The Enemy Story Diagram and Worksheet

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Story Diagram


Worksheet

The Enemy

1.        What was the concern of Dr. Sadao’s father?

2.       What discovery was he perfecting in?

3.       What did Hana & Dr. Sadao see coming out of the dark?

4.       What did they find when face of that man was turned up?

5.       Comment on the character of Dr. Sadao.

6.       What trait of Dr. Sadoo do we come to know when he performs his duty putting aside all the racial discriminations?

7.       What did they decide to do with the injured soldier at first?

8.       Why did Sadao hesitate to put him in sea again?

9.       What did they do with that man at last?

10.   What was the attitude of servants towards the American?

11.      What sharp difference do you find between servants and Sadoas’?

12.     “Stupid Yumi,” she muttered fiercely. “Is this anything but a man? And a wounded helpless man!” Explain.

13.    How did Hana help Sadao in operating upon the wounded prisoner of war ?

14.    What plan did Sadao make to get rid of the American?

15.    Did he go in for getting this plan worked out? Why/why not?

16.    What was the condition of General who did not send Dr. Sadao with troops?

17.     What was Sadaos’ afraid of?

18.     What was the initial reaction of Dr Sadao and Hana on seeing the wounded man?

19.    Why did Hana say: "Why are we different from other Japanese" ? Were they really different?

20.  How did the General react when Sadao informed him about the prisoner of war?

21.    Did the old General lack national loyalty? Was it a case of dereliction of duty?

22.   What did Dr Sadao do to help Tom to escape to freedom?

23.   Why did Dr Sadao help in the escape of the American soldier ? Was it an act of treachery? Can you justify his action ?      

24.   What made Dr Sadao sure that the wounded American soldier had escaped safely in darkness?

25.   Justify the title of the story 'The Enemy’.

26.   Write the character-sketch of Dr. Sadao.    

27.    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.

28.   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?

 

29.   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?

30.  While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?

31.     Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?

32.    Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?

33.    Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?

 

 

 

 

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