NCERT Solutions:- The Vistas book of Class 12th Students has been developed for English Course. We are going to Provide you all important Questions and Answers with pdf of Chapter 4 The Enemy Written by Pearl S Buck .
| Book: | Vistas English |
| Chapter: | The Enemy |
| Writter: | Pearl S. Buck |
| Class: | 12th |
| Board: | Cbse |
The Enemy Question and Answer
Question:(1)What was the condition of the man who arrived at Sadao’s doorstep ?
Answer : The man was badly wounded . He was wet and covered with sand . His clothes were almost rags . They had soaked sea water . He had a rough yellow beard.
Question:(2)
How did Sadao and Hana identify the man ?
Answer : On his cap , there was the faint lettering Navy ‘ U S. His looks revealed as a white man . Sada and Hana figured out that the man was from an American warship and he was a prisoner of war.
Question:(3)
Who was Hana ? How did Sadao marry her ?
Answer : Hana was Sadao’s wife . He first met her in America at a professor’s house . They fell in love . Sadao told his father about Hana . Then theirmarriage was arranged in the old Japanese way . Hana was really a devoted wife .
Question:(4)
What prompted Dr. Sadao to save the man’s life ?
Answer : Sadao was a doctor . He had been trained to save every life he could . He was true to his profession . Dedication to his profession prompted Sadao to save the man’s life though he belonged to his enemy country.
Question:(5)
What was the chief concern of Sadao’s father?
Answer : The chief concern of Sadao’s father was Sadao’s education . For this very purpose he sent Sadao to America to learn surgery and medicine.
Question:(6)
Why did messenger come to Dr. Sadao ?
Answer : He came to Dr. Sadao because Dr. Sadao was to come to the palace . The old General was in pain again . The old General had an attack . Dr. Sadao could be needed for operation .
Question:(7)
What will Dr. Sadao and his wife do with the man ?
Answer : Hana , the wife of Dr. Sadao held the cotton soaked in anesthetic near the nostrils of the whiteman and Dr. Sadao operated on the man and took out the bullet from his back .
Question:(8)
What will Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the man ?
Answer: Dr. Sadao will provide him a boat with enough food and clothes in it . He will help him to reach a nearby island . From there , he will be able to take a Korean fishing boat and escape to freedom . Thus Dr. Sadao will get rid of the man .
The Enemy (Long Answers Type Questions)
Question:(9)
How does Dr. Sadao’s humanity get victory over all other factors ?
Answer . Dr. Sadao was first a doctor , and then anything else . He and Hana found a prisoner of war wounded and bleeding . The wounded man was an American . Japan was at war with America . If he sheltered a white man , he could be arrested . If he handed him over to the police , he would were their certainly die . All Americans enemies . Still he brought to the man home , ; washed his wounds . He knew that the man would die if he was not operated on . He heard the call of his profession and operated on the prisoner of war . His heart overflowed with G human kindness . He was a doctor and he was trained to save the life of even a dying man . So A he decided to carry him into the house and save him from dying .
Question:(10)
Describe Sadao as a true doctor?
Answer: Dr. Sadao was the only son of his father . He had been sent to America to study surgery and medicine .
Dr. Sadao was first a doctor and then anything else . He and Hana found a prisoner of war wounded and bleeding . The wounded man was an American . Japan was at war with America . If he sheltered a white man he could be arrested . If he handed him over to the police , he would certainly die . Still he brought the man home , washed his wounds and operated on the prisoner of war . Dr. Sadao’s heart overflowed with human kindness . Lest the American soldier be arrested , he made elaborate arrangements for his escape . He did all these sacrifices putting himself and his wife at maximum risk . He rose to the occasion and did what only a devoted doctor could have done in these circumstances .
Question:(11)
Write a character – sketch of Hana?
Answer : Hana is a young , delicate and beautiful woman She met Sadao in America at a professor’s house . She has two children . She has apparently inculcated humanistic values . She thought the best thing to deal with the American soldier was to throw him back into the sea . But she did not do so . Instead she suggested to carry the man inside . She washed the soldier when Yumi refused to do so . She helps her husband in operating on the wounded soldier . She gives the An patient anesthetic . She keeps up her dignity as the servants leave crying . She works hard to do her household work .
Question:(12)
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances ?
Answer : Yes , the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in those circumstances , The supporting reasons are as follows :
The doctor wanted to get rid of the enemy soldier . His wound was satisfactorily healed up . But he was reluctant to leave the doctor’s house . The servants had left the doctor’s house . Hana , the doctor’s wife , was the greatest sufferer from the presence of the white man . She had to look after her children . She had to cook food for her family and the soldier . She had to serve food and other things to the soldiers . She asked the doctor again and again what he was going to do with the white man .
The General promised the doctor to send his own private assassins . The doctor was uneasy and restless for three nights . But no assassin turned up in the three nights . The General had forgotten An his promise .
His family life was badly disturbed . He was mentally upset . The servants would not return to work unless the white man leaves the house of the doctor . Then he forced the soldier to escape in his boat . He supplied him food , water , quilts in his boat . He guided him in the earnest way .
Hence it was the best possible solution in those circumstances to get rid of the enemy soldier .
Question:(13)
What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier ? Was it human consideration , lack of dereliction of duty or simply self – absorption ?
Answer:
Introduction : When Dr. Sadao informed the general about the wounded white man , he said that he would allow nothing to happen to him . He could not be arrested . General’s promise : The General said that it would be best if he could be quietly killed . He send any had his own private assassins . He would two of them to his house that night or better , night . Dr. Sadao had to wait for three nights but nothing happened to the enemy soldier . General’s self absorption : Next time when Dr. Sadao went to visit the General , he informed that the enemy soldier had escaped . The General said that he had promised him that he would kill the soldier for the doctor . But the General was suffering a good deal . He thought of nothing but himself . He forgot his promise to the doctor .
Conclusion : The General said it was certainly very careless of him . It was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty . Thus it can be said that it was simply self – absorption that explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier .
Question:(14)
Will Dr. Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy ?
Answer : It was the seventh day since Dr. Sadao had operated on 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 hér mistake by expressing regret and admitted that the General about the white man he had operated General’s illness was enough . Dr. Sadao told the on . Since Dr. Sadao was indispensable to the General , he promised that Dr. Sadao would not be arrested .
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