Question 3: 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?
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When the American war prisoner came to consciousness and realized that he was saved by a Japanese family, he feared that he will be soon handed over to the army. However, as he noticed the amount of concern and care given to him by the family, he understood that he was in safe hands. He knew that although he was a threat to the doctor’s family, his own life might be saved there. Burdened with gratitude towards the family, he ultimately decides to comply with what the doctor planned for him - the escape.
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Answer: The soldier had experienced severe physical and mental trauma at the hands of Japanese soldiers as a prisoner of war, this can be inferred by the numerous scars on his body and the wounds he had sustained. Due to this he was not ready to go back out into the very ocean where he had experienced immense pain. For the first time in a long time he had encountered comfort and compassion and he was reluctant to abandon it for the unknown.
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