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Questions on the Extracts from the Lesson

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Hana, working hard on unaccustomed labour, saw a messenger come to the door in official uniform. Her hands went weak and she could not draw her breath. The servants must have told already. She ran to Sadao, gasping, unable to utter a word. But by then the messenger had simply followed her through the garden and there he stood. She pointed at him helplessly.

(a) Hana’s hard work is referred to as ‘unaccustomed labour’ because:
(a) she was tired of helping Sadao with the patient.
(b) all the servants had left.
(c) she did not like doing the house work.
(d) she was getting accustomed to working alone.
Answer : B

(b) The messenger had come to Dr. Sadao’s house:
(a) to check if the American was still there.
(b) to arrest him.
(c) to take Sadao as the General was in pain.
(d) to carry out the General’s order of killing the American.
Answer : C

(c) What must the servants have told?
(a) Dr. Sadao was sheltering an American.
(b) Dr. Sadao and Hana were traitors.
(c) Dr. Sadao would not help the General.
(d) Dr. Sadao had operated upon the American.
Answer : A

(d) Hana pointed at the messenger helplessly because she was:
(a) curious
(b) perplexed
(c) confused
(d) petrified
Answer : D

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.
“The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands. “Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner,
he would certainly die,” Sadao said.
“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

(a) In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘stupor’?
(a) She hung up the phone feeling as though she had woken up from a slumber.
(b) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.
(c) He seemed to be in a trance when the doctor called upon him last week.
(d) Seeing him in a daze, the lawyer decided not to place him in the witness box.
Answer : B

(b) Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage
(a) Sadao: scrupulous; Hana: wary
(b) Sadao: daring Hana: prudent
(c) Sadao: prudent Hana: suspicious
(d) Sadao: wary Hana: daring
Answer : C

(c) Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were
(a) to be like a fish out of water
(b) like water off a duck’s back
(c) to be dead in the water
(d) to be in hot water
Answer : D

(d) Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
Statement 1: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.
Statement 2: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibilities of looking after an injured soldier,
who could be an American.
(a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
(b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
(c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
(d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.
Answer : A

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
“Sadao, Yumi tells me the servants feel they cannot stay if we hide this man here any more,” she said. “She tells me that they are saying that you and I were so long in America that we have forgotten to think of our own country first. They think we like Americans.”
“It is not true,” Sadao said harshly “Americans are our enemies. But I have been trained not to let a man die if I can help it.”
“The servants cannot understand that,” she said anxiously.
“No,” he agreed.
Neither seemed able to say more, and somehow the household dragged on. The servants grew more watchful.
Their courtesy was as careful as ever, but their eyes were cold upon the pair to whom they were hired.

(a) According to Yumi, their long stay in America had made Sadao and Hana:
(a) Heartless
(b) unpatriotic
(c) treacherous
(d) indifferent
Answer : B

(b) Sadao retorted harshly because:
(a) he was under a lot of pressure himself.
(b) he was not sure if he had done the right thing.
(c) he was angry with the servants.
(d) he wanted to justify his act.
Answer : A

(c) What could the servants not understand?
(a) Sadao’s unpatriotism
(b) Sadao’s obsession to save an enemy
(c) Sadao’s commitment to his profession
(d) Sadao’s dilemma
Answer : C

(d) The Servants grew ‘more watchful’ because of their:
(a) despair
(b) defiance
(c) disloyalty
(d) disapproval
Answer : D

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
On the seventh day after that, two things happened. In the morning the servants left together, their belongings tied in large square cotton kerchiefs. When Hana got up in the morning nothing was done, the house not cleaned and the food not prepared, and she knew what it meant. She was dismayed and even terrified, but her pride as a mistress would not allow her to show it. Instead, she inclined her head gracefully when they appeared before her in the kitchen, and she paid them off and thanked them for all that they had done for her. They were crying, but she did not cry. The cook and the gardener had served Sadao since he was a little boy in his father’s house, and Yumi cried because of the children. She was so grieving that after she had gone she ran back to Hana.

(a) “................. and she knew what it meant.” What did Hana come to know?
(a) that the servants had left
(b) why the house had not been cleaned
(c) why the food had not been prepared
(d) all of the above
Answer : D

(b) Hana was terrified:
(a) in case the servants reported them.
(b) there was a lot of housework to be done.
(c) the servants were leaving together.
(d) there was no one to look after the children.
Answer : A

(c) The word ‘dismayed’ in the extract DOES NOT mean the same as:
(a) bewildered
(b) perturbed
(c) enthusiastic
(d) upset
Answer : C

(d) Yumi’s crying because of the children reveals her ............... for them:
1. attachment 2. Joy 3. enstrangement 4. relation
5. detachment 6. love
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 4 and 6
(c) 1 and 6
(d) 1 and 4
Answer : C

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured.
“It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”

(a) Pick the option that best describes the word ‘dereliction’ as used in the passage.
1. evasion 2. deterioration 3. negligence
4. carelessness 5. dilapidation 6. management
(a) 2, 3 and 6
(b) 1, 4 and 5
(c) 2, 4 and 6
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Answer : D

(b) At the end of the conversation with the General, Sadao felt
(a) rejuvenated and guilt-free.
(b) conceited and egotistic
(c) refreshed and self-conscious.
(d) relieved and guilt-free.
Answer : D

(c) Read the analysis of the General’s description based on the given extract. Choose the options that fill in the given blanks most appropriately:
The General I. _____________ power but is II.___________ of the obligations of his job. He is so
III. __________ with his health that he forgets to send the assassins to kill the prisoner. Due to his
IV. _________ interests, he doesn’t want to expose Sadao and agrees to keep the prisoner’s escape a secret.
(a) (a) fantasizes; (b) lonely ; (c) consumed ; (d) vested
(b) (a) relishes; (b) weary; (c) self-absorbed ; (d) selfish
(c) (a) fancies; (b) apathetic ; (c) negligent ; (d) worthless
(d) (a) desires; (b) concerned ; (c) indisposed ; (d) narrow
Answer : B

(d) Pick the option that best matches the idioms with ‘hand’ with their meanings.

CBSE Class 12 English The Enemy
(a) 1-A; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B
(b) 1-B; 2-C; 3-D; 4-A
(c) 1-D; 2-A; 3-B; 4-C
(d) 1-C; 2-A; 3-D; 4-B
Answer : C

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Sadao hesitated again. “The strange thing is,” he said, “that if the man were whole I could turn him over to the police without difficulty. I care nothing for him. He is my enemy. All Americans are my enemy. And he is only a common fellow. You see how foolish his face is. But since he is wounded…” “You also cannot throw him back to the sea,” Hana said. “Then there is only one thing to do. We must carry him into the house.”

(a) Sadao was hesitant because:
(a) The American soldier was wounded.
(b) Sadao was in a dilemma.
(c) The American was a common fellow.
(d) The man was his enemy.
Answer : B

(b) Sadao’s statement, “I care nothing for him” means:
(a) Patriotism
(b) Sympathy
(c) Indifference
(d) Hatred
Answer : C

(c) Sadao’s main concern was that the soldier was:
(a) American
(b) Wounded
(c) His enemy
(d) All of the above
Answer : D

(d) The above extract reveals that Sadao and Hana were:
(a) Kind
(b) Hostile
(c) Uncaring
(d) Diplomatic
Answer : A

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
That they were right she knew too in most of her being. But there was another part of her which she herself could not understand. It was not sentimental liking of the prisoner. She had come to think of him as a prisoner. She had not liked him even yesterday when he had said in his impulsive way, “Anyway, let me tell you that my name is Tom”. She had only bowed her little distant bow. She saw hurt in his eyes but she did not wish to assuage it. Indeed, he was a great trouble in this house.

(a) ‘They’ refers to?
(a) Hana and Sadao
(b) Sadao and the General
(c) The servants
(d) None of the above
Answer : C

(b) A part of her which Hana could not understand signifies her:
(a) sentimentality
(b) caring attitude
(c) indifference
(d) dilemma
Answer : D

(c) The soldier’s eyes revealed his hurt because of Hana’s:
(a) rudeness
(b) callousness
(c) annoyance
(d) anger
Answer : B

(d) The word ‘assuage’ means:
(a) inflamed
(b) alleviate
(c) arouse
(d) satisfy
Answer : B

Stand-Alone Multiple Choice Questions

Question. ‘She did not wish to be left alone with the white man’. Why did Hana feel so, despite having studied in America?
This was so because
(a) being Japanese, it wasn’t appropriate to stay on with a stranger.
(b) America and Japan were not allies in the ongoing World War.
(c) He was someone she’d recognised from her past in America.
(d) her husband had cautioned her against the American.
Answer : B

Question. “Those scars,” she murmured, lifting her eyes to Sadao.
The ‘scars’ DO NOT indicate
(a) torture perpetrated on prisoners of war.
(b) superiority of Japan over America.
(c) the quest for supremacy in war.
(d) the rumours of torture often heard.
Answer : B

Question. Sadao was not keen to go to Professor Harley’s house because:
(a) they were boring people
(b) of their unkindness
(c) of the bad food
(d) they could not speak Japanese
Answer : C

Question. Sadao’s father had never joked or played with him. This reveals that his father was:
(a) unyielding
(b) unfriendly
(c) harsh
(d) stern
Answer : D

Question. What made Sadao impatient and irritable with the white man?
(a) The white man’s recovery was rather slow
(b) Sadao’s inability to be with Hana when she was distressed
(c) Sadao was treating an enemy
(d) Sadao was not sure if the man would live
Answer : B

Question. The General had not sent Sadao abroad with the troops. This means Sadao’s presence was ______ to him.
(a) dispensable
(b) vital
(c) superfluous
(d) needless
Answer : B

Question. Why had Sadao waited to fall in love with Hana?
(a) he wanted his father to approve of her
(b) he wanted to make sure she was Japanese
(c) he was not sure whether his father would
(d) he wanted Hana to meet his father
Answer : B

Question. Pick the quote that best describes the theme of the story.
(a) World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
(b) You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirt.
(c) The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. 
(d) To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
Answer : C

Question. The old gardener says, “If the master heals what the gun did and what the sea did they will take revenge on us. ” This statement tells us he was:
(a) illiterate
(b) illogical
(c) superstitious
(d) impractical
Answer : B

Question. What was the cook’s attitude towards Dr. Sadao’s skill to save a life?
(a) contemptuous
(b) pride
(c) confused
(d) indifferent
Answer : A

Answer the following in 30-40 words:

1. What do you learn about Sadao’s father from the story ‘The Enemy’?

2. Why was Dr Sadao being kept in Japan and not sent abroad with the troops?

3. When and where did Sadao marry Hana? How was their married life?

4. What did Sadao and Hana find the man? What did they learn about him?

5. What did Sadao learn about the white man’s wound?

6. What dilemma did Sadao face about the young white man?

7. What was the attitude of Sadao and Hana towards the white man?

8. What solution did Hana offer to resolve Sadao’s predicament?

9. How did the servants react when their master told them about the wonderful white man?

10. Why had Hana to wash the wounded man herself?

11. What instructions did Sadao give to Hana to administer the anaesthetic and when?

12. In what context does Hana remember General Takima? What does she infer?

13. Dr Sadao was ‘familiar with every atom of this human body.’ Who had seen to that knowledge and how?

14. What did Hana inform Sadao about the servants? How did Sadao react to it?

15. What two things happened on the seventh day after that?

16. Why did Dr Sadao tell the General everything about the man he had operated upon?

17. Why, do you think, did the old General not want Dr Sadao to be arrested?

18. What plan did the old General suggest for getting of the ‘man’?

19. What plan did Dr Sadao devise to get rid of the man?

20. How was the plan of the prisoner’s escape executed?

More Important Questions For CBSE Class 12 English The Enemy Worksheet.......

Question. How did the gardener react when Dr. Sadao told him about the wounded American soldier?
Answer.When Dr. Sadao told the gardener about the wounded American soldier, he strongly opposed his master for treating the wounds of the enemy.
The old gardener pulled a few hairs on his upper lip and said that the sea and gun wound intended to kill the American soldier, now they might take revenge upon his master for treating the enemy soldier.

Question. Describe the difficulties faced by Dr. Sadao when he decided to help the enemy soldier.
Answer. Dr. Sadao found that the injured soldier had a gun wound. He was a white man and if he had given him any treatment or shelter, Dr. Sadao could be arrested on the charge of helping an enemy.Therefore, he was in a fix whether to perform his duty as a doctor or hand over the injured soldier to the authorities and prove his patriotism. Dr. Sadao knew that if he handed him over to theauthorities, the American soldier would be surely killed. Thus, he chose his duty as a doctor and decided to save him. Dr. Sadao’s servants refused to help him in treating the soldier for he was anenemy of the country and they did not want to get into trouble if found guilty by association. Finally, he had to decide whether to keep waiting for the General’s assassins to show up and murder him or set him free. Once again Dr. Sadao was in a dilemma.

Question. Explain the reactions of the servants in Dr. Sadao’s house when he decided to give shelter to an enemy in the house
Answer. When Dr. Sadao decided to give shelter to the enemy, the servants in Dr. Sadao’s house openly expressed their disapproval. The old gardener expressed his concern saying the bullet and the sea wanted the enemy dead. They might take revenge on their master for healing the white man. Although they remained skeptical of their master’s loyalty, they did not disclose the secret to the world. For them, the white man was an enemy who did not deserve their help. Yumi, the nanny of the children, refused to wash the American POW.
The wounds took time to heal; Dr. Sadao and Hana took great care of the American soldier. However, None of the servants tried to hide their displeasure and they voiced their opinion loudly for Sadao and Hana to hear. They felt that since both Hana and Dr. Sadao had lived in America for a while, they favoured the American P.O.W. over their own countrymen. The servants constantly pressurised the Hoki family to disclose the secret and get the American caught by the police. Finally, their displeasure at their master’s decision made them
leave his household.

Question. Why did Hana wash the wounded soldier herself?
Answer. Hana had to wash the wounded soldier herself because Yumi, the nanny, refused to wash the American soldier. She and the other servants were frightened when they learned about the
enemy being in the house. They did not want to get into trouble of any kind. This is why they refused Motor master and mistress.

Question. What was Sadao’s father’s dream for him? How did Sadao realise it?
Answer. Dr. Sadao’s father wanted him to go abroad for higher studies and become the world’s best surgeon. Dr. Sadao worked hard and became an eminent surgeon and scientist. He was perfecting a discovery, which would render wounds entirely clean.

Question. Why did the General spare the American soldier?
Answer. The General spared the American soldier because that would keep Dr. Sadao safe as well.
The old General was a selfish man. He thought of nothing but his own well-being. He needed Dr. Sadao for his own surgery and didn’t want to lose a skilled surgeon like Dr. Sadao at any cost. The General preferred American sentimentality rather than German ruthlessness.

Question. What conflict in his mind troubled Dr. Sadao when he came to know that the wounded man was an American POW?
Answer. When Dr. Sadao came to know that the wounded man was an American P.O.W., he was troubled by the conflict between patriotism and professional ethics. Dr. Sadao was caught in the dilemma of handing over the wounded soldier to the Japanese authority who would surely end his life and his humanitarian instincts.

Short Answer Questions I

Question. What forced Dr. Sadao to be impatient and irritable with his patient?
Answer. When Dr. Sadao started operating on the wounded American soldier, Hana had to be there to assist him. As someone who had never witnessed surgery before, the sight of blood disgusted Hana and she choked. In a sharp tone, Dr. Sadao told his wife to be strong and not faint. However, Hana ran outside and vomited. Sadao wanted to comfort his wife but at the same time, could not leave the American soldier unattended. This helplessness forced an otherwise calm and composed Dr. Sadao to be impatient and irritable with his patient.

Question. Did Hana think the Japanese tortured their prisoners of war? Why?
Answer. Yes, Hana thought the Japanese tortured their prisoners of war. She thought so because she had heard about stories of suffering of prisoners of war. When she saw the tortured body of the American soldier, it confirmed her fears. She remembered General Takima beat his wife cruelly at home and wondered, if he could be so cruel to his wife, he would surely be more cruel to an enemy soldier.

Question. What help did Dr. Sadao seek from Hana while operating on the wounded white man?
Answer. First, Dr. Sadao asked Hana to fetch towels. Then he told her that she would have to give the anaesthesia to the wounded soldier. Hana had never done this before. So, Dr. Sadao explained that it was easy. All she had to do was soak the cotton with anaesthesia and hold it near the patient’s nostrils. Since Yumi and the other servants had refused to help, Dr. Sadao tend to the American P.O.W, it was Hana who had to wash his wounds.

Question. How did Dr. Sadao ensure that the American sailor left his house but he himself remained safe and secure? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao offered his personal boat with food and extra clothing and advised the American soldier to go to a nearby island and escape from there by boarding a Korean fishing boat. One week later, he informed the General about the American soldier’s escape, thus, saving the American and remaining safe and secure himself.

Question. Why did Hana wash the wounded soldier herself? 
Answer.Hana had to wash the wounded soldier herself because Yumi, the nanny, refused to wash the American soldier. She and the other servants were frightened when they learned about the enemy being in the house. They did not want to get into trouble of any kind. This is why they refused to help their master and mistress.

Question. How does the writer indicate that Dr. Sadao’s father was a very traditional and conventional man? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao’s father wanted his son to marry a girl who had been pure in her race. Dr. Sadao and Hana had fallen in love in America but their marriage was arranged by Dr. Sadao’s father in the traditional Japanese way only after he had approved of Hana.

Question. Why did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao ? What did Hana think about it?
Answer. The messenger came to Dr. Sadao to inform him that the old General was in pain again and needed his care. Hana had thought that the servants had betrayed them and the messenger had come to arrest Dr. Sadao for sheltering the American, an enemy soldier.

Question. What do you learn about Sadao's father from the story?
Answer. Sadao's father was a visionary. He knew that islands near the sea coast were the stepping stones to the future of Japan. No one could limit their future as it depended on what
they made it. His son's education was his chief concern. He sent his son to America at the age of twenty-two to learn surgery and medicine. He loved the Japanese race, customs and manners.

Question. How can you say that Dr Sadao's father was a Japanese to the core?
Answer. Dr Sadao's father had high dreams about the future of Japan. There was no limit of their future as it depended on what they made it. He never played or joked with his only son. But he spent infinite pains upon him. For the sake of the best possible medical education, he sent his son to America. Sadao met Hana there, but waited to fall in love until he was sure that she was a Japanese. His father would never have received her unless she had been pure in her race. Their marriage was arranged in the old Japanese way only after Sadao's father had seen her when both of them had come home to Japan after finishing their education.
He was Japanese every inch. The floor of his room was deeply matted. He would never sit on chair or sleep in a foreign bed in his house. The quilt was covered with flowered silk and the lining was pure white silk. In short, everything here had been Japanese to please him.

Question. Why did the General spare the American soldier? 
Answer. The General spared the American soldier because that would keep Dr. Sadao safe as well. The old General was a selfish man. He thought of nothing but his own well-being. He needed Dr. Sadao for his own surgery and didn’t want to lose a skilled surgeon like Dr. Sadao at any cost. The General preferred American sentimentality rather than German ruthlessness.

Question. Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield ?
Answer. Dr. Sadao was not sent to the battlefield because the old General was not well and needed a skilled surgeon at his service. Moreover, Dr. Sadao was perfecting a discovery, which would leave the wounds clean.

Question. How did the gardener react when Dr. Sadao told him about the wounded American soldier?
Answer. When Dr. Sadao told the gardener about the wounded American soldier, he strongly opposed his master for treating the wounds of the enemy. The old gardener pulled a few hairs on his upper lip and said that the sea and gun wound intended to kill the American soldier, now they might take revenge upon his master for treating the enemy soldier.

Question. Hana told Yumi to wash the solider. How did Yumi react? 
Answer. When Hana told Yumi to wash the American soldier’s wounds, Yumi refused to touch him. She had a fierce look of resistance as she said she had nothing to do with him. She even threatened to leave the job, which she eventually did.

Question. Why did the servants leave Dr. Sadao’s house? 
Answer. When the servants realised that Dr. Sadao was going to save the life of an enemy, the servants were not happy. In fact, they disapproved their master saving the wounded American soldier’s life. They refused to serve the patient and quit their job. They were worried for their lives and their master’s and mistress’ too.

Short Answer Questions II

Question. What was his father’s chief concern about Dr. Sadao? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao’s father’s chief concern was his education. He wanted Dr. Sadao to go abroad for higher studies and to see him as the best surgeon in the world.

Question. Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad along with the troops? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao was an eminent surgeon and a scientist. He was perfecting a discovery, which would render wounds entirely clean. Moreover, the old General was being treated medically for a condition for which he might need an operation. This is why Dr. Sadao was not sent abroad with the troops.

Question. Where, when and how did Dr. Sadao meet Hana? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao met Hana during his stay in America where he was studying medicine. It was at Professor Harley’s house that Dr. Sadao met Hana for the first time. The professor and his wife organised a party for their foreign students. Dr. Sadao was reluctant to go. Nevertheless he went there, literally by chance and he met Hana, who was a new student.

Question. What conflict in his mind troubled Dr. Sadao when he came to know that the wounded man was an American POW?
Answer. When Dr. Sadao came to know that the wounded man was an American P.O.W., he was troubled by the conflict between patriotism and professional ethics. Dr. Sadao was caught in the dilemma of handing over the wounded soldier to the Japanese authority who would surely end his life and his humanitarian instincts.

Question. How did the General plan to get rid of the American POW? 
Answer. In order to get rid of the American P.O.W the General planned to send private assassins to quietly kill the prisoner in his sleep and then dispose off his body without trace. 

Question. What was Sadao’s father’s dream for him? How did Sadao realise it? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao’s father wanted him to go abroad for higher studies and become the world’s best surgeon. Dr. Sadao worked hard and became an eminent surgeon and scientist. He was perfecting a discovery, which would render wounds entirely clean.

Question. Who did Dr. Sadao think the survivor from the sea was when he first saw him?
Answer.When the survivor from the sea first came into Dr. Sadao’s view, the doctor thought that he was a fisherman from nearby village who had been badly wounded.

Question. On the seventh day after the American soldier was found by Dr. Sadao two things happened. Why did Hana feel scared of the second?
Answer.On the seventh day, after the American Soldier was found by Dr. Sadao, two things happened. First, all the household servants quit their job and second, General’s messenger in official uniform came to meet Sadao. Hana felt scared of the uniformed messenger because she thought he had come to arrest Dr. Sadao.

Long Answer Questions 

Question. What was the General’s plan to get rid of the American prisoner? Was it executed? What traits of the General’s character are highlighted in the lesson ‘The Enemy’?
Answer. The General planned to get rid of the American prisoner by sending his private assassins to kill him and then remove his body from Sadao’s house. The plan was not executed since the General forgot his promise to send the assassins because of his own pain.
The old General seemed to be a cold, calculated ruthless man. He had an unusual sense of humour and seemed to generate fear in others’ hearts quite effortlessly. In his interaction with Dr. Sadao, he comes across as a man who puts his self-interest above everything else. The only reason he did not get Dr. Sadao arrested for treason was because he feared that no other surgeon would be as good as Dr. Sadao if ever the General is fatally wounded again. To save Dr. Sadao from his unusual predicament, the General suggested getting the American soldier killed by his private assassins and getting rid of his body off at the same time. When he admitted to have forgotten to send the assassins, the General asked Sadao not to speak about this carelessness. Nevertheless, the General is not completely devoid of human considerations. He understood that from a surgeon’s point of view, Dr. Sadao did the right thing by saving the wounded soldier’s life, later he even promises reward to Dr. Sadao for proving his loyalty and patriotism.

Question. Explain the reactions of the servants in Dr. Sadao’s house when he decided to give shelter to an enemy in the house. 
Answer. When Dr. Sadao decided to give shelter to the enemy, the servants in Dr. Sadao’s house openly expressed their disapproval. The old gardener expressed his concern saying the bullet and the sea wanted the enemy dead. They might take revenge on their master for healing the white man. Although they remained skeptical of their master’s loyalty, they did not disclose the secret to the world. For them, the white man was an enemy who did not deserve their help. Yumi, the nanny of the children, refused to wash the American POW.
The wounds took time to heal; Dr. Sadao and Hana took great care of the American soldier. However, None of the servants tried to hide their displeasure and they voiced their opinion loudly for Sadao and Hana to hear. They felt that since both Hana and Dr. Sadao had lived in America for a while, they favoured the American P.O.W. over their own countrymen. The servants constantly pressurised the Hoki family to disclose the secret and get the American caught by the police. Finally, their displeasure at their master’s decision made them leave his household.

Question. Good human values are far above any other value system. How did Dr. Sadao succeed as a doctor as well as a patriot? 
Answer. Dr. Sadao Hoki was not only a trained surgeon but also a fervent patriot who dedicated himself to the cause of serving his country in the wartime through scientific research. However, the dilemma that Dr. Sadao faced on the arrival of the wounded American soldier at his doorstep was a clash between his duties as a doctor and that of a patriotic citizen. Since Dr. Sadao was under the Hippocratic oath to serve the mankind as a whole and put his professional duties first, he decided to save the enemy at any cost. For this he faced difficulties at his home from his wife and servants. He even endangered his own life and that of his family. However, he was able to show his patriotism by informing the General about the wounded American soldier and how he saved him. He requested the General to do whatever was necessary in the matter and even agreed to the arrangement of getting the enemy soldier killed by professional assassins sent by the General. The fact that he informed the General about the American’s escape, even though it was he who helped the soldier, is also a proof that Dr. Sadao was a dedicated surgeon as well as a patriotic Japanese. 

Question. How did Dr. Sadao help the American POW to escape? What humanitarian values do you find in his act?
Answer. After waiting for several days for the General’s private assassins to come and kill the American P.O.W., Dr. Sadao decided to help the latter escape. Dr. Sadao arranged for a boat, provided fresh water, food, quilts, flashlight, etc. and instructed him to go to the nearest deserted island. Dr. Sadao asked the soldier to wait there for a Korean fishing boat. He also told him to flash the torch light twice as signal in case he ran out of food. Dr. Sadao also provided the American soldier with Japanese attire and covered his blond hair with a black cloth as a part of his disguise. The young soldier shook Dr. Sadao’s hand and left without a word.
One can find universal value of sympathy,humanitarian consideration, love for fellow human beings and compassion in Dr. Sadao’s actions.

Question. How did the arrival of the prisoner destroy the peace of Sadao’s home? 
Answer. The arrival of the prisoner of war completely destroyed the peace of Sadao household. The servants in Dr. Sadao’s house were against his action of harbouring an American. Yumi refused to wash the wounded soldier. There was a fierce look of resistance on her face. The cook and the gardener criticised Sadao, saying that sea and the gun wanted the white man dead so, why was Sadao trying to save the enemy. They even threatened to leave the house. As the stay prolonged, all the servants quit their jobs and left, it was only Hana, Dr. Sadao’s wife, who stood by him. However, she too lived in constant fear. When the General’s uniformed messenger came for Dr. Sadao Hana thought that he had come to arrest her husband. Hana feared that Dr. Sadao would be condemned as a traitor.
Sadao himself was in a dilemma. Being a patriotic Japanese, he doubted whether his action was right since his professional ethics told him to save the wounded American P.O.W. Later, Dr. Sadao had many sleepless nights when the professional assassins did not come to get rid of the American as promised by the General. Only after the American soldier left, things became normal in Sadao household.

Question. Do you think Dr. Sadao’s final decision was the best possible one in the circumstances? Why/ Why not? Explain with reference to the story, ‘The Enemy’. 
Answer. In the given circumstances, Dr. Sadao’s final decision to help the American soldier escape was the best possible decision, because Dr. Sadao was a humanitarian.
When Dr. Sadao saw the American soldier washed ashore near his house, badly wounded, the doctor could have refused to treat him and handed him over to the authorities instantly. He did not do so because he was duty bound as a doctor to save the American soldier first, even prior to his motherland. Once the soldier recuperated, Dr. Sadao did what he thought was best for his country. He told the General about the American soldier, after all, he had saved an enemy. Dr. Sadao let the General decide the soldier’s fate and agreed with his decision to get him murdered by assassins.
However, compassion is a natural instinct in humanitarians. Therefore, after waiting anxiously for the General’s private assassins for three consecutive nights, Dr. Sadao helped the American soldier escape. To have him stay any longer with them was becoming a matter of concern for Dr. Sadao. It could get him imprisoned for treason and jeopardise his family. Besides, Dr. Sadao had already risen above the narrow prejudices of race, hatred and war by saving the American soldier’s life. By letting him escape, the doctor could assuage his conscience; had the General’s plan of the American’s assassination been carried out, it would have bothered Dr. Sadao gravely.

Question. Why did Sadao help the American soldier to escape? How did he do it? 
Answer. First, Dr. Sadao was tired of worrying about the General’s private assassins to murder the American. He had already spent three consecutive sleepless nights waiting for them to show up. It was becoming too much for him to bear. Secondly, perhaps Dr. Sadao was feeling sad and sorry for putting the same man’s life in jeopardy whom he had saved. Lastly, Dr. Sadao was a humanitarian by nature. Life was more important to him than war. These are few of the possible reasons why Dr. Sadao decided to help the American soldier escape. To help the P.O.W. escape, Dr. Sadao loaded his boat with food and bottled water, clothing, food, quilts etc. and asked him to row the boat to the island not far from the coast. He also gave the American a flashlight to be used for signalling. Dr. Sadao told him not to light fire and wait only for a Korean boat. Then, Dr. Sadao gave the American soldier Japanese clothes to wear and covered his blonde hair with a black cloth. At last, both men bid each other adieu.

Question. Dr. Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathise with him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff? 
Answer. While on one hand, her husband was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier, on the other hand, Hana had to face open defiance from the domestic staff. Amidst the chaos, Hana understood Dr. Sadao’s dilemma is between patriotism and his professional ethics.
This made her sympathise with her husband. Hana was a humane and kind person with a tender heart just like Dr. Sadao. She loved and respected her husband and his decisions. She felt that it would be cruel to leave the wounded American soldier to die. This is why she did not give in to the servants’ defiance. She maintained her dignity and selfrespect in front of them. Hana, was proud of her husband and had faith in his expertise, hence she supported Dr. Sadao.

Question. What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier? Was it human consideration, lack of national loyalty, dereliction of duty or simply selfabsorption?
Answer. The attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier was strange and unusual. He always portrayed himself as the most patriotic and dutiful General there could ever be. However, when Dr. Sadao told him about treating the American soldier the General did not get Dr. Sadao arrested for treason. He needed the highly skilled surgeon for his own survival. This makes it evident that the General was a self absorbed man, who was concerned only about himself. The fact that he offered to get the American soldier killed by his private assassins, that too as secretly as possible, shows the inhuman side of the General. Dr. Sadao waited for three consecutive nights for the assassins to show up at his house and do their job, but they did not come. Later, the General admitted to have forgotten all about the enemy soldier and the assassins whom he was supposed to send to get rid of the American, because be was distressed by his own pain. Once again, it proves the self-absorbed nature of the General. It is also dereliction of duty to quite an extent on the General’s part because he put himself above his country’s safety.

Question. Describe the difficulties faced by Dr. Sadao when he decided to help the enemy soldier.
Answer. Dr. Sadao found that the injured soldier had a gun wound. He was a white man and if he had given him any treatment or shelter, Dr. Sadao could be arrested on the charge of helping an enemy. Therefore, he was in a fix whether to perform his duty as a doctor or hand over the injured soldier to the authorities and prove his patriotism. Dr. Sadao knew that if he handed him over to the authorities, the American soldier would be surely killed. Thus, he chose his duty as a doctor and decided to save him. Dr. Sadao’s servants refused to help him in treating the soldier for he was an enemy of the country and they did not want to get into trouble if found guilty by association. Finally, he had to decide whether to keep waiting for the General’s assassins to show up and murder him or set him free. Once again Dr. Sadao was in a dilemma.

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