How does Mr. Lamb try to explain that looks are not important, the important thing is how a man thinks?
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Explain “It is the thinking and something inside us provides to get prominence”.
Derry, a fourteen years old boy has developed inferiority complex in him because of his ugly face. He is afraid of seeing people since they look down upon him. So he has started thinking that he will do nothing in his life. Even his parents too remain worried about him. He likes to live in seclusion. Thinking the garden a suitable place, he climbs over the garden wall where he comes in contact with Mr. Lamb who has a tin leg.
Both have got similarities and Mr. Lamb traces inferiority in Derry. In order to remove this complex, Mr. Lamb explains that he has a weed garden. There are flower plants in it but for him they all have life. They look beautiful and have utility as well. He makes him understand that Derry is a boy like others. Then he reminds him the fairy tale of ‘Beauty and Beast’ which Deny is fully aware of. He knows how a princess loves a beast who turns into a handsome prince when she kisses it. It is because he has something very beautiful inside him. It is thus the power of love that attracts the princess towards the beast. Derry is too good from inside. His face is not important. The important thing is what he thinks and feels and what he wants to see and find out. Mr. Lamb tells Derry that he has brain and limb. He can attain whatever he chooses in case he sets his mind on it. He should not care for others what they say. This has a very healthy effect on the boy.
