• Both suffer from physical impairment -not by birth
• Both are lonely
• Derry is pessimistic,draws Lamb’* attention towards his face.
• He tells him that his face is ugly and horrible. Nobody likes him.
• The people show signs of **** when they look at his face and avoid his presence.
• They call him a poor boy because one side of his face is burnt.
• Even his mother kisses him on the right side of his face. And that too out of duty
• Lamb draws his attention towards his garden. He has a positive attitude towards life
• He doesn't mind the **** call him ‘Lamey-Lamb’.
• He does not want to shut out the world.
• He loves reading, picking crab apples and making toffees for ****.
• He tells Derry that the people have other things to do and see rather than looking at him. The bitterness and hatred he has inside him could be more damaging than the acid that burnt his face or the ** that blew up his leg. He tells him that he should look at all those people who are in pain but never complain or cry. He should think about hose who are worse * than him
• Lamb teaches Derry the art of discovering beauty and leading a happy life.
• The positive attitude of Lamb, his kindness and his ability to do things himself without any help make him different from Derry.
