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    Dr. Sadao found a wounded American soldier at his doorstep during a time of war between Japan and America. As a doctor, he felt compelled to help the injured man despite it being illegal. His wife Hana supported saving the soldier's life due to her humanitarian values. They faced defiance from servants but saved the soldier through Dr. Sadao's surgery. Later, Dr. Sadao helped the soldier escape to avoid him being killed not for his country but to save the doctor, resolving his dilemma between patriotism and his duty as a doctor. The story conveys a message of rising above enmity and showing compassion.

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    Dr. Sadao found a wounded American soldier at his doorstep during a time of war between Japan and America. As a doctor, he felt compelled to help the injured man despite it being illegal. His wife Hana supported saving the soldier's life due to her humanitarian values. They faced defiance from servants but saved the soldier through Dr. Sadao's surgery. Later, Dr. Sadao helped the soldier escape to avoid him being killed not for his country but to save the doctor, resolving his dilemma between patriotism and his duty as a doctor. The story conveys a message of rising above enmity and showing compassion.

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    Long answer for the chapter The enemy class 12th

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    THE ENEMY LONG ANSWER

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    Dr. Sadao found a wounded American soldier at his doorstep during a time of war between Japan and America. As a doctor, he felt compelled to help the injured man despite it being illegal. His wife Hana supported saving the soldier's life due to her humanitarian values. They faced defiance from servants but saved the soldier through Dr. Sadao's surgery. Later, Dr. Sadao helped the soldier escape to avoid him being killed not for his country but to save the doctor, resolving his dilemma between patriotism and his duty as a doctor. The story conveys a message of rising above enmity and showing compassion.

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    Dr. Sadao found a wounded American soldier at his doorstep during a time of war between Japan and America. As a doctor, he felt compelled to help the injured man despite it being illegal. His wife Hana supported saving the soldier's life due to her humanitarian values. They faced defiance from servants but saved the soldier through Dr. Sadao's surgery. Later, Dr. Sadao helped the soldier escape to avoid him being killed not for his country but to save the doctor, resolving his dilemma between patriotism and his duty as a doctor. The story conveys a message of rising above enmity and showing compassion.

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    THE ENEMY

    QUES How did Mr. Sadao rise above narrow


    prejudices of race and country to help a human
    being in need? (2009)
    QUES 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? (2011)
    QUES What impression do you form about Dr.
    Sadao as a man and as a surgeon on your reading
    the chapter ,” The Enemy” (2012)
    QUES Do you think Dr. Sadao’s final decision was
    the best possible one in the circumstances?Why\
    Why not?Explainwith reference to the story,’The
    Enemy’ (2013)
    QUES Dr. Sadao was a patriotic Japanese as well
    as a dedicated surgeon. How could he honour
    both the values? (2015)
    QUES Dr. Sadao faced a dilemma. Should he use
    his surgical skills to save the life of a wounded
    person or handover an escaped American POW to
    the Japanese police? How did he resolve this clash
    of values? (2015)
    QUES Good human values are far above any other
    value system. How did Dr. Sadao succeed as a
    doctor as well as a patriot? (2017)
    QUES To choose between professional loyalty
    and patriotism was a dilemma for Dr. Sadao. How
    did he succeed in betraying neither? (2017)
    QUES How did Dr. Sadao face the dilemma he
    came across in his life?What light does it throw on
    his character? (2017)
    QUES How did the arrival of the prisoner destroy
    the peace of Sadao’s home? (2015)
    QUES What conflicting ideas arise in Dr. Sadao’s
    mind after he has brought the wounded American
    soldier home? How is the conflict resolved?
    (2014)
    QUES Why did Sadao help the American soldier to
    escape? How did he do it?(2012)
    ANSWER The story The Enemy by Pearl S Buck
    has everything in it that makes it an anti war story
    but at no stage in the story does the author spell
    out categorical condemnation of war. The
    deglorification of war is hinted at through the
    near fatal plight of an American POW.
    A wounded American soldier( TOM)who was
    bleeding was washed away at Dr. Sadao’s
    doorstep.Japan was at war with America and
    giving shelter to a U.S.soldier was an anti-national
    activity for which Dr. Sadao could be arrested and
    severely punished.
    Sadao’s expertise in his profession and
    compassion as a human being were his most
    dominant personality traits.As a dutiful doctor he
    could not have let the prisoner die of his injuries
    and so he saved his life. He encounters with the
    dilemma to live as private individual whose moral
    and ethical responsibility is to save the soldier and
    second is a Japanese to make the soldier arrest.
    But as a doctor ,he takes ethical responsibility,
    risks his life ,fame and social status to save the
    POW. His wife Hana also supported him. They
    knew that their decision to save enemy soldier
    would be questioned by everyone , but, they
    firmly followed the sense of duty. From Hana’s
    side ,it was purely duty of humanitarian.
    It is well said that,”Success of humanitycomes
    when we rise above the enemity and show our
    love towards the civilization as whole.”
    Dr. Sadao and Hana did the same .They did
    whatever they couldto save the life of a man.
    They also had to face open defiance from their
    servants who refused to co-operate with them.
    But,Hana ,being a woman ,could not see a
    wounded person being left in lurch. As a woman,
    she adorned the role of a life – giver and a
    preserver. She could not have been a
    destroyer.That is why she cleaned the prisoner
    when her maid was unwilling to do so. She also
    assisted her husband in the operation , despite
    the fact that she could not stand the blood , and
    started vomiting when she saw it.Thus, the life of
    POW was saved.
    It cannot be said that Dr. Sadao betrayed his
    country as he told the truth to the General and
    made plan to kill him. However ,whenhe noticed
    that the soldier was to be killed not for the
    benefit of the country but only to save doctor’s
    life , he decide to help him flee. In such a situation
    ,the final solution was the best possible one.
    Thus,this act of kindness makes the doctor the
    mouthpiece of the author who tries to convey the
    message of peace ,love, tolerance ,amity and
    brotherhood.

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