A. Short Answer type Question (Each bearing 2 Marks)
1. Who was Mr. Sadao? Where was his house?
Ans: Mr. Sadao was a Japanse surgeon. He studied medicine in America.
His house was on a spot of the Japanese coast. It was a low square stone house which was set upon rocks.
Q.2. What kind of relationship did Dr. Sadao share with his father?
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Shadao shared a very important relationship with his father- ship. His father was very fond of Shadao’s education. He never played or joked with his son. He sent Shadao to America at the age of twenty-two to study surgery and medicine. After the completion of the study, Shadao returned to Japan at thirty.
Q.3. What was the attitude of Sadao and his wife towards the wounded man? What did they decide to do with the man?
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What was the initial reaction of Dr. Sadao and Hana on seeing he wounded soldier?
.Ans: .First, when Drs. Shadao and his wife, Hana, saw the wounded soldier lying on the beach, thinking of putting the man back into the sea. But their consciences forbade them to do so.
Eventually, they decided to take the wounded soldier to their home, even though he was an American, their enemy. They picked him up together and took him to their home, and Sadowa and Hana decided to treat the man and save the moribund soldier.
Q.4. Who was Hana? Where did Dr. Sadao meet her?
Ans: Hana was the wife of Dr. Sadao, a reputed Japanese surgeon. She was a very caring, loving and sympathetic woman. Dr. Sadao met her at a party held for for- eign students at an American professor’s house.
Q.5. How did Dr. Sadao and Hana come to know that the man was an American, a prisoner of war and an enemy?
Ans: When Dr. A.S. Shadao and Hana reached the man, who was desensitized on the beach. He was deeply wounded. An old hat was attached to his head with the words ‘U.S. The name ‘Navy’ was written on it. After close observation, they learned that the man was a white man. Thus they learned that the white man was an American, a prisoner of war, and an enemy of their country.
Q.6. When and where did Sadao marry Hana? How was their married life?
Ans: Dr. shadao met Hana at a party for foreign students at the home of an American professor and fell in love with her. but he had to wait to decide to marry Hana until he was sure she was a Japanese. This was because his father would not have accepted her as his daughter-in-law if she had not been correct in her race. Thus, after returning to Japan, and when his familyconfirmed that she was of pure Japanese origin, Chadao married her according to traditional Japanese customs.
Their married life was happy one and they loved each one deeply. Sadao had two chil- dren by her.
Q. 7. Who was Hana ? What did she notice coming out of the mist?
Ans: .Hana was the wife of Dr. Shadao, an established Japanese surgeon. She was a very caring, loving and sympathetic woman. Hana said something black came out of the fog. This was out of the sea. A moment later, Hana and her husband saw that it was a badly wounded American prisoner of war
Q. 8. Why did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao?
Ans: The messenger came to Dr. Sadao to take him to the palace as the old General was in pain.
B. Long Answer type Questions. (Each bearing 7 Marks)
Q.1.Give a character sketch of Dr. Sadao.
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Write a character-sketch of Dr. Sadao Hoki as depicted in “The Enemy”.
Ans: Dr. Sadao was a Japanse surgeon. He studied medicine in America. He was a very kind and sympathetic man, a reputed sur- geon and a true humaintarian.
Shadao shared a very important relationship with his father. His father was very enthusiastic about Shadao’s education. He sent Shadao to America at the age of twenty-two to study surgery and medicine. After the completion of the study, Shadao returned to Japan at thirty.
He married Hannah and had a very happy married life. They loved each other deeply. Dr. Chadao was a good doctor and a kind humanitarian. It is known that one day he and his wife, Hannah, saw a wounded soldier lying unconscious on the beach. First, they thought about putting the man back into the sea. But their consciences forbade them to do so.
Despite the injured chole-dear being an American, they picked him up and cart-lined him to their home. There, Chadao treated the moribund soldier well and saved his life despite the danger he faced from his native people. He finally freed him and told the commander that the prisoner had ace. Cap d and he was ready to meet the conscience-quench for what he had done,
Thus we see that Dr. Sadao was a fine doctor and a kind-hearted humanitarian to the truest sense.
Q.2. Why and how did Dr. Sadao help the prisoner of war to escape? Do you find him guilty of harbouring an enemy?
Ans: Dr. Shadao was a good doctor and a kind humanitarian. One night he and his wife Hana found a wounded soldier (prisoner of war) lying unconscious on the beach. First, they put the man back into the sea. But their consciences forbade them to do so. Despite the fact that the injured soul-deer was an American, they picked him up and took him to their home. There, Shadao treated the moribund soldier well and saved his life despite the danger he faced from his native people.
When the wounded American soldier recovered, Dr. Shadao arranged a boat for him and told him to reach a nearby island from where he could seek the assistance of a Korean boat to the S-cape. He provided him with some food, some water bottles and two laps in the boat. he gave him a flashlight and told him to make a signal with it when the food was finished. He wore Japanese clothes and his white head was covered with black cloth. Therefore, Dr. Shadao helped the prisoner of war escape.
Dr. A.S. Shada is also not guilty of harboring the enemy. It is a common fact that countries at war are considered enemies of each other. Dr. Shada was also confused to make his choice between his role as a person and a Japanese. But it was his Humanitarian-ian feeling to save the life of an American pris. In doing so, he overcame his narrow sense of nationality and proved himself to be a real man.
Q.3. Dr. Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to save a dying enenmy. What made Hana to sympathise with the American sailor in spite of open defiance from the servants? How do you justify the behaviour of the old General? Was it hu- man consideration or lack of national loy- alty or dereliction of duty?
Ans: Hannah was a kind woman. She loved her husband very much and she was committed to supporting him. She curtailed the strength of character that stood by her husband to save the lives of American prisoners of war. In doing so, she faced open disobedience from the servants. But she didn’t mind disobedience and played her role as a human being.
The behavior of the old general called for criticism. He was a Japanese general. When he heard about the prisoner of war, he called up Dr. Shadao and told him that as a Zapa-nish Dr. Shadao did a worn job in harboring the enemy but as a doctor he has done his part. but to clear of this attack, the general promised him to send some of his private assassins to his house to kill the enemy. But he kept his promise. As a Japanese general, his duty was absolutely to arrest prisoner of war. But he didn’t do that. So we can accuse him of neglect of duty. 000
Type By Suman Bora