhiji did not just work to tackle political or economic issues, but he also took up social issues. He worked to provide them with education, health, hygiene and taught them self-confidence.
This document is a screenplay about a student named Adam dealing with the death of his friend Chad. In the first scene, Adam's friend Marl notices Adam seems upset at school. They later learn in class that Chad passed away. Adam talks to Marl about how hard it is, especially for their mutual friend Ava. Later scenes show Adam walking home from school hearing classmates discuss Chad's death, and at night looking at old photos of him and Chad before a scary encounter in his home.
An Unoriginal Legacy - Chapter Two, Generation Twocrimml
The triplets have aged up to young adults. Esme is engaged to a man named Archie and Lori is flirting with a teenager named Ezra. Zelda, the mother of the triplets and twins, has passed away and been buried in the family mausoleum.
This document contains a lesson about new vocabulary words related to transportation and winter weather. It includes a reading passage about a boy named Tom who waits for the school bus in the snow. When the bus does not come due to heavy snowfall, a snowplow helps take Tom to school instead. The document also includes vocabulary practice, comprehension questions about the reading, and a grammar section about comparisons.
A student named Chad has passed away. The next day at school, Adam and his friends deal with the news of Chad's death. Adam feels depressed but tries to seem okay. That night alone in his house, Adam hears strange noises and sees a figure in the darkness that terrifies him.
Andromeda starts college and meets new friends and potential romantic partners. Andrew continues pursuing his crush Opal. Colin tries different methods to find dates, with mixed results. Alice discovers she may be unexpectedly pregnant. Overall the group is adjusting to new experiences and relationships as they start this chapter of their lives.
A student named Chad has passed away. The next day at school, Adam and his friends deal with the news of Chad's death. Adam feels depressed but tries to seem okay. That night alone in his house, Adam hears strange noises and sees a figure in the darkness that terrifies him.
Randy and Eleonore are on their last date together before Eleonore's final exams. They reminisce about meeting in the university library and starting their relationship. Eleonore proposes to Randy, but he learns that as a "townie" or non-playable sim, he will die if he marries her. However, he accepts, realizing an interesting life with Eleonore is better than an immortal but boring one alone. They plan to get married after Eleonore's graduation and move to a new town together.
A Boolprop Monster Mash Challenge: Chapter 14animeangel1983
The document discusses the aging up and development of the last generation of a Sims family. It describes various family members teaching toddlers to talk and interacting with their grandchildren. It also covers two elders, Triton and Medusa, passing away, leaving the family home with only seven Sims again. The writer expresses their excitement to finish this final generation and earn medals before starting a new game.
This document contains information about relative pronouns in English including who, whom, whose, which, that and zero relative pronouns. It provides examples of how to use these pronouns correctly when they are the subject or object of a clause. It also discusses common mistakes made with relative pronouns and provides corrections. The document seeks to help improve a reader's understanding and proper use of relative pronouns in the English language.
The document provides an overview of events in a Sims household. It summarizes that the author is redoing chapters and feeling tired. They introduce their heir Orchid who had four votes to win and will bring the Quad Pod. Orchid gets various supernatural traits like being a witch and vampire. She then gives birth to quadruplets named Paisley, Petunia, Plum and Phoenix. The quadruplets are then vamped and find jobs before leaving. The summary introduces characters like Neil, Becca and Count Helios. It concludes by teasing the birth of the next generation.
This document contains an excerpt from the play "Lub Sample" by Caroline Castro. It describes several scenes between various characters, including Emma, Alba, Linda, Roger, Oma, and a mermaid. In one scene, Emma finds the mermaid alone in the tub and gets in to comfort her. Later, Alba confronts Roger at their home after he professes his love for her, and Linda ends up hitting Roger with a baseball bat to defend Alba. At the end, Oma helps the mermaid let go of her past by giving her a name, Amor.
This summary provides an overview of the key ideas and themes across 3 passages from the document:
1) The passages discuss the concept of a "blueprint" that is laid out in childhood by authority figures and influences how one navigates life. Key experiences become etched on one's "blank slate".
2) A second passage describes listening as being deeply engrained in the narrator's blueprint, and various sounds and instructions associated with different colors that were part of their upbringing.
3) In the final passage, the "color guard" or influences change when the narrator is 15, depicted through various colors, and the narrator gains independence but the blueprint still provides walls that shape their worldview.
Crash course in creativity completed assignmentdervala
The document summarizes the key learnings from a random conversation the author had at the end of an assignment. The author was reviewing observations from shops in Cork, Ireland when an elderly man joined her table. He shared his story of overcoming obstacles through hard work and belief to become a mechanical engineer who worked on the Boeing 747 engine. The most important lesson, according to the man, was to be determined, follow your intuition, and believe in your work and ability to overcome challenges. This random conversation reinforced for the author the importance of being open to new experiences and people who can support you in unintended ways.
This document is a summary of a children's story about a girl named Jamie who starts a harmful rumor at her school. After seeing the boy Del in the principal's office with a crying kindergartner, Jamie tells her friends she thinks Del beat up the younger student. This rumor then spreads throughout the school. Jamie later realizes she was wrong to start gossiping without knowing the full story. She feels bad for Del and wants to set the record straight. She goes to her teacher Mr. Sanchez for advice on how to fix the situation.
Jade chooses an heir for the White family legacy. Though Lyra, Dane, and Andi all decline the role, Hyde reluctantly accepts. However, their celebration is interrupted by the arrival of Arc and Merry, who taunt the family. A fight ensues in which Sun tries to attack Arc. Arc escapes with Dez's tombstone, upsetting the family further.
Lasma, Rosel, Dina, and Ezra meet in the park. Rosel introduces Dina and Ezra, visitors from Brunei, to Lasma. Lasma explains that she lives in Chevron housing, which is about a 10 minute motorcycle ride away. The city's economy relies on oil and palm oil industries. Dina and Ezra are interested to learn more about the city during their vacation.
- Oakapple has reached Childhood and enjoys painting, while fighting with his brother Adam over who will inherit their family home.
- Buttercup is a stereotypical teenage girl who wants to go on dates and buy a cell phone, though she failed to roll Pleasure as her aspiration.
- Issues were discovered with the save file, including graves labeled with the names of living Sims, requiring the neighborhood to be rebuilt.
The document discusses the novel "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill. It introduces the main characters of the story: Derry, a teenage boy with a burnt face who feels isolated, and Mr. Lamb, an old man with an artificial leg who befriends Derry. Derry finds acceptance in Mr. Lamb's garden and their friendship helps Derry gain confidence and a more positive outlook, despite their physical disabilities. However, when Derry returns to help Mr. Lamb as promised, he finds that Mr. Lamb has fallen from a ladder and died, highlighting the difficulties faced by the physically impaired.
Taylor Swift - Fearless (Karaoke) Digital BookletGabeExplosion
The document contains the lyrics to three songs by Taylor Swift: "Fearless", "Fifteen", and an untitled song. "Fearless" is about a carefree summer romance and dancing without fear. "Fifteen" reflects on being 15 years old, first loves, and learning who you are. The third song is about secretly being in love with someone who is in a relationship with someone else but feels they are a better match.
Poets and Pancakes summary will help you learn about this chapter in a simplified manner. The chapter has been taken from the book ‘My Years with Boss’ by Asokamitran. It is about his time when he worked in Gemini Studios. It was quite a famous film studio back in those days. We learn that Asokamitran’s job is to cut newspaper clippings concerning different topics and maintaining a file of the same. In this story, we learn about a lot of things relating to the film industry, especially the one in India. We get an inside glimpse of the working it and also of the beginning of India post-independence. He first writes his take on the make-up department. Moreover, he makes fun of the looks the actors try and the glaring lights. After that, we learn that ‘pancakes’ is actually the name of a makeup brand used by the Gemini studio.
Indigo summary is going to assist students in learning about the chapter in a summarized version. Indigo is about how Mahatma Gandhi struggled for the underprivileged peasants of Champaran. They were the sharecroppers with the British planters. The peasants use to live a wretched life and were under an agreement to grow Indigo. As Bihar has the landlord system back then, it worsened their condition. Thus, Gandhi decided to fight against injustice. He waged a war which lasted for a year to tackle the discrimination and got justice for the peasants. After that, it helped the peasants become courageous and aware of their fundamental rights. Moreover, Gandhiji did not just work to tackle political or economic issues, but he also took up social issues. He worked to provide them with education, health, hygiene and taught them self-confidence.
The Rattrap summary is about a man who is a peddler. He has a pessimistic attitude towards the world. The peddler has not always been like this and was a fine man before. However, due to misfortune, he now resorts to selling rattraps, begging and even stealing to survive. Moreover, he also views the world as a big rat trap. He believes that much similar to the cheese we put for mice, the world offers us materialistic things to lure us. So, when we fall for these things, it traps us and takes everything away from us. In this story, a young generous woman takes in the rattrap seller. Thus, the generosity and kindness she shows changes his pessimistic take on life. This story teaches us about the essential human goodness we all must possess.
William Douglas nearly drowned as a young boy when he was thrown into a deep swimming pool by an older boy. He experienced stark terror and panic as he struggled to reach the surface and breathe. This incident left him with a lifelong fear of water. As an adult, Douglas was determined to overcome this fear to fully enjoy outdoor activities. He took swimming lessons over several months to gradually build up his skills and confidence in the water. He then swam long distances alone in lakes to prove to himself that he had conquered his terror of drowning. Retelling his experience helped Douglas understand that conquering deep fears can give one a renewed sense of freedom and will to live.
The document is a summary of the short story "The Last Lesson" by Alphonse Daudet. It describes the events of the protagonist Franz's last French lesson in school under his beloved teacher M. Hamel. M. Hamel informs the class that the next day will be their last French lesson, as the German authorities have decreed that only German can be taught in Alsace. The story highlights the students' and townspeople's sadness at losing their French language and teacher. M. Hamel conducts the last lesson with great care and emotion, wanting to impart all he knows before leaving.
The story begins by telling us about Jack has two little kids. The kids are Jo and Bobby. Jo’s wife, Clare was pregnant with their third one. Thus, to put her daughter to bed, Jack would make up stories for her daughter. This story-telling tradition started when Jo was 2 and thus continued ever since. Jack makes sure that he tells a different story every time. However, a small creature was always common, Roger. For instance, it was either Roger Fish or Roger Chipmunk. Roger goes to the wise old owl with problems that would send him to a Wizard. Thus, the Wizard’s spell would solve the problem after payment of pennies.
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6. on face of it.pptx
1. Before you read
This is a play featuring an old man and a small boy meeting in
the former’s garden. The old man strikes up a friendship with
the boy who is very withdrawn and defiant. What is the bond
that unites the two?
2. About the author
Dame Susan Hill, Lady Wells, DBE
is an English author of fiction
and non-fiction works. Her
novels include The Woman in
Black, The Mist in the Mirror,
and I'm the King of the Castle,
for which she received the
Somerset Maugham Award in
1971
3. Character sketches
Mr. LAMB : An old kind man with an artificial leg
DERRY : A Teenage/fourteen year old boy with burnt face
MOTHER : DERRY’s mother
4. Mr. LAMB: Mind the apples!
DERRY: What? Who’s that? Who’s there?
Mr.LAMB: Lamb’s my name. Mind the apples.
Crab apples those are. Windfalls in the
long grass. You could trip.
DERRY: I....there....I thought this was an
empty place. I didn’t know there was
anybody here....
Mr. LAMB: That’s all right. I’m here. What are
you afraid of, boy? That’s all right.
DERRY: I thought it was empty....an empty
house.
Mr. LAMB’s garden [There is the occasional sound of birdsong and of tree leaves rustling.
DERRY’s footsteps are heard as he walks slowly and tentatively through the long grass.
He pauses, then walks on again. He comes round a screen of bushes, so that when Mr.
Lamb speaks to him he is close at hand and DERRY is startled]
5. Mr. LAMB: So it is. Since I’m out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go
back inside. In the meantime, I’m out here and likely to stop. A day like
this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.
DERRY: [Panic] I’ve got to go.
Mr. LAMB: Not on my account. I don’t mind who comes into the garden. The
gate’s always open. Only you climbed the garden wall.
DERRY: [Angry] You were watching me.
Mr. LAMB: I saw you. But the gate’s open. All welcome. You’re welcome. I sit
here. I like sitting.
DERRY: I’d not come to steal anything.
Mr. LAMB: No, no. The young lads steal....scrump the apples. You’re not so
young.
DERRY: I just....wanted to come in. Into the garden.
Mr. LAMB: So you did. Here we are, then.
DERRY: You don’t know who I am.
Mr. LAMB: A boy. Thirteen or so.
6. .
DERRY: Fourteen. [Pause] But I’ve got to go
now. Good-bye.
Mr. LAMB: Nothing to be afraid of. Just a
garden. Just me.
DERRY: But I’m not....I’m not afraid. [Pause]
People are afraid of me.
Mr. LAMB: Why should that be?
DERRY: Everyone is. It doesn’t matter who
they are, or what they say, or how they
look. How they pretend. I know. I can see.
Mr. LAMB: See what?
DERRY: What they think.
Mr. LAMB: What do they think, then?
DERRY: You think.... ‘Here’s a boy.’ You look at
me...and then you see my face and you
think. ‘That’s bad. That’s a terrible thing.
That’s the ugliest thing I ever saw.’ You
think, ‘Poor boy.’ But I’m not. Not poor.
Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody
would be. I am. When I look in the mirror,
and see it, I’m afraid of me.
7. Mr. LAMB: No, Not the whole of you. Not of you.
DERRY: Yes! [Pause]
Mr. LAMB: Later on, when it’s a bit cooler, I’ll get the ladder and a stick,
and pull down those crab apples. They’re ripe for it. I make jelly. It’s a
good time of year, September. Look at them....orange and golden.
That’s magic fruit. I often say. But it’s best picked and made into jelly.
You could give me a hand.
DERRY: What have you changed the subject for? People always do that.
Why don’t you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend
it isn’t true and isn’t there? In case I see you looking and mind and get
upset? I’ll tell....you don’t ask me because you’re afraid to.
Mr. LAMB: You want me to ask....say so, then.
DERRY: I don’t like being with people. Any people.
Mr. LAMB: I should say....to look at it.... I should say, you got burned in a
fire.
DERRY: Not in a fire. I got acid all down that side of my face and it
burned it all away. It ate my face up. It ate me up. And now it’s like
this and it won’t ever be any different.
Mr. LAMB: No.
DERRY: Aren’t you interested?
8. Mr. LAMB: You’re a boy who came into the garden. Plenty do. I’m
interested in anybody. Anything. There’s nothing God made that
doesn’t interest me. Look over there....over beside the far wall. What
can you see?
DERRY: Rubbish.
Mr. LAMB: Rubbish ? Look, boy, look....what do you see?
DERRY: Just....grass and stuff. Weeds.
Mr. LAMB: 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. But
over there....weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing
plant called a weed and another ‘flower’? Where’s the difference. It’s
all life....growing. Same as you and me.
DERRY: We’re not the same.
Mr. LAMB: I’m old. You’re young. You’ve got a burned face, I’ve got a tin
leg. Not important. You’re standing there.... I’m sitting here. Where’s
the difference?
DERRY: Why have you got a tin leg?
Mr. LAMB: Real one got blown off, years back. Lamey-Lamb, some kids
say. Haven’t you heard them? You will. Lamey-Lamb. It fits. Doesn’t
trouble me.
9. DERRY: But you can put on
trousers and cover it up and
no one sees, they don’t have
to notice and stare.
Mr.LAMB: Some do. Some don’t.
They get tired of it, in the end.
There’s plenty of other things
to stare at.
DERRY: Like my face.
Mr.LAMB: Like crab apples or the
weeds or a spider climbing up
a silken ladder, or my tall sun-
flowers.
DERRY: Things.
Mr.LAMB: It’s all relative. Beauty
and the beast.
DERRY: What’s that supposed to
mean?
Mr. LAMB: You tell me.
10. DERRY: You needn’t think they haven’t all
told me that fairy story before. ‘It’s not
what you look like, it’s what you are
inside. Handsome is as handsome does.
Beauty loved the monstrous beast for
himself and when she kissed him he
changed into a handsome prince.’ Only
he wouldn’t, he’d have stayed a
monstrous beast. I won’t change.
Mr. LAMB: In that way? No, you won’t.
DERRY: And no one’ll kiss me, ever. Only my
mother, and she kisses me on the other
side of my face, and I don’t like my
mother to kiss me, she does it because
she has to. Why should I like that? I don’t
care if nobody ever kisses me.
Mr. LAMB: Ah, but do you care if you never
kiss them.
DERRY: What?
11. Mr. LAMB: Girls. Pretty girls. Long hair and large eyes. People you love.
DERRY: Who’d let me? Not one.
Mr. LAMB: Who can tell?
DERRY: I won’t ever look different. When I’m as old as you, I’ll look the
same. I’ll still only have half a face.
Mr. LAMB: So you will. But the world won’t. The world’s got a whole
face, and the world’s there to be looked at.
DERRY: Do you think this is the world? This old garden?
Mr. LAMB: When I’m here. Not the only one. But the world, as much
as anywhere.
DERRY: Does your leg hurt you?
Mr. LAMB: Tin doesn’t hurt, boy!
DERRY: When it came off, did it?
Mr. LAMB: Certainly.
DERRY: And now? I mean, where the tin stops, at the top?
Mr. LAMB: Now and then. In wet weather. It doesn’t signify.
DERRY: Oh, that’s something else they all say. ‘Look at all those people
who are in pain and brave and never cry and never complain and
don’t feel sorry for themselves.’
12. Mr. LAMB: I haven’t said it.
DERRY: And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you
might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a
wheelchair, or be daft in your head and dribble.
Mr. LAMB: And that’s all true, and you know it.
DERRY: It won’t make my face change. Do you know, one day, a
woman went by me in the street — I was at a bus-stop — and she
was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said....
whispered....only I heard her.... she said, “Look at that, that’s a
terrible thing. That’s a face only a mother could love.”
Mr. LAMB: So you believe everything you hear, then?
DERRY: It was cruel.
Mr. LAMB: Maybe not meant as such. Just something said between
them.
DERRY: Only I heard it. I heard.
Mr. LAMB: And is that the only thing you ever heard anyone say, in
your life?
DERRY: Oh no! I’ve heard a lot of things.
Mr. LAMB: So now you keep your ears shut.
13. DERRY: You’re....peculiar. You say peculiar things. You ask questions
I don’t understand.
Mr.LAMB: I like to talk. Have company. You don’t have to answer
questions. You don’t have to stop here at all. The gate’s open.
DERRY: Yes, but...
Mr. LAMB: I’ve a hive of bees behind those trees over there. Some
hear bees and they say, bees buzz. But when you listen to bees
for a long while, they humm....and hum means ‘sing’. I hear
them singing, my bees.
DERRY: But....I like it here. I came in because I liked it....when I
looked over the wall.
Mr.LAMB: If you’d seen me, you’d not have come in.
DERRY: No.
Mr. LAMB: No.
DERRY: It’d have been trespassing.
Mr. LAMB: Ah. That’s not why.
DERRY: I don’t like being near people. When they stare....when I
see them being afraid of me.
14. Mr. LAMB: You could lock yourself up in a room and never leave it. There
was a man who did that. He was afraid, you see. Of everything.
Everything in this world. A bus might run him over, or a man might
breathe deadly germs onto him, or a donkey might kick him to death,
or lightning might strike him down, or he might love a girl and the girl
would leave him, and he might slip on a banana skin and fall and
people who saw him would laugh their heads off. So he went into this
room, and locked the door, and got into his bed, and stayed there.
DERRY: For ever?
Mr. LAMB: For a while.
DERRY: Then what?
Mr. LAMB: A picture fell off the wall on to his head and killed him.
[DERRY laughs a lot]
Mr. LAMB: You see?
DERRY: But....you still say peculiar things.
Mr. LAMB: Peculiar to some.
DERRY: What do you do all day?
Mr.LAMB: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty
house, but inside, it’s full. Books and other things. Full.
DERRY: But there aren’t any curtains at the windows.
15. Mr. LAMB: I’m not fond of curtains.
Shutting things out, shutting things
in. I like the light and the darkness,
and the windows open, to hear the
wind.
DERRY: Yes. I like that. When it’s
raining, I like to hear it on the roof.
Mr.LAMB: So you’re not lost, are
you? Not altogether? You do hear
things. You listen.
DERRY: They talk about me.
Downstairs, When I’m not there.
‘What’ll he ever do? What’s going
to happen to him when we’ve
gone? However will he get on in
this world? Looking like that? With
that on his face?’ That’s what they
say.
16. Mr. LAMB: Lord, boy, you’ve got two arms, two legs and eyes and ears,
you’ve got a tongue and a brain. You’ll get on the way you want, like
all the rest. And if you chose, and set your mind to it, you could get on
better than all the rest.
DERRY: How?
Mr. LAMB: Same way as I do.
DERRY: Do you have any friends?
Mr. LAMB: Hundreds.
DERRY: But you live by yourself in that house. It’s a big house, too.
Mr. LAMB: Friends everywhere. People come in.... Everybody knows me.
The gate’s always open. They come and sit here. And in front of the
fire in winter. Kids come for the apples and pears. And for toffee. I
make toffee with honey. Anybody comes. So have you.
DERRY: But I’m not a friend.
Mr. LAMB: Certainly you are. So far as I’m concerned. What have you
done to make me think you’re not?
DERRY: You don’t know me. You don’t know where I come from or even
what my name is.
17. Mr. LAMB: Why should that signify? Do I have to write all your particulars
down and put them in a filing box, before you can be a friend?
DERRY: I suppose...not. No.
Mr. LAMB: You could tell me your name. If you chose. And not, if you
didn’t.
DERRY: DERRY. Only it’s Derek....but I hate that. DERRY. If I’m your friend,
you don’t have to be mine. I choose that.
Mr. LAMB: Certainly.
DERRY: I might never come here again, you might never see me again and
then I couldn’t still be a friend.
Mr. LAMB: Why not?
DERRY: How could I? You pass people in the street and you might even
speak to them, but you never see them again. It doesn’t mean they’re
friends.
Mr. LAMB: Doesn’t mean they’re enemies, either, does it?
DERRY: No they’re just....nothing. People. That’s all.
Mr. LAMB: People are never just nothing. Never.
DERRY: There are some people I hate.
18. Mr. LAMB: That’d do you more
harm than any bottle of acid.
Acid only burns your face.
DERRY: Only....
Mr. LAMB: Like a bomb only blew
up my leg. There’s worse things
can happen. You can burn
yourself away inside.
DERRY: After I’d come home, one
person said, “He’d have been
better off stopping in there. In
the hospital. He’d be better off
with others like himself.” She
thinks blind people only ought to
be with other blind people and
idiot boys with idiot boys.
Mr. LAMB: And people with no legs
altogether?
DERRY: That’s right.
19. Mr. LAMB: What kind of a world
would that be?
DERRY: At least there’d be nobody to
stare at you because you weren’t
like them.
Mr. LAMB: So you think you’re just
the same as all the other people
with burned faces? Just by what
you look like? Ah....everything’s
different. Everything’s the same,
but everything is different. Itself.
DERRY: How do you make all that
out?
Mr. LAMB: Watching. Listening.
Thinking.
DERRY: I’d like a place like this. A
garden. I’d like a house with no
curtains.
Mr. LAMB: The gate’s always open.
DERRY: But this isn’t mine.
20. Mr. LAMB: Everything’s yours if you want it. What’s mine is anybody’s.
DERRY: So I could come here again? Even if you were out....I could come
here.
Mr. LAMB: Certainly. You might find others here, of course.
DERRY: Oh....
Mr. LAMB: Well, that needn’t stop you, you needn’t mind.
DERRY: It’d stop them. They’d mind me. When they saw me here. They look
at my face and run.
Mr. LAMB: They might. They might not. You’d have to take the risk. So
would they.
DERRY: No, you would. You might have me and lose all your other friends,
because nobody wants to stay near me if they can help it.
Mr. LAMB: I’ve not moved.
DERRY: No....
Mr. LAMB: When I go down the street, the kids shout ‘Lamey-Lamb.’ But
they still come into the garden, into my house; it’s a game. They’re not
afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I’m not afraid of them, that’s
why not.
21. DERRY: Did you get your leg blown off in the war?
Mr. LAMB: Certainly.
DERRY: How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?
Mr. LAMB: Oh, there’s a lot of things I’ve learned to do, and plenty of time for it.
Years. I take it steady.
DERRY: If you fell and broke your neck, you could lie on the grass and die. If you
were on your own.
Mr. LAMB: I could.
DERRY: You said I could help you.
Mr. LAMB: If you want to.
DERRY: But my mother’ll want to know where I am. It’s three miles home,
across the fields. I’m fourteen. but they still want to know where I am.
Mr. LAMB: People worry.
DERRY: People fuss.
Mr. LAMB: Go back and tell them.
DERRY: It’s three miles.
Mr. LAMB: It’s a fine evening. You’ve got legs.
DERRY: Once I got home, they’d never let me come back.
Mr. LAMB: Once you got home, you’d never let yourself come back.
DERRY: You don’t know....you don’t know what I could do.
Mr. LAMB: No. Only you know that.
22. DERRY: If I chose....
Mr. LAMB: Ah....if you chose. I don’t know everything, boy. I can’t tell you what to do.
DERRY: They tell me.
Mr. LAMB: Do you have to agree?
DERRY: I don’t know what I want. I want....something no one else has got or ever will
have. Something just mine. Like this garden. I don’t know what it is.
Mr. LAMB: You could find out.
DERRY: How?
Mr. LAMB: Waiting. Watching. Listening. Sitting here or going there. I’ll have to see to
the bees.
DERRY: Those other people who come here....do they talk to you? Ask you things?
Mr. LAMB: Some do, some don’t. I ask them. I like to learn.
DERRY: I don’t believe in them. I don’t think anybody ever comes. You’re here all by
yourself and miserable and no one would know if you were alive or dead and
nobody cares.
Mr. LAMB: You think what you please.
DERRY: All right then, tell me some of their names.
Mr. LAMB: What are names? Tom, Dick or Harry. [Getting up] I’m off down to the
bees.
DERRY: I think you’re daft....crazy....
Mr. LAMB: That’s a good excuse.
DERRY: What for? You don’t talk sense.
23. Mr. LAMB: Good excuse not to come
back. And you’ve got a burned-up
face, and that’s other people’s
excuse.
DERRY: You’re like the others, you like
to say things like that. If you don’t
feel sorry for my face, you’re
frightened of it, and if you’re not
frightened, you think I’m ugly as a
devil. I am a devil. Don’t you?
[Shouts]
[Mr Lamb does not reply. He has gone
to his bees.]
DERRY: [Quietly] No. You don’t. I like it here. [Pause. DERRY gets up and
shouts.] I’m going. But I’ll come back. You see. You wait. I can run. I
haven’t got a tin leg. I’ll be back. [DERRY runs off. Silence. The sounds of
the garden again.]
Mr. LAMB: [To himself] There my dears. That’s you seen to. Ah....you know.
We all know. I’ll come back. They never do, though. Not them. Never do
come back. [The garden noises fade.]
24. SCENE TWO
DERRY’s house.
MOTHER: You think I don’t
know about him, you think. I
haven’t heard things?
DERRY: You shouldn’t believe all
you hear.
MOTHER: Been told. Warned.
We’ve not lived here three
months, but I know what
there is to know and you’re
not to go back there.
DERRY: What are you afraid of?
What do you think he is? An
old man with a tin leg and he
lives in a huge house without
curtains and has a garden.
And I want to be there, and
sit and....listen to things.
Listen and look.
25. MOTHER: Listen to what?
DERRY: Bees singing. Him talking.
MOTHER: And what’s he got to say to you?
DERRY: Things that matter. Things nobody else has ever said.
Things I want to think about.
DERRY: It’s got nothing to do with my face and what I look like. I
don’t care about that and it isn’t important. It’s what I think
and feel and what I want to see and find out and hear. And
I’m going back there. Only to help him with the crab apples.
Only to look at things and listen. But I’m going.
MOTHER: You’ll stop here.
DERRY: Oh no, oh no. Because if I don’t go back there, I’ll never
go anywhere in this world again. [The door slams. DERRY
runs, panting.] And I want the world....I want it....I want it....
[The sound of his panting fades.]
26. SCENE THREE
Mr. Lamb’s garden [Garden sounds:
the noise of a branch shifting;
apples thumping down; the branch
shifting again.]
Mr. LAMB: Steady....that’s....got it.
That’s it... [More apples fall] And
again. That’s it....and.... [A creak. A
crash. The ladder falls back, Mr
Lamb with it. A thump. The branch
swishes back. Creaks. Then silence.
DERRY opens the garden gate, still
panting.]
DERRY: You see, you see! I came back.
You said I wouldn’t and they
said....but I came back, I wanted....
[He stops dead. Silence.] Mr Lamb,
Mr....You’ve..... [He runs through the
grass. Stops. Kneels] Mr Lamb, It’s
all right....You fell....I’m here, Mr
Lamb, It’s all right. [Silence] I came
back. Lamey-Lamb. I did.....come
back. [DERRY begins to weep.]
27. Reading with Insight
1.What is it that draws DERRY towards Mr. Lamb inspite
of himself?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. 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?