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What is the kind of behaviour that the person expects from others ?
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Some people in this world unfortunately become victims of physical impairment. Usually, for such people the agony of physical pain or inconvenience is far less than the mental agonies they have to undergo. It hurts such persons when the people point out to their disabilities in the grab of showing sympathy. That is why such persons, like Derry, start avoiding people and feel alienated from them.
Derry is a fourteen-year-old boy who unfortunately had burnt one side of his face when the acid fell down on it. The agony of Derry is expressed when he says that he is not afraid of the people but the people are afraid of him. When people see his face they say that is bad, terrible and ugly. They call him a poor boy, which he thinks he is not. That is why he does not like being with people.
On the other hand, Mr. Lamb’s one leg was blown off in war and he has a tin leg. But being an old and a mature man, he knows better how to cope up with his handicap. He likes being with people. The gates of his house and garden are always open for everybody. He keeps himself busy by reading, listening to the music of bees and watching beauty of nature.
I think such people do not expect exaggerated sympathetic behaviour or sarcastic comments or comments showing fake pity. They just expect normal behaviour from other people. They don’t want that all the time they should be made conscious of their physical impairment.