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The Enemy
How did the gardener react when Dr. Sadao told him about the wounded American soldier?
Old gardner was a person of superstitions. He wanted that the white man should die. First he was shot and then he was caught in the sea. The gardner believed that American soldier had a fate of death.
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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?
Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad with the Japanese troops?
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Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield?
What did Sadao and his wife glance through the mist?
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What did Dr. Sadao and his wife see when they stood out looking at the sea?
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How did Dr. Sadao and his wife know that the person was an American soldier?
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