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प्रश्न
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during war time, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
उत्तर
News of war is fast becoming a way of life. The moment one picks up a newspaper, one is bombarded with news of wars between different countries, directly or indirectly. It is obvious that the countries at war are enemies and hatred is a part of this enmity. However the success of humanity comes when we rise above this enmity and show our love towards the civilization as a whole. Dr Sadao did the same. He did whatever he could to save the life of a man whom he knew was a war prisoner. The instant he saw the injured man, he was filled with concern. Ignoring the fact that he was the enemy of his country and must have killed so many Japanese and may kill even more, if alive, he saved him.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Do you think Dr. Sadao’s final decision was the best possible one in the circumstances? Why/ Why not? Explain with reference to the story, ‘The Enemy’.
Answer the following question in 120-150 words:
To choose between professional loyalty and patriotism was a dilemma for Dr. Sadao. How did he succeed in betraying neither?
Answer the following in 120-150 words:
Dr. Sadao was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. How could he honour both the values ?
Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words:
How did Dr. Sadao help the American POW to escape? What humanitarian values do you find in his act?
Answer the following in 125-150 words:
Do you think Dr. Sadao’s final decision was the best possible one in the circumstances? Why/ Why not? Explain with reference to the story, ‘The Enemy’.
Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad with the troops during the war ?
It is the time of the World War. An American prisoner of war is washed ashore in a dying state and is found at the doorstep of a Japanese doctor. Should he save him as a doctor or hand him over to the army as a patriot?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
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.
Dr Sadao was compelled by 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?
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?
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?
Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?
Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?
How do we know that Dr. Sadao was conscientious as well as loyal?
Answer the following in about 120-150 words.
Dr. Sadao is torn between his duty as a doctor and his responsibility as a patriotic citizen. Elaborate.
