Explain the event of sighting the american soldier from the chapter the enemy(class 12)
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Question 1 : What was his father’s chief concern for Sadao?
Answer : Sadao’s father was chiefly concerned about Sadao’s education. He tool a lot of pains and sent Sadao to America to study surgery and medicine. He came up to his father’s expectations by becoming a famous surgeon as well as a scientist.
Question 2 : Where, when and how did Dr Sadao meet Hana?
Answer : Dr Sadao met Hana in America when he was studying surgery there. He met her at a get-together arranged by an American professor at his home for foreign students.
Question 3 : Why was Dr Sadao not sent abroad along with the troops?
Answer : Dr Sadao was not sent abroad with the troops because the ailing General trusted no other surgeon but Dr Sadao and could have needed his expert services anytime. Apart from this, he was also perfecting a discovery.
Question 4 : In what condition did Dr Sadao find the American soldier at the seashore?
Answer : Dr Sadao found the American soldier in a wounded condition at the seashore. He was very weak and pale, had a bullet stuck in his wound and his back was stained with blood. He was almost at the verge of death.
Question 5 : What role did the American professor play in bringing Hana and Sadao together?
Answer : The American professor was kind and he invited a number of foreign students at his home and Hana and Sadao were among them. This eventually led to bringing Hana and Sadao together.
Question 6 : What was Sadao’s father’s dream for him? How did Sadao realise it?
Answer : Sadao’s father dreamt of making Sadao a doctor. Sadao realised his dream by going to America to study surgery and medicine. He came back to Japan and became a famous surgeon and scientist before his father died.
Question 7 : Why did Dr Sadao treat the American solider even though, it was an unpatriotic act on his part?
Answer : Dr Sadao treated the American prisoner of war because as a doctor, he was trained to save lives. He could not have let the injured soldier die even though he was his natural enemy ,as that would have been against his professional ethics.
Question 8 : How did Hana help Dr Sadao?
Answer : First Hana washed the wounded man’s face and body with warm water till it was quite clean. She then assisted Dr Sadao during the operation. She brought in the towels and though she was not comfortable at the sight of the bleeding wound, she gave anaesthesia to the patient.
Question 9 : Why did the General did not order immediate arrest of Dr Sadao who had sheltered a white man?
Answer : The General did not usually keep in good health and trusted no other surgeon but Dr Sadao in his time of need and could have needed his services anytime. This is why he did not order immediate arrest of the doctor for harbouring an enemy in his house.
Question 10 : In what context does Hana remember the cruel nature of General Takima?
Answer : Hana remembered General Takima who at home used to beat his wife cruelly. She inferred that if he was so cruel with his wife, he would be extremely cruel with American prisoners.
Question 11 : How nearly did Dr Sadao miss marrying Hana?
Answer : Dr Sadao had met Hana literally by chance at an American professor’s house. He actually did not want to go there as the rooms of the house were small, the food was bad and the professor’s wife was rather voluble. But nevertheless had gone there.
Question 12 : What forced Dr. Sadao to be impatient and irritable with his patient?
Answer : Hana had never seen an operation and the sight of Dr Sadao operating on the soldier made her sick and she rushed to the garden to retch. Dr Sadao knew how distressed Hana was and his inability to go to her made him impatient and irritable with his patient.
Question 13 : What made a cool surgeon like Sadao speak sharply of his wife and what was his reaction?
Answer : Hana had never seen an operation before. When Sadao started operating, blood began to flow. Hana choked at this moment. Sadao sharply told her not to faint because if he had stopped, the wounded man would surely have died. Hana clapped her hands to her mouth and ran out.
Question 14 : Did Hana think the Japanese tortured their prisoners of war? Why?
Answer : When Hana noticed the deep red scars on the American soldier’s neck, she worriedly hoped that he had not been tortured by the Japanese. She knew it was a common practice for the Japanese to torture their prisoners of war in the most brutal manner.
Question 15 : What did Dr Sadao seek from Hana while operating on the wounded white man?
Answer : Dr Sadao sought Hana’s help while operating on the wounded white man by asking her to bring in the towels. He also told her to give anaesthesia to the patient.