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The Enemy

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How did the servants of Sadao’s household try to influence his decision of keeping the enemy soldier in the house?

Solution
The servants in Dr. Sadao’s home were against keeping the enemy soldier at home. They did not want their master to get in trouble and be condemned in the society. They tried to make him understand, that the American was tried to be killed by the sea and by the rocks. If their master would try to save him then the nature would be angry with him and inflict ‘pain’ on him and his family.

They also tried to put mental and emotional pressure on Hana by discussing matter openly in the house, so that their views could be heard by Hana. They discussed that their master was very proud of his ability to heal wounds. In this pride, he had forgotten whom he was saving. They also did their best to make Hana aware of the consequences by discussing about the disgrace and condemnation it would bring to the family when they would be called traitors. When all these things did not work, they decided to leave their jobs and went out of the house.

Some More Questions From The Enemy Chapter

Will Dr. Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?

Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?

What will Dr. Sadao and his wife do with the man?

What will Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the man?

Or

How was the plan of the prisoner’s escape executed in the story, “The Enemy”.

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?

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