NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English
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Chapter 4 –
The Enemy
(Pearl S Buck)
Short question answers
Q1. Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his
house?
Ans. Dr. Sadao Hoki was a prominent Japanese surgeon and
scientist. He had spent eight years of his youth in America, learning
everything he could about surgery and medicine. He was honing a finding that
would completely clean wounds.
Dr. Sadao's residence was built on
rocks high above a tiny beach fringed with bent pines. It was on a stretch of
Japanese coastline.
Q2. Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the
charge of harbouring an enemy?
Ans. Dr Sadao was aware that if they housed a white guy in
their home, they might face arrest. The wounded man was a POW who had escaped
with a bullet in his back. Because Japan was at war with America, harboring an
enemy constituted treason to Japan. Dr. Sadao may be jailed if someone filed a
complaint against him or accused him of harboring an enemy.
Q3. What will Dr Sadao and his wife
do with the man?
Ans. Dr. Sadao and his wife, Hana, had told the servants that they
merely intended to bring the man to his senses so they could hand him over as a
prisoner. They recognized that putting him back in the sea was the best course
of action given the circumstances. However, Dr Sadao was opposed to giving over
a wounded man to the police. He offered to bring him into his home. He operated
on him and removed the bullet from his body. He held the white man inside his
house. He and his wife cared for him and nourished him till he was healthy
enough to walk on his own.
Q4.What do you learn about Sadao’s
father from the story ‘The Enemy’?
Ans. Sadao's father was a visionary. He understood that the islands
off Japan's coast were stepping stones to the future. Nobody could limit their
future because it was dependent on how they made it. His primary focus was for
his son's schooling. He sent his twenty-two-year-old son to America to learn
everything he could about surgery and medicine. He adored the Japanese race,
customs, and manners.
Q5. Why was Dr Sadao being kept in
Japan and not sent abroad with the troops?
Ans. Sadao was a prominent surgeon and scientist. He was honing a
finding that would completely clean wounds. Second, the elderly General was
receiving medical treatment for an ailment that may necessitate surgery. Sadao
was retained in Japan rather than being transferred abroad with the troops for
these two reasons.
Q6. 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 met her by happenstance at the home
of an American professor. Professor Harley and his wife had been kind
individuals. They hosted a party at home for their few foreign pupils. Hana was
a new student. He waited to fall in love with her till he knew she was Japanese.
It was because his father would never have accepted her unless she was pure in
race.
Q7. When and where did Sadao marry
Hana? How was their married life?
Ans. Sadao and Hana married when they returned to Japan after
graduating medical school. Sadao's father spotted her. The marriage was then
arranged in the traditional Japanese style. They'd been married long enough to
have two children. Their marital life was quite joyful. They still loved each
other.
Q8. In which state did Sadao and
Hana find the man? What did they learn about him?
Ans The man lay unmoving, his face on the sand. As they turned the man's
head, they noticed that he was white and had long golden hair. His face was
young, with a harsh yellow beard. He was unconscious. His tattered cap revealed
that he was a sailor from an American battleship.
Q9. What did Sadao learn about the
white man’s wound?
Ans. Sadao saw that a gunshot wound had been reopened on the right
side of his lower back. The flesh was darkened with powder. The man had been
shot recently and had not received treatment. It was a bad possibility that the
rock had impacted the wound and reopened it.
Q10.What dilemma did Sadao face
about the young white man?
Ans. The white man was wounded. He needed rapid medical attention.
Dr. Sadao could accomplish it. However, if they housed a white man in their
home, they would be arrested. On the other hand, if they handed him over as a
prisoner, he would undoubtedly die. Dr. Sadao was in a fix. It was tough for
him to make any decision.
Q11.What was the attitude of Sadao
and Hana towards the white man?
Ans. They looked at the motionless figure of the white man with a
strange aversion. Both discussed putting him back in the sea, but neither could
do so alone. They paused. Sadao claimed that the man was his enemy since he was
an American. He would have turned him over to the cops if he hadn't been
injured. However, he was wounded. He left the phrase incomplete, hinting that
he was unable to do so.
Q12.What solution did Hana offer to
resolve Sadao’s predicament?
Ans. Hana realized that neither of them could hurl the white man
back into the sea. There was just one thing to do. They must carry the man into
their home. They must inform the servants that they plan to hand him over to
the police. She reminded her husband about his status and children. It would
jeopardize all of them if they did not hand over that individual as a prisoner
of war.
Q13. How did the servants react when
their master told them about the wounded white man?
Ans. The servants were terrified and confused. The old gardener
warned Hana that the master should not cure the white man's wound. He stated
that the white man should perish. First, he was shot. The sea then seized him
and wounded him with her rocks. If the master healed the damage done by the
cannon and the sea, they would exact retribution on them.
Q14. How did Hana react to Sadao’s
absorption in his work?
Ans. Sadao continued with his quick, crisp movements. He did not
appear to hear her. She was used to his concentration while he was at work. She
pondered for a second if it mattered to him what body he worked on as long as
the work was done well.
Q15. In what context does Hana
remember General Takima? What does she infer?
Ans. General Takima was a merciless tyrant. At home, he severely
thrashed his wife. Nobody addressed it today because he'd won a fight in
Manchuria. Hana remembers him in light of the sufferings of the prisoners of
war. She concludes that if a man (such as General Takima) can be so brutal to a
woman in his position, he will be equally terrible to a prisoner. The deep
crimson marks on the white man's neck confirmed her suspicions
Q16. How did Hana react when she saw
a messenger at the door in official uniform?
Ans. Hana was working hard at unaccustomed labor. When she saw the
uniformed courier, her hands became shaky and she couldn't catch her breath.
She feared that the servants had already revealed everything. She assumed they
had come to arrest Dr Sadao.
Q17. Why, do you think, had the
messenger come to Dr Sadao’s house? How did Hana react to the message and what
did the messenger take exception to?
Ans. The messenger had came to request that Dr Sadao come to the
palace since the old General was in pain once again. In her concern for her
husband's safety, Hana inquired whether that was all. The messenger objected to
the word 'all' and asked if that wasn't enough. Hana apologized for the error.
Q18. Why, do you think, did the old
General not want Dr Sadao to be arrested?
Ans. Dr Sadao had advised the General that he could only take one
more such attack like he experienced that day. Then he would need to be
operated on. The General requested that Dr. Sadao operate on him. He had no
faith in the other German-trained physicians. So he refused to let Dr. Sadao be
arrested.
Q19. What plan did the old General
suggest for getting rid of the ‘man’?
Ans. He believed it would be better if the white man were
discreetly killed—not by the doctor, but by someone he did not know. He offered
to send two of his own assassins to his home any time of night. These adept
assassins would make no sound. They were familiar with the method of inward
bleeding. They may even remove the body. Dr. Sadao was forced to leave the
room's exterior wall open, which caused him anxiety.
Q20. Why did Sadao sleep badly at
night after meeting the General?
Ans. Sadao awoke several times, imagining he heard the rustling of
footsteps, the sound of a twig breaking or a stone dislodged in the garden—or
any noise that someone might make when carrying a weight. This lasted for three
nights. Sadao grew anxious every night because he expected the assassins to
arrive..
Q21. What plan did Dr Sadao devise
to get rid of the man?
Ans. Dr. Sadao planned a strategy to let the man escape to the next
uninhabited island. He told him everything. He landed his boat, loaded with
food and additional clothing. He instructed the man to row to a small island
off the coast. He could live there till he noticed a Korean fishing boat
passing by.
Q22. How was the plan of the
prisoner’s escape executed?
Ans. Dr. Sadao had packed food and bottled water in his sturdy
boat. He also used two quilts. After dinner, he cheked the American once more.
He handed him his flashlight and instructed him to signal two flashes if he
needed additional food. One signal would suggest he was okay. He had to signal
at sunset, not in the dark. The man was clothed in Japanese garb, and his blond
hair was covered with a black cloth.
Q23. What did Sadao tell the General
after a week? Why did he wait that long?
Ans. The General had undergone an emergency procedure the week
prior. The gallbladder was affected. He was in critical condition for 12 hours.
Then he recovered gradually. After a week, Sadao believed the General was well
enough to speak with regarding the prisoner. He informed the general that the
prisoner had escaped.
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