An Assey

Summary There are two leading roles in “On the Face of It”—Mr. Lamb and Derry. Mr. Lamb is an old lame but positive man. On the contrary, although Derry is a young boy, he is very self-abased and withdrawn because of his ugly burned face. The play takes place in Mr. Lamb’s garden which is beautiful and attracts Derry to come in. When Mr. Lamb met Derry and found he was having a hard time and had no confidence, he wanted to help him. He talked a lot with Derry about life, things, and people, and all are positive. Mr. Lamb told him that he still had a wonderful brain and a fine physique, so he had no reason to lose in his abilities. In addition, he taught Derry to listen, to watch, and to think, and there are lots of beautiful things he didn’t notice before with an unhappy mind. What’s more, Derry also learned to be friendly and do not be afraid of living with people…Mr. Lamb really taught Derry many things, as a result, Derry gradually changed his negative attitude and became happy. Derry promised that he would came back soon. Unfortunately, when he came back, Mr. Lamb died alone.

Review There are lots of stories and facts tell us that you must have a positive attitude even you are suffering some bad things and lost everything. This play is one of these. Mr. Lamb taught not only Derry but also us some positive thoughts. Derry scared his face and he thought no one love him even his mother, but there must be someone not afraid of him like Mr. Lamb. So we must first accept ourselves and learn to respect ourselves, people then accept and respect us. Besides, although we are not perfect, may be have a burned face like Derry, as Mr. Lamb said, we still have eyes, ears, legs, and a wonderful brain, we can see, hear, touch and think. It can’t stop us to find beautiful scenery and things. When we have positive attitudes, we can hear birds sing, see people smile, and everything is beautiful. What’s more, no one’s lifetime is smooth, there must be some storms, and what we should do is to face them and forge ahead. We can’t give up without any effort. We can get what we want by ourselves if we have positive attitudes toward life and try our best.