Describe the difficulties faced by Dr. Sadao when he decided to help the enemy soldier.

Solution

Dr. Sadao was an expert doctor in surgery. He was a Japanese native and at floating in the sea. Thinking him to a fisherman, he brought out. He was badly wounded. Seeing a whiteman and his most fatal condition, Dr. Sadao and his wife took him in their house for treatment. They were very much conscious about the reactions of the people around. Their maid refused to help in any way but disguised. All the servants revolted and declined to enter the room. Dr. Sadao’s wife Hana had to help in all respects. She fed him through her hand.

These arose an unrest in the minds of the servants. They were troubled why their master was sheltering an enemy in the house. They denied to serve. They had the fear of condemning their master as a traitor. Even they left their jobs. Dr. Sadao was troubled at heart for keeping an enemy in his house. Dr. Sadao was called by the General and on hearing this ‘Hana felt weak. He saw the General and told what had happened at his house. He even promised the Dr. to help him and getting rid of the enemy. But Dr. Sadao was successful in getting rid of the enemy. Thus Dr. Sadao lost all his peace of mind and put his life in danger.

Some More Questions From The Enemy Chapter

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?

For Daily Free Study Material Join wiredfaculty

The Enemy

Describe the difficulties faced by Dr. Sadao when he decided to help the enemy soldier.

Some More Questions From The Enemy Chapter

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?

Mock Test Series

NCERT Sample Papers

Entrance Exams Preparation

Phone Number

Email Address

Location