1. Who was Dr. Sadao? Where was his house?
Answer: Dr.
Sadao was a Japanese surgeon. He went to America and studied medicine from
there. He was simple, sober and kind hearted person.
OR: Dr.
Sadao was a Japanese Surgeon who studied medicine and surgery in America.
Dr. Sadao Hoki’s house was built on
a spot of the Japanese Coast. The low, square stone house was set upon rocks
well above a narrow beach which was outlined with bent pines.
2. Was
Dr. Sadao being arrested?
Or:
Was Dr. Sadao being arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
Answer: No,
Dr. Sadao was not arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy. Dr. Sadao
informed the old general about the American Prisoner of war (The Enemy) whom he
had operated and cured. To this response, the old general promised that Dr.
Sadao would not be arrested. The Old general also promised to send his private
assassins to kill the white man silently and secretly and remove his body in
the night.
3. Did
Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
Answer: Yes,
definitely Hana did. Hana and Dr. Sadao carried the wounded man into his house.
When Yumi (The maid) refused to wash the white man then Hana dipped a small
clean towel into the steaming hot water and washed the white man’s face carefully.
Also, Hana and Dr. Sadao looked after the wounded man until he was cured.
4. What
did Dr. Sadao and his wife, Hana do with the white man or the enemy or the
wounded man?
Anwer: At first, Dr. Sadao and his wife, Hana decided to put the white man or the enemy or the wounded man back into the sea. Later, they took a decision to bring the owned man to his senses. So, they carried him into his house and looked after him until he was cured. Dr. Sadao operated upon him and extracted a bullet from his body. Finally, Dr. Sadao managed a boat with other essential goods for the enemy or the white man to escape successfully and falsely informed the old general that he had escaped (himself).
5. What
did Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the white man?
Answer: To
get rid of the white man or the enemy, Dr. Sadao informed the old general that
he had operated upon a white man. The old general promised Sadao not to arrest
him and promised him to send his private assassins to kill the man and remove his
body in the night. When the white man was not killed in the three nights, then
Dr. Sadao managed a boat with other essential goods and escaped away the white
man from his house. Also, Dr. Sadao falsely informed the old general that he (the
white man) had escaped (himself).
6. Why
did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao or Dr. Sadao’s house?
Answer: On
the seventh day in the afternoon, a messenger came to Dr. Sadao or Dr. Sadao’s
house in official uniform. Hana was afraid of arresting Dr. Sadao. But, the messenger
informed that Dr. Sadao had to come to the palace. The messenger also said that
the old general was in pain again. That means, the messenger came to Dr. Sadao
or Dr. Sadao’s house to inform about the serious old pain of the old general
and came to invite Dr. Sadao to the palace.
7.
Who was Hana? What did she notice coming
out of the mist?
Answer: Hana was the wife of Dr. Sadao
who was a very caring, loving and sympathetic woman. Dr. Sadao met her at a party which was held for
foreign students at an American professor’s house.
Hana and Sadao saw something black
come out of the mists.
It turned out to be a
man, as if flung up out of
the ocean, staggering a few steps, his body outlined against the mist and arms above his
head. Hana and Dr.
Sadao noticed something
black come out of mist, which they later came to know was a man (the prisoner or the
soldier).
8. Who was Hana? How did she met Dr. Sadao?
Answer: Hana was the wife of Dr. Sadao who was a
very caring, loving and sympathetic woman. Dr. Sadao met her at a party which was held for foreign students
at an American professor’s house.
9. Write a
character-sketch of Dr. Sadao Hoki as depicted in “The Enemy”. (7 Marks)
Or: what did Dr. Sadao and his wife, Hana do with the white
man or the enemy or the prisoner of war or the wounded man ?
Or:
How did Dr. Sadao and his wife, Hana help the white man or the enemy or the
prisoner of war or the wounded man?
Or:
Write a short summary of ‘The Enemy’?
Answer:
In the story, “The Enemy”, Dr. Sadao is the main hero and protagonist. Dr.
Sadao was a Japanese surgeon. He went to America and studied medicine from
there. He was simple, sober and kind hearted person. His wife named Hana, a
caring, loving and sympathetic woman. He met her at a party which was held for
foreign students at an American professor’s house.
One day, Dr. Sadao and Hana found a
wounded soldier or prisoner on the sea-shore. The prisoner or soldier was an
American and their enemy for their country. So, at first, they thought of
putting the soldier or prisoner back into the sea. But, they carried him to
their house. Dr. Sadao and Hana looked after him and took an operation. After
some days of treatment, he was cured and became fully conscious.
Later, Dr. Sadao managed a boat and
other essential goods to escape for the soldier or prisoner and finally he
escaped successfully. But, Dr. Sadao falsely informed to the General that he
was escaped.
Thus, Dr. Sadao played role of a
kind-hearted person and a fine doctor who had done his work as a human being in
“The Enemy”.
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