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The Enemy
What was the first reaction of Dr. Sadao and his wife Hana on seeing the wounded man?
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What did Dr. Sadao and his wife think of doing with the wounded soldier at first?
When Dr. Sadao and his wife found that the wounded whiteman was a ‘prisoner of war’, they were shocked. They thought if they would shelter a whiteman in their house, they would be arrested and if they would hand him over to the police, he would die. So they thought that it would be the kindest thing to throw him back in the sea. But the milk of kindness and humanity was flowing in their veins. So they brought him to their house. The feeling of humanity and generosity was overtaken by the feeling of nationality.
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There are moments in life when we have to make hard choice between our souls as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalties. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
Dr. Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?
How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the doctor’s house even when he knew as he could not stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?
What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldiers? Was it human consideration, lack of national loyalty, dediction of duty or simply-self-absorption?
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable specially during war time, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A.J.Cronin that you have read in Snapshots last year. What are the similarities?
How were Sadao and Hana married?
What was the chief concern of Sadao’s father? How did Sadao come upto his expectation?
What did Sadao’s father expect from him?
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