THE ENEMY

NOTES AND ASSIGNMENT

CLASS 12

The Theme of the story:

1. The writer of the story conveys that there comes a time in a man’s life when it
is required for him to lift from petty considerations of race, nationality and act
in human consideration.
2. Dr.Sadao being patriotic Japanese hates Americans as his enemies. One day
a prisoner of war appears at the shore near Dr.Sadao’s house wounded and
Dr.Sadao and his wife Hana move over their feelings of hatred towards him
and they treat him until he is capable of taking care of himself. Not only they
treat him but dr.Sadao also helps him escape. He arranges all the things that
are required for him to escape. By this humble and kind act, the theme of the
story stands clear that humanity should rise above all.
3. Through the story, the writer also shows the impact of war on the life of
normal people and she does so by presenting an American wounded soldier
who has to face the fury of the weather and the hostility of the Japanese
people.
SUMMARY - The Enemy is a story written by Pearl Sydenstricker Buck. It is about a Japanese
surgeon, Sadao. He went to study in America and meets a Japanese girl, Hana, there. He marries
her and brings her back to Japan to settle down. This was the time of World War II. Thus, all the
doctors were called upon to serve the Japanese army. However, they allowed Sadao to stay back.
It was because he was tending to the old General who was on his death bed. However, one
night, an incident changes his life. He encounters an American Navy-man who is injured by a
gun-shot and dying.

Although Sadao was in no mind to help the enemy, he takes in the young soldier and provides
him with medical assistance. He keeps him at his house to avert any danger coming his way.
However, he knew he has opened doors to danger by helping the enemy. His servants decide to
leave Sadao too. As the days kept passing, the soldier was now beginning to gain his health
back. Now that the soldier was no longer Sadao’s patient, he decides to kill him off in his sleep.
He informs the General of the American and thus the General reciprocates. They decide to send
private assassins to kill the American soldier.

While waiting for the assassins, Sadao starts noticing it was delaying. However, during this
course, humanity in Sadao arises. He realizes that he is a human being at the end of the day. He
now recognizes the value of human life as well as universal brotherhood. Thus, this opens his
mind which was limited to race, boundaries, and wars. Finally, he comes to the conclusion that
the American soldier is not his enemy just because he belongs to another country. Thus, he rises
above his prejudices and does the right thing by helping the American soldier escape, thus
saving his life.

Conclusion of The Enemy

To sum up, The Enemy summary, we learn how love and compassion can make us better human
beings as opposed to prejudices and biases against other people with whom we do not share
anything but the bond of being humans.

SOLUTION OF NCERT QUESTIONS

Q1. Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?

Ans. Dr SadaoHoki was an eminent Japanese surgeon and scientist. He
had spent eight valuable years of his youth in America to learn all that
could be learnt of surgery and medicine there. He was perfecting a
discovery which would render wounds entirely clean.
Dr Sadao’s house was built on rocks well above a narrow beach that was
outlined with bent pines. It was on a spot of the Japanese coast.

Q2. Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an

enemy?
Ans. Dr Sadao knew that they would be arrested if they sheltered a white
man in their house. The wounded man was a prisoner of war who had
escaped with a bullet on his back. Since Japan was at war with America,
harbouring an enemy meant being a traitor to Japan. Dr Sadao could be
arrested if anyone complained against him and accused him of harbouring
an enemy.

Q3. Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
Ans. The gardener and the cook were frightened that their master was
going to heal the wound of a white man—an enemy. They felt that after
being cured he (the white man) will take revenge on the Japanese. Yumi,
the maid, was also frightened. She refused to wash the white man. Hana
rebuked the maid who had refused to wash a wounded helpless man.
Then she dipped a small dean towel into the steaming hot water and
washed the white man’s face. She kept on washing him until his upper
body was quite dean. But she dared not turn him over.

Q4. What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?
Ans. Dr Sadao and his wife, Hana, had told the servants that they only
wanted to bring the man to his senses so that they could turn him over as
a prisoner. They knew that the best possible course under the
circumstances was to put him back into the sea. However, Dr Sadao was
against handing over a wounded man to the police. He dedded to carry
him into his house. He operated upon him and extracted the bullet from
his body. He kept the white man in his house. He and his wife looked after
him and fed him till he was strong enough to walk on his legs. .

Q5. Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an

enemy?
Ans. It was the seventh day since Dr Sadao had operated upon the young
white man. Early that morning, their three servants left together. In the
afternoon, a messenger came there in official uniform. He told Dr Sadao
that he had to come to the palace at once as the old General was in pain
again.
Hana, who had thought that the officer had come to arrest Dr Sadao,
asked the messenger, “Is that all?” The baffled messenger enquired if that
was not enough. She tried to cover her mistake by expressing regret and
admitted that the General’s illness was enough. Dr Sadao told the General
about the white man he had operated upon. Since Dr Sadao was
indispensable to the General, he promised that Dr Sadao would not be
arrested.

Q6. What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?

Ans.DrSadao had told the old General that he had operated upon a white
man. The General promised to send his private assassins to kill the man
silently and secretly at night and remove his body. Dr Sadao left the outer
partition of white man’s room open. He waited anxiously for three nights.
The servants had left their house. His wife Hana had to cook, clean the
house and serve the wounded man. She was unaccustomed to this labour.
She was anxious that they should get rid of the man.
Dr Sadao told Tom, the white man, that he was quite well then. He offered
to put his boat on the shore that night. It would have food and extra
clothing in it. Tom might be able to row to the little island which was not
far from the coast. It had not been fortified. The .water was quite deep.
Nobody lived there, as it was submerged in storm. Since it was not the
season of storm, he could live there till he saw a Korean fishing boat pass
by. He gave the man his flashlight. He was to signal twice with his
flashlight at sunset in case his food ran out. In case, he was still there and
all right, he was to signal only once.
Dr Sadao gave the man Japanese clothes and covered his blond head with
a black doth. In short, Dr Sadao helped the man to escape from Japan. At
the same time he also got rid of the man.

READING WITH INSIGHT

Q1.There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices
between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a
sense of national loyalty? Discuss with reference to the story you
have just read.
Ans. Dr SadaoHoki faces a dilemma when he finds the body of an
unconscious wounded white man lying on the lonely coast with dangerous
rocks near his house. His first reaction was that the person was perhaps a
fisherman who had been washed from his boat. He ran quickly down the
steps. His wife, Hana came behind him. When they came near, Sadao
found that the man was wounded and lay motionless. His face was in the
sand. As they saw his face, they found that he was a white man with long
yellow hair and a rough yellow beard.
Being an expert surgeon, Dr Sadao saw that the man had a gun-wound on
the right side of his lower back. He at once packed the wound with sea
moss to stanch the fearful bleeding. Since Japan was at war with America,
the white man was an enemy. Dr Sadao muttered, “What shall we do with
this man?” He answered the question himself, “The best thing that we
could do would be to put him back in the sea.” His wife approved of his
decision.

Then Sadao made another observation. If they sheltered a white man in their house they
would be arrested and if they turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die. Hana
still insisted on putting him back into the sea. From his battered cap, Dr Sadao concluded
that he was a sailor from an American warship. The man was a prisoner of war. He had
escaped and that was why he was wounded in the back..
Hana asked if they were able to put him back into the sea. Sadao then said that if the man
was whole he could turn the man over to the police without difficulty. He cared nothing for
the man. He was their enemy. All Americans were their ‘enemy’. But since he was
wounded… Hana understood his dilemma and realised that in the conflict between his sense
of national loyalty and his duty as a doctor, it was the latter which proved dominant. Since
Sadao too could not throw him back to the sea, the only course left for them was to carry
him to their house. Sadao enquired about the reaction of the servants.
Hana said that they would, tell the servants that they intended to give the man to the
police. She told Sadao that they must do so. They had to think of the children and the
doctor’s position. It would endanger all of them if they did not give that man over as a
prisoner of war.
Sadao agreed and promised that he would not think of doing anything else.
Q2. 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?
Ans. Dr Sadao and his wife, Hana, together lifted the wounded man and
carried him to an empty bedroom in their house. The man was very dirty.
Sadao suggested that he had better be washed. He offered to do so if she
would fetch water. Hana was against it. She suggested that the maid,
Yumi, could wash the man. They would have to tell the servants. Dr Sadao
examined the man again and remarked that the man would die unless he
was operated upon at once. He left the room to bring his surgical
instruments.
The servants did not approve of their master’s decision to heal the wound
of a white man. Even Yumi refused to wash the white man. There was so
fierce a look of resistance upon Yumi’s round dull face that Hana felt
unreasonably afraid. Then she said with dignity that they only wanted to
bring him to his senses so that they would turn him over as a prisoner.
However, Yumi refused to have anything to do with him. Hana asked Yumi
gently to return to her work.

The open defiance from the domestic staff hurt Hana’s feelings. She had told the servants to
do what their master commanded them. She was convinced of her own superiority. She
now became sympathetic to her husband and helped him in his efforts to heal the wounded
man. Though the sight of the white man was repulsive to her, she washed his face and his
upper body. She prepared herself to give him the anaesthetic according to her husband’s
instructions. She had never seen an operation. She choked and her face turned pale like
sulphur. She felt like vomiting and left for a while. She returned after retching and
administered anaesthetic to the man. Thus she co-operated with her husband fully to save
the wounded man.
Q3. How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave
the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t
stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?
Ans. On the third day after the operation, the young man asked Dr Sadao
what he was going to do with him and if he was going to hand him over.
Dr Sadao said that he did not know himself what he would do with the
mem. He ought to hand him over to the police as he was a prisoner of
war.
The young man saw that Dr Sadao and his wife Hana were different from
other Japanese. They spoke English well, looked after him and served him
food. Seven days after the operation of the man, Dr Sadao was called to
the palace to see the General. Hana thought that the police had come to
arrest Dr Sadao. Dr Sadao confided in the General and he (General)
promised to send his personal assassins to kill the man and remove his
body. Dr Sadao waited for three nights. Nothing happened. Then he made
a plan to let the prisoner escape. He told Tom, the young American, about
it. The young man stared at him and asked if he had to leave. It seemed
he was reluctant to leave. Dr Sadao told him that he should understand
everything clearly. It was not hidden that he was there and this situation
was full of risk for himself as well as for the doctor and his family. Thus it
is quite clear that the reluctance of the soldier was caused by the single
motive of self-preservation. He knew from the treatment he had received
from the couple that they would save him.

Q4. 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 self-absorption?
Ans. During his meeting with the General, Dr Sadao told him about the
man he had operated on successfully. He explained that he cared nothing
for the man. The General appreciated his skill and efficiency and promised
that he would not be arrested.
The General thought it quite unfortunate that the man had been washed
up to Dr Sadao’s doorstep and thought it best if he could be quietly killed.
He promised to send his private assassins to do so and remove his dead
body. He suggested that Dr Sadao should leave the outer partition of the
white man’s room to the garden open at night.
It is evident that the General had no human consideration in this matter.
For him an enemy was an enemy and must be wiped out. He wanted the
man to be eliminated silently to save the doctor from being arrested. It
was neither lack of national loyalty nor dereliction of duty that guided and
inspired his decision. It was simply his sense of self-absorption. He
“wanted to keep Dr Sadao safe only for his own sake. He had no faith in
the other Germany trained doctors. He might have to be operated upon
anytime when he had another attack and he had full faith in the skill and
loyalty of Dr Sadao only.
This fact is further corroborated by the General’s remarks to Dr Sadao,
one week after the emergency operation upon the General. Dr Sadao
informed him that the man had escaped. The General asked whether he
had not promised Sadao that he would kill the
man for him. Dr Sadao replied that he had done nothing. The General
admitted that he had forgotten his promise as he had been suffering a
great deal and he thought of nothing but himself. He revealed the whole
truth. He admitted that it was careless of him to have forgotten his
promise. But added that it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty
on his part.

Q5. While hatred against a member of the enemy race is

justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being
rise above narrow prejudices?
Ans. It is the consciousness of the demands of one’s calling that make a
sensitive soul respond to the call of his duty as a professional doctor to
attend to the wounded human being regardless of his being an enemy.
In the story ‘The Enemy’ Dr SadaoHoki finds a prisoner of war washed
ashore and in a dying state thrown to his doorstep. As a patriot, it is his
duty to hand him over to the police. If he does not want to be entangled,
the next best thing is to put him back to the sea.
However, the surgeon in him instinctively inspires him to operate upon the
dying man and save him from the jaws of death. First, he packs the wound
with sea-moss to stanch the fearful bleeding. Then he brings him home
with the help of his wife. In spite of stiff opposition and open defiance of
the servants, he operates upon the man and harbours him till he is able to
leave. He knows fully well the risk of sheltering a white man—a prisoner of
war—in his house. But his sentimentality for the suffering and wounded
person help him rise above narrow national prejudices and extend his help
and services even to an enemy.

Q6. Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was
the best possible one in the circumstances?
Ans. Yes, I think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best
possible one in the circumstances. Initially, the doctor as well as his wife
thought that the best as well as kindest thing would be to put him back
into the sea. But neither of them was able to put him back into the sea.
Sadao explained that if the man was whole he could turn him over to the
police without difficulty, but since he was wounded, the doctor could not
throw him back to the sea. He could not kill the man whom he had saved
from the jaws of death.
The General promised to send his private assassins to kill the man and
remove his dead body. Sadao waited for three nights for their arrival, but
they never came as the General being preoccupied with his own suffering,
forgot everything else.
Meanwhile the fear of Hana, the doctor’s wife, that he would be arrested
on the charge of harbouring an enemy kept on mounting. Dr Sadao made
up his mind to get rid of the man as it was not only inconvenient but also
dangerous for them to have him there any longer. He, therefore, quietly
devised the plan of letting the prisoner escape by using his own boat and
Japanese clothes.
As soon as the enemy left, the servants returned and life became normal
once again. Dr Sadao informed the General that “the man” had escaped.
The General admitted that he had forgotten his promise as he thought of
nothing but himself as he was suffering a great deal. He confessed that it
was careless of him but it was not his lack of patriotism or dereliction of
duty. In short, the doctor’s strategy to let the prisoner escape was the
best possible solution to the problem under the prevailing circumstances.

Q7. Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you
read in ‘Snapshots’ last year? What are the similarities?
Ans. Yes, the story ‘The Enemy’ by Pearl S. Buck certainly reminds us of
the story ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin. Both the stories have certain obvious
similarities. Both the stories revolve around the protagonist who is a
doctor. Both of them focus on the doctor’s devotion and dedication to his
duty and his concern for the well-being of his patient. The doctor sacrifices
his own rest and comfort while attending to the patient. If the doctor
brings a ‘still-born’ baby back to life in the story ‘Birth’, Dr SadaoHoki
performs no less a miracle. He saves an almost dying man from the jaws
of death by skilfully extracting the bullet from his body and giving him
medicines and injections for quick relief.
Dr Sadao runs a greater risk than Dr Andrew Mason. While the former
could be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy and condemned
to death, the latter (Dr Andrew) was foregoing rest and staking his
reputation as a medical practitioner. He had had a disappointing evening
with Christine, the girl he loves, but he forgets his personal feelings and
concentrates on the safe delivery of child and then of reviving the middle-
aged mother and the still-born child. Similarly, Dr Sadao is dedicated to
his patient and his problems. He forgets everything while concentrating on
the operation. His servants have defied him for sheltering an enemy and
run away. His wife, Hana, has to do menial jobs while attending to the
patient and her retching disturbs him. Her distress and his inability to
attend to her make him impatient and irritable, but he does not desert the
man who is under his knife. To conclude, we may say that the zeal,
dedication and efforts of both the doctors are similar. There is difference
of degree in the risk factor, but their devotion to suffering humanity is
undoubtedly of the same kind.

Q8. Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a
similar theme?
Ans. I remember an old Hindi film ‘Dr Kotnis ki Amar Kahani’ that deals
with a similar theme. The eminent doctor gives up his practice and goes
to the war front to look after the wounded and ailing soldiers and render
them medical help. He spares no pain in performing his duties. He ignores
the demands of his own body that is sleep, rest and comfort. Service to
suffering humanity is his sole motivation and in his zeal to restore the
maximum number of victims back to health, the doctor suffers from
physical and mental exhaustion and ultimately dies.
The film based on the life of Florence Nightingale, the lady with the lamp,
also glorifies the spirit of service and sacrifice of a member of the medical
profession. It is through her sheer hard work and dedication to duty that
Florence Nightingale raises the job of a nurse to a high pedestal.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (EXTRAPOLATION)

Q1.What do you learn about Sadao’s father from the story ‘The
Enemy’?
Ans. Sadao’s father was a visionary. He knew that the islands near the
sea coast were the stepping stones to the future for 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 all that could be learned of surgery and medicine. He loved the
Japanese race, customs and manners.

Q2. Why was Dr Sadao being kept in Japan and not sent abroad
with the troops?
Ans. Sadao was an eminent surgeon and a scientist. He was perfecting a
discovery which would render wounds entirely clean. Secondly, the old
General was being treated medically for a condition for which he might
need an operation. Due to these two reasons Sadao was being kept in
Japan and not sent abroad with the troops.

Q3. Who was Sadao’s wife? Where had he met her? Why did he
wait to fall in love with her?
Ans. Hana was Sadao’s wife. He had met her by chance at an American
professor’s house. Professor Harley and his wife had been kind people.
They held a party at their home for their few foreign students. Hana was a
new student. He waited to fall in love with her until he was sure she was
Japanese. It was because his father would never have received her unless
she had been pure in her race.

Q4. When and where did Sadao marry Hana? How was their
married life?
Ans. Sadao married Hana when they returned to Japan after finishing
their work at medical school. Sadao’s father saw her. The marriage was
then arranged in the old Japanese way. They had been married years
enough to have two children. Their married life was quite happy. They still
loved each other.

Q5. ‘Both of them saw something black came out of the mists’.
What did they see and how did they react to it?
Ans. It was a man who had been flung up out of the ocean, to his feet by
a breaker. He staggered a few steps with his arms above his head. Then
the curled mists hid him again. When they next saw him, he was on his
hands and knees crawling. Then they saw him fall on his face and lie
there. Sadao thought that he was perhaps a fisherman who had been
washed from his boat. He ran quickly down the steps. Hana followed him.

Q6. In which state did Sadao and Hana find the man? What did
they learn about him?
Ans. The man lay motionless with his face in the sand. As they turned the
man’s head, they saw that he was a white man with long yellow hair. His
young face had a rough yellow beard. He was unconscious. From his
battered cap they learnt that he was a sailor from an American warship.

Q7. What did Sadao learn about the white man’s wound?
Ans. Sadao saw that a gun-wound had been reopened on the right side of
his lower back. The flesh was blackened with powder. The man had been
shot recently and had not been tended. It was bad chance that the rock
had struck the wound and reopened it.

Q8. How can you say that Sadao’s head and hands worked in
different directions?
Ans. Sadao’s head told him to put the man back into the sea as he was an
American soldier-an enemy of Japan. His trained hands seemed, of their
own will, to be doing what they could to stanch the fearful bleeding. He
packed the wound with the sea-moss that strewed the beach. The
bleeding was stopped for the moment.

Q9.What dilemma did Sadao face about the young white man?
Ans. The white man was wounded. He needed immediate medical care.
Dr Sadao could do so. But if they sheltered a white man in their house,
they would be arrested. On the other hand, if they turned him over as a
prisoner, he would certainly die. Dr Sadao was in a fix. It was difficult for
him to come to any decision.

Q10.What was the attitude of Sadao and Hana towards the white
man?
Ans. They stared upon the inert figure of the white man with a curious
repulsion. Both talked of putting him back into the sea, but neither of
them was able to do so alone. They hesitated. Sadao said that being
American, the man was his enemy. He would have handed him over to the
police if he had not been wounded. But since he was wounded… He left
the sentence incomplete, implying that he couldn’t do so.

Q11.What solution did Hana offer to resolve Sadao’s

predicament?
Ans. Hana found that neither of them could throw the white man back
into the sea. There was only one thing to do. They must carry the man
into their house. They must tell the servants that they intended to hand
him over to the police. She reminded her husband of his position and
children. It would endanger all of them if they did not give that man over
as a prisoner of war.

Q12. How did Sadao and Hana take the man inside their house?
Ans. Together they lifted the man. He was very light. His arms were
hanging down. They carried him up the steps and into the side door of the
house. This door opened into a passage. Down the passage, they carried
him towards an empty bedroom. They laid the man on the deeply matted
floor.

Q13. Hana took out a soft quilt from the wall cupboard. Then she
hesitated. Why? What did her husband suggest? Why did she not
agree?
Ans. The quilt was covered with flowered silk and the lining was pure
white silk. Secondly, the man was quite dirty. So Hana hesitated. Her
husband suggested that he should be washed. He offered to wash him, if
she was willing to fetch water. She could not bear for him to touch the
man and offered to tell Yumi, the maid, to wash him.

Q14. Why did Dr Sadao had to touch the man? What did he
observe?
Ans. The utter pallor of the man’s unconscious face moved Dr Sadao first
to stoop and feel his pulse. It was faint but it was there. Then he put his
hand against the man’s cold breast. The heart too was yet alive. He
observed that the man would die unless he was operated on.

Q15. Why did Hana come behind Sadao when he went out of the
room quickly?
Ans. Hana did not wish to be left alone with the white man. He was the
first she had seen since she left America. He seemed to have nothing to
do with those whom she had known there. Here he was her enemy, a
menace, living or dead.

Q16. How did the servants react when their master told them
about the wounded white man?
Ans. The servants were frightened and puzzled. The old gardener told
Hana that the master ought not to heal the wound of that white man. He
said that the white man ought to die. First he was shot. Then the sea
caught him and wounded him with her rocks. If the master healed what
the gun and the sea had done, they would take revenge on them.

Q17. Why had Hana to wash the wounded man herself?

Ans. Hana told Yumi to fetch hot water and bring it to the room where the
white man was. Yumi put down the wooden bucket, but refused to wash
the dirty white man. Hana cried at her severely. She told her to do what
her master commanded her to do. The fierce look of resistance upon
Yumfe dull face made Hana afraid. Under these circumstances, Hana had
no option but to wash the white man herself.

Q18. How did Hana wash the wounded man?

Ans. First, Hana untied the knotted rugs that kept the white man covered.
When she had his breast bare, she dipped a small clean towel into the
steaming hot water and washed his face carefully. She kept on washing
him until his upper body was quite clean. But she dared not turn him over
for fear of the wound.

Q19. What help did Dr Sadao seek from Hana while operating the
wounded white man?
Ans. First, he asked her to fetch towels. Then he told her that she would
have to give him the anaesthetic if he needed it. Since, Hana had never
done so, he told her that it was easy enough. He asked her to soak the
cotton with anaesthetic and hold it near his nostrils. When he breathed
badly, she had to move it away a little. Thus, Hana proved herself helpful
to her husband.

Q20. How did Hana react to Sadao’s absorption in his work?

Ans. Sadao went on with his swift concise movements. He did not seem
to hear her. She was used to his absorption when he was at work. She
wondered for a moment if it mattered to him what the body was upon
which he worked so long as it was for the work which he did so
excellently.

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (VALUE BASED)

Q1. Why did SadaoHoki go to America? What do you learn about
his experiences there?
Ans. Sadao’s education was his father’s chief concern. So he had been
sent at twenty-two to America to leam all that could be learnt of surgery
and medicine. He studied there for eight years and returned to Japan at
thirty. Before his father died, Sadao had become famous not only as a
surgeon, but also as a scientist.
He had had great difficulty in finding a place to live in America because he
was a Japanese. The Americans were full of prejudice and it had been
bitter to live in it, knowing himself to be superior to them. An ignorant and
dirty old woman at last consented to house him in her miserable home. He
found her repulsive to him even in her kindness.
One of his American professors and his wife were kind people. They were
anxious to do something for their few foreign students. But their rooms
were quite small, the food was very bad, the professor was a dull person
and his wife was a silly talkative woman.

Q2. How can you say that Dr Sadao’s father was a Japanese to the
core?
Ans. Dr Sadao’s father had high dreams about the future of Japan. There
was no limit to 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 with her until he
was sure she was 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 a Japanese every inch. The floor of his room was deeply matted.
He would never sit on a 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.

Q3. What do you learn about Dr Sadao and Harm from the story
‘The Enemy’?
Ans. Sadao and Hana represent modem, enlightened and educated
Japanese who get the benefit of American training in medical science, yet
retain love and respect for their moth¬erland and its customs and
traditions. He was an obedient and caring son who had deep regard for his
father. He married Hana only after his father had seen her. Their marriage
was arranged in the old Japanese way. They were perfectly happy and had
two children. Even years after their marriage they retained the same love
and affection for each other. Since Japan was at war with America, they
considered the Americans as their enemies. The waves of the ocean had
flung up a wounded young American to their doorstep. They wanted to put
him back into the sea, but neither of them was able to do so. They
brought the wounded man inside their house in spite of repulsion for him.
Sadao had been trained not to let a man die if he could help him. The
ethics of the medical profession forced him to save even his enemy. His
wife Hana obeyed all his commands and instructions like a child though
she suffered a lot internally.

Q4. What was the dilemma that Sadao faced when he saw a
wounded, young white man washed to his doorstep? What
solution did his wife, Hana, offer to resolve his (Sadao’s)
predica¬ment?
Ans. The young white man was bleeding. He had a bullet wound on his
lower back. He needed immediate medical attention. Dr Sadao, an
eminent surgeon, could do so. But if they sheltered a white man in their
house, they would be arrested. On the other hand, if they tinned him over
as a prisoner, he would certainly die. Neither of them could put him back
into the sea and get rid of him. They were true humanist. So, they
hesitated.
Sadao declared that being an American, the man was his enemy. He
would have handed him over to the police if he had been hale and hearty.
But since he was wounded… He left the sentence unfinished implying that
he could not do so as he had been trained not to let a man die if he could
help him.
Hana suggested that they must carry the man inside the house. They
must tell the ser¬vants that they intended to hand him over to the police.
She reminded her husband of his position and the children. It would
endanger all of them if they did not hand that man over as a prisoner of
war. His doubts were removed and they decided to carry the man into
their house.

Q5. How did Dr Sadao take the man inside his house and try to
save him?
Ans. Dr Sadao and Hana lifted the man together. He was very light. His
arms were hanging
down. They carried him up the steps and into the side door of the house.
This door opened •
into a passage. Down the passage, they carried him towards an empty
bedroom. They laid the man on the deeply matted floor. The man was
quite dirty, so Dr Sadao suggested that he should be washed.
The utter pallor of the man’s unconscious face moved Dr Sadao first to
stoop and feel his pulse. It was faint, but it was there. Then he put his
hand against the man’s cold breast.
The heart too was yet alive. He observed that the man would die unless
he was operated upon immediately. He left the room to bring his
instruments to perform an emergency operation to save the man’s life.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q1- Who is the author of the lesson The Enemy?

A) Pearl S. Buck
B) Dickens
C) D.H.Lawrence
D) None

Q2- Why did Dr Sadao treat the soldier when he was from enemy's nationality?
A) He was a doctor
B) It was against his professional ethics
C) as a doctor he could not let anyone die
D) All

Q3- Who was Dr.Sadao?

A) An Iranian Doctor
B) An American doctor
C) A Japanese doctor
D) None
Q4- How did Hana help Dr.Sadao?
A) By assisting him
B) by giving him money
C) by giving him tools
D) by working as a nurse

Q5- Why did the General not pass orders to arrest Dr.Sadao for giving space to a whiteman?
A) because he trusted him
B) because he needed him
C) General was not in good health and needed his services
D) None

Q6- Why did Dr become irritatable and impatient with his patients?
A) because of his inability to leave the white man to help his distressed wife
B) because of many patients
C) because of General's pressure
D) All these

Q7- Why did Dr.'s wife feel distressed?

A) seeing many patients
B) Seeing General's reaction
C) Seeing the orders
D) Seeing Whiteman's blood

Q8- Why did the surgeon speak sharply to his wife?

A) to get things he needed
B) to get her help
C) to stop any disturbance that could lead to harm the wounded man.
D) None

Q9- What was Hana's reaction over her husband's words?

A) She held her mouth with her hands and vomited outside the operation room
B) she shouted
C) she cried
D) she stopped helping him
Q10- Why did Hana wash the wounded man herself?
A) Because of her servants
B) because her servants ran away
C) because her servants refused to help an American enemy soldier
D) none

Q11- Why did the servants refuse to help ?

A) out of fears
B) because of suoerstitions
C) because he was an American Soldier
D) All these

Q12- How did Dr. ensure that the American Soldier had left safely?
A) by escorting him
B) by seeing no signal of flashlight
C) by giving him a call
D) none

Q13- Why did Sadao marry a Japanese girl only?

A) because he liked Japanese
B) he didn't like any other nationality
C) Because of his father's fear
D) because he didn't want to upset his father

Q14- What kind of person was Sadao'sfather ?

A) a serious
B) a jollygood man
C) very strict
D) A true patriot and traditional person

Q15- Why did the messenger come to the doctor?

A) to meet him
B) for checkup
C) to inform about the General's pain
D) All these
Q16- Seeing the messenger, what was Hana's reaction?
A) She got frightened
B) she thought he has come to arrest her husband
C) General's man
D) All these

Q17- What kind of person The General was?

A) a kind hearted
B) a wise man
C) a selfish man
D) none

Q18- Why did General spare the White American soldier?

A) to spare his own life
B) he himself was in pain
C) needed Dr Sadao's help
D) All these

Q19- How did Dr get rid of the American Soldier?

A) by giving him instructions
B) by giving him flaslight to use in times of distress
C) by asking him to row to the island
D) All these

Q20- Why was Dr.Sadao not sent to the battlefield?

A) because he had no interest
B) he didn't love his country
C) he was supposed to offer his services to the General who was in pain
D) All these

Q21- Why did Dr. Give his flashlight to the enemy soldier?
A) to help him
B) to show him the way in the dark
C) so that he could send him signal in case of any distress
D) All these

Q22- What was General's plan for American soldier?

A) he wanted him to reach safely
B) will inform his country
C) will get him assassinated by some private assassins
D) none

Q23- Why did the servants leave Dr.'s House?

A) Because he was wounded
B) because he was dirty
C) Because he was an American Soldier and they didn't like him
D) All

Q24- Where did Dr find American soldier?

A) in the park
B) in the battlefield
C) outside his house
D) none

Q25- Why did Dr. help an enemy soldier?

A) because he was an ethical and sincere doctor
B) because he was his friend
C) because he knew him
D) none

Q26- What conflicting ideas disturb Dr.'s mind after he brought American soldier?
A) duty of a doctor and loyalty towards nation
B) his wife's health and general's health
C) patient's health and servants
D) servants' behavior

Q27- How did Dr emerge successfully out of all the conflicts?

A) by throwing the patients out of his house
B) by sending his servants out of the house
C) by succumbing before the general
D) By saving soldier's life as a sincere doctorand helping him to escape

Q28- What kind of person Dr Sadao was?

A) an excellent doctor
B) a compassionate human being
C) Sincere and responsible citizen
D) All these

Q29- What idea do you form of Dr after reading the lesson?

A) an excellent doctor
B) a compassionate human being
C) Sincere and responsible citizen
D) All these

Q30- What were the dominant traits of Dr.'s personality?

A) expertise in his profession and compassion as a human
B) obstinate
C) doesn't like to obey anyone
D) rude

Q31- Why did Dr.Sadao go to America?

A) to meet the soldiers
B) to meet his friends
C) to travel
D) to study surgery and medicine which was his father's wish

Q32- What did Dr give to the soldier?

A) his boat
B) food to eat
C) flashlight to use in distress
D) All these

Q33- What does this chapter revolve around?

A) war
B) war between Israel and America
C) war between Malasia and America
D) war between Japan and America

Q34- What does the narrator speak about in the beginning of the chapter?
A) the war
B) the General
C) Dr.Sadao’s childhood and his father.
D) the servants and Dr 's wife

Q35- Where did Dr. meet Hana?

A) in Japan
B) in his neighbour
C) in the battlefield
D) at professor Harley's house in America

Q36- Why did Dr feel alone at the beach?

A) for not bringing his wife with him
B) for not listening to General
C) for saving an American soldier's life
D) none

Q37- At what age Dr.Sadao went to America?

A) 22
B) 32
C) 12
D) 42

Q38- At what age he came back to Japan?

A) 20
B) 40
C) 50
D) 30

Q39- How many children Dr.Sadao has?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 3
D) 2

Q40- What does Dr.Sadao remember towards the end of the story?
A) five American faces which had a lion’s share in his
B) which had a lion’s share in his life
C) his first landlady, who was full of prejudice, yet saved his life when he
was suffering from influenza.
D) All these

Q. No. 1) In the story 'The Enemy', what is the main dilemma that
Hana and Sadao face?
a. to abandon the American as a patriot or save him as a
humanist
b. to keep their servants or to dismiss them for their offensive
behavior
c. to hand over the American to the Japanese military or the
American army
d. to retain their American learnings or to remain loyal to their
Japanese values
Ans. Option (a)
Q. No. 2) Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract.

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.

i. 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.
Ans. Option (b)

ii. 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
Ans. Option (c)

iii. Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao
and Hana were in.
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
Ans. Option (d)

iv. 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.
Ans. Option (a)

Q. No. 3) “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 rumors of torture are often heard.
Ans. Option (b)

Q. No. 4) ‘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 recognized from her past in America.
d. her husband had cautioned her against the American.
Ans. Option (b)

Q. No. 5) Read the given extract and answer the questions that
follow:
She had the bottle and some cotton in her hand.
"But how shall I do it?" she asked.
"Simply saturate the cotton and hold it near his nostrils," Sadao
replied without delaying for one moment the intricate detail of
his work. "When he breathes badly move it away a little." She
crouched close to the sleeping face of the young American. It was
a piteously thin face, she thought, and the lips were twisted. The
man was suffering whether he knew it or not. Watching him, she
wondered if the stories they heard sometimes of the sufferings of
prisoners were true. They came like flickers of rumor, told by
word of mouth and always contradicted. In the newspapers, the
reports were always that wherever the Japanese armies went the
people received them gladly, with cries of joy at their liberation.

i. In the given extract, Hana experiences a bit of __________ for the

young American.
a. compassion
b. contempt
c. hope
d. rage
Ans. Option (a)

ii. Which of these questions does Hana start reflecting on in the

extract?
a. Why did men like the young American choose to fight?
b. What should she and her husband do about the enemy?
c. Is the Japanese army actually emerging victorious or is it all
fake news?
d. How different was the reality of prisoners from what she was
led to believe?
Ans. Option (d)

iii. What changes Hana's perception of the young American?

a. reading stories about the 'enemy' as a prisoner of war
b. seeing the 'enemy' as an actual person in front of her
c. wondering if she herself is more American than Japanese
d. realizing that the war against America is not an honorable one
Ans. Option (b)

iv. How do Hana and Sadao react to the situation of the wounded
man?
a. Hana is confused about it but Sadao is confident about it.
b. Hana is suspicious about it but Sadao is accepting of it.
c. Hana is disturbed by it and Sadao is disappointed by it.
d. Hana is disgusted by it and Sadao is conflicted about it.
Ans. Option (a)

v. Select the sentence that has the same literary device as the
underlined phrase in the line below.
They came like flickers of rumor, told by word of mouth and
always contradicted.
a. The trees danced to the rhythm of the stormy winds.
b. Her smile was as bright as the sun when he returned home.
c. We need to cut corners if we want to finish the work on time.
d. I am so hungry right now that I could eat a thousand burgers.
Ans. Option (c)

Q. No. 6) Sadao’s servants leave his house, but none of them

betrays the secret of the American P.O.W. Select the option that
explains this.
a. The servants truly believed that they must not be a part of the
household which sheltered a prisoner of war, but their love and
loyalty to Sadao made them keep the secret safe.
b. The servants knew that any information about the P.O.W.
would result in punishment for them and their families which is
why they revealed nothing.
c. The servants were superstitious and scared of a white man on
the premises and consequently, chose to remove themselves and
stay silent about the situation.
d. The servants did not want to incur the wrath of Dr. Sadao and
lose their jobs, therefore they chose to exit instead, and return
later.
Ans. Option (a)

Q. No. 7) Dr. Sadao mutters the word ‘my friend’ while treating
the American P.O.W. in the light of the circumstances, we can say
that this was
a. humourous.
b. climactic.
c. ironical.
d. ominous.
Ans. Option (c)

Q. No. 8) “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.”
i. 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
Ans. Option (d)

ii. 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.
Ans. Option (d)

iii. Read the analysis of the General based on the given extract.
Choose the option that fills 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. (i) fantasizes; (ii) lonely; (iii) consumed; (iv) vested
b. (i) relishes; (ii) weary; (iii) self-absorbed; (iv) selfish
c. (i) fancies; (ii) apathetic; (iii) negligent; (iv) worthless
d. (i) desires; (ii) concerned; (iii) indisposed; (iv) narrow
Ans. Option (b)

iv. Pick the option that best matches the idioms with ‘hand’ with
their meanings.
Idioms Meanings
1. hand in glove A) in the care of somebody good and knowledgeable
2. in good hands B) to reveal a secret about one’s plans
3. tip one’s hand C) do harm to someone who has been kind to you
4. bite the hand that feeds you D) two or more people who are in collusion
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
Ans. Option (c)

Q. No. 9) 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. The 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
dirty.
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.
Ans. Option (c)

Q. No. 10) The author has used ‘blood’ as a symbol in the story.
Comment on its impact on the reader.
Ans. The author's use of the symbol of 'blood' in the story "The Enemy"
creates a strong impact on the reader. It represents the common
humanity shared by enemies and challenges the notions of hatred and
prejudice, evoking empathy and promoting reflection.
Q. No. 11) Sadao and Hana look upon their time in America with
disdain due to the prejudice that they were subjected to. How
does racial prejudice taint a person’s soul forever?
Ans. Racial prejudice stains a person's soul forever by instilling deep-
seated feelings of inferiority, anger, and resentment. It undermines one's
self-worth, fosters bitterness, and hampers the ability to trust and connect
with others, leaving a lasting emotional and psychological impact.
Q. No. 12) Sadao and Hana have a moral compass that urges
them to save the prisoner’s life. Do we all need this moral
compass? Why?
Ans. Yes, we all need a moral compass because it guides us to make
ethical choices and act in ways that are fair, just, and compassionate. It
helps us uphold values, consider the consequences of our actions, and
promote the well-being of others and ourselves.
Q. No. 13) Pearl Buck depicts the servants in a way to convey a
message about Japanese people and culture. Support your answer
with textual evidence.
Ans. In "The Enemy," Pearl Buck portrays the servants in a respectful and
dignified manner, highlighting their loyalty, dedication, and willingness to
serve. This indicates her intention to challenge stereotypes and prejudices
associated with Japanese people and culture.
Q. No. 14) “But Sadao searching the spot of black in the twilight
sea that night, had his reward”. What was the reward?
Ans.
 The “reward” was the escape of the enemy.
 Despite all moral dilemmas, Dr. Sadao listens to his heart every
time and takes the right decision and his wife Hana very gently
follows him.
  At last, the general forgets to keep his promise, which gives Sadao
an opportunity to reconsider his decision.
 He gives the soldier a boat, food, bottled water, and quilts and asks
him to wait for a Korean fishing boat to escape.
 Dr. Sadao searched the spot of black in the twilight sea that night to
see if the man was still there but there was no light. Obviously, the
man had gone.
Q. No. 15) How do we know that Dr. Sadao was conscientious as
well as loyal?
Ans.
 True to his profession (conscientious) – attended to the wounded
soldier and saved his life.
 Informed the General about the prisoner and agreed to the plan of
assassination. (loyal to his country)
Q. No. 16) In The Enemy, Hana's thoughts and actions regarding
Tom were in discord. Support this statement with examples from
the text.
Ans. Hana mentions that the kindest thing that they could do for Tom
would be to put him back in the sea and yet, she takes him back inside
the house with Sadao.
When Sadao decides to operate upon him, she stops him from trying to
save Tom. Yet, when he asks her to help give him anesthesia, she does,
even though she retches at the sight of blood.

Q. No. 17) Answer the question in the context of the following

lines from ‘The Enemy’.
“Stupid Yumi,” she muttered fiercely. “Is this anything but a
man? And a wounded helpless man!”
In the conviction of her own superiority, she bent impulsively and
untied the knotted rugs that kept the white man covered.
Explain the superiority Hana is convinced about.
Ans.
 In the given lines, Hana is expressing her frustration with Yumi, who
is hesitant to help her with the wounded white man.
 By saying "Is this anything but a man? And a wounded helpless
man!" Hana is highlighting the fact that they are all humans,
regardless of their race or nationality.
 She believes that their common humanity makes it their moral duty
to help the wounded man.
 In these lines, she is asserting her own intervention and belief in the
importance of doing the right thing, even if it goes against
traditional values or societal norms.
 This demonstrates her sense of moral superiority over Yumi, who is
more concerned with following the strict rules of her society than
with helping a fellow human being.
Q. No. 18) What happened on the seventh day after Dr. Sadao had
typed the letter?
Ans. Two things that happened on the seventh day.
  The cook, the gardener, and Yumi packed up their belongings and
left together. But Hana put up a brave front.
 The second thing that happened was the arrival of a messenger to
tell Sadao that he had been called to the palace as the general was
in pain again.
Q. No. 19) Sadao’s acceptance of the General’s plan to
assassinate Tom was counterproductive to have put him on the
path of recovery. Substantiate with reason/s.
Ans.
 As a doctor- adhere to a sense of duty
 As a human being- a sense of humaneness
 Acceptance of the general’s plan – in accord with loyalty to his
country which was at war with Tom’s country.
Q. No. 20) Dr. Sadao planned and helped the enemy soldier to
escape. Comment.
Ans. General had promised Dr. Sadao that he would get the soldier
quietly killed through his private assassins but he forgot to get rid of him.
Dr. Sadao could do nothing. He wanted to get rid of the wounded soldier
as the servants had left the house, the news could spread. So he devised
his own plan to get the soldier off to the nearby island. He managed food,
clothes, water, a torch, and his boat for the soldier. He guided and
instructed him. The white soldier took leave of him and followed his
instructions and managed to escape safely. Thus all these prove that it
was the only way to get out of the dilemma/problem.
Q. No. 21) The servants of Sadao and Hana reflect a particular
mindset of the general public in society towards thinking and
broad-minded human beings. Elaborate with the help of the story
“The Enemy”
Ans. Servants reflect the mindset of a poor, uneducated, and narrow-
minded section of society.
They are frightened on hearing about the wounded American soldier:

 The old gardener- felt the soldier should die if saved sea would take
revenge
 Yumi- refused to wash the wounds of the enemy soldier, angry with
Sadao for putting his family in danger
 The cook- felt Sadeo was too proud of his skills so operated and
saved the enemy
Finally, servants left Sadao’s house afraid of the repercussions of helping
an enemy soldier and could not understand Sadao’s dilemma.

Q. No. 22) You recently watched an interview of one of the

doctors who serve for the organization named ‘Doctors without
Borders’. This organization serves people in remote corners of
the world that are affected by civil strife, poverty, and lack of
medical facilities.
You were impressed with the dedication, compassion, and
professional ethics of this doctor.
Write an article for an e-zine expressing the need for more such
people in the world to serve selflessly.
Ans.
The Need for Selfless Service: Inspiring Stories from Doctors
without Borders
In a world often overshadowed by conflicts, poverty, and inadequate
healthcare, there exists a group of extraordinary individuals who
epitomize dedication, compassion, and professional ethics. They are the
doctors serving with the organization "Doctors without Borders," bringing
medical aid to the remote corners of the world where it is needed most.
Their selfless service not only saves lives but also ignites a beacon of
hope in the hearts of those who have been neglected and forgotten.

Recently, I had the privilege of watching an interview with one of these

remarkable doctors, and their words left an indelible mark on my soul.
They spoke of the profound impact that even a single doctor can have on
communities ravaged by civil strife, poverty, and the absence of medical
facilities. It is their tireless efforts and unwavering commitment that truly
make a difference in the lives of the vulnerable.

The dedication displayed by these doctors is awe-inspiring. They leave the

comforts of their homes, families, and familiar surroundings to venture
into the unknown, facing challenges unimaginable to most. They work
under arduous conditions, often risking their own safety, driven solely by
their desire to heal and alleviate suffering.

Moreover, the professional ethics upheld by these doctors are exemplary.

They prioritize the well-being of their patients above all else, providing
equal and unbiased care to every individual, regardless of their
background or circumstances. They work tirelessly to restore health and
dignity to those who have been marginalized.

These doctors serve as a reminder of the immense power of selflessness.

Their inspiring stories compel us to reflect on our own lives and consider
how we can contribute to making this world a better place. We need more
individuals who are willing to set aside personal comforts and embrace
the call to serve humanity. We need more doctors who will go beyond the
boundaries of their own countries to provide medical aid to those in
desperate need.

It is through their collective efforts that we can bridge the gap between
privilege and poverty, conflict and peace, illness and well-being. Let us
celebrate the work of these extraordinary individuals and strive to follow
in their footsteps. Together, we can build a world where selfless service
becomes the norm, and no corner of this planet is left devoid of
compassion and medical care.
As Mahatma Gandhi once said, "The best way to find yourself is to lose
yourself in the service of others." Let us heed his words and embark on a
journey of selflessness, just like the doctors of "Doctors without Borders."

Q. No. 23) Imagine Tom reaches home safely. He has fully

recovered and the war has now come to an end. He owes his life
to Sadao and Hana and is forever indebted to them. Years later,
he has been invited on a radio show as a war hero where he
recounts his tribulations and the experience of being granted a
new life by a Japanese couple. As Tom, write down that narration.
Ans. Ladies and gentlemen, it's an honor to be here today, sharing my
story with all of you. As I sit in this studio, I can't help but reflect on the
incredible journey that brought me to this very moment.
Years ago, in the midst of the war, I found myself wounded and stranded
on a foreign shore. Desperation filled my heart as I clung to the hope of
survival. Little did I know that fate had a different plan for me—a plan that
involved two remarkable individuals who would forever change the course
of my life.

Sadao and Hana, a Japanese couple, took me into their home, treating my
wounds and nursing me back to health. Their compassion and selflessness
were unmatched, as they extended a lifeline to a stranger from a distant
land. I owe them my life, and the debt I carry in my heart can never be
fully repaid.

Their love and care embraced me like a warm embrace, erasing the scars
of war and restoring my faith in humanity. Sadao, with his expertise as a
skilled surgeon, mended my broken body, while Hana, with her kind words
and gentle touch, healed my wounded spirit. Together, they showed me
the true meaning of compassion and grace.

In the years that followed, the war came to an end, and I regained my
strength. The horrors of battle slowly faded away, replaced by deep
gratitude for the life I had been given by this extraordinary couple. I
embarked on a mission to honor their kindness, vowing to share their
story and the power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Today, as I sit here, I am overwhelmed with emotions, thinking about the

countless lives that have been touched by the love of Sadao and Hana.
Their act of humanity transcends borders, reminding us that compassion
knows no boundaries.

In this moment, I am not just a war hero; I am a witness to the

extraordinary capacity of the human heart to heal, to forgive, and to
rebuild. I am forever indebted to Sadao and Hana, and their legacy will
forever live on in the depths of my soul.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share my story, honor the
remarkable individuals who saved my life, and inspire all of you to
embrace the power of compassion and love. May we strive to create a
world where acts of kindness and selflessness prevail, and where the
bonds of humanity unite us all.

Q. No. 24) Both the general (The Enemy) and the Maharaja (The
Tiger King), deal with death. They are powerful figures
confronted by a similar fate. You wish to include both of these
characters in an upcoming play. As a part of your research essay,
compare and contrast their experiences and their responses to
these experiences in 120–150 words. [Clue: Include the
similarities and differences of their circumstances - their way of
dealing with things - their ultimate fate]
Ans.
 Both of them face death, one owing to old age and disease while the
other was destined to die at the hands of the hundredth tiger he
came across.
 The general, weak yet hopeful, turned to a doctor to cure him of his
illness. Anticipating that he would die, he went to the extent of
keeping Sadao in the country instead of letting him go to the war
front like others. The king challenged death and decided to kill a
hundred tigers to ensure his safety.
 In order to protect Sadao from possible arrest because this would
leave him without a doctor, the general offered his personal
assassins to murder Tom. The king decided to marry a girl from a
royal family whose kingdom had a healthy tiger population. Thus,
both of them took extreme measures for their safety, albeit
differently.
 The king was careless and so self-absorbed that he did not kill the
100th tiger properly, which eventually led him to be killed by a toy
tiger instead. The general behaved similarly because he was so
preoccupied with his illness that he forgot to send the assassins.
 However, this carelessness cost the king his life while the general
recovered.