) The servants of Sadao and Hana reflect a particular mindset of the general public in society towards the thinking and broad minded human beings. Elaborate with the help of the story „The Enemy”
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The servants of Sadao and Hana reflect a particular mindset of the general public in the society, towards the thinking and broad-minded human beings. Discuss based on the story, "The Enemy".
It is true Sadao’s servants reflect the mindset of general people. Their reaction to Tom’s presence in Sadao’s house was pretty ordinary. They could not tolerate their master helping the poor POW. They even left their jobs in protest.
However, Sadao and Hana showed unprecedented maturity, kindness, and humanity. They went many extra miles to help a man in need who was their enemy also by circumstances. They represent those rare human beings who have broader outlook on life.
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(i) The servants of Sadao and Hana reflect a particular mindset of the general public in society towards the thinking and broad minded human beings. Their reaction to Tom’s presence in Sadao’s house was ordinary. They couldn’t tolerate their master helping Tom because they saw him as their enemy. The servants reflect the mindset of the poor, uneducated and narrow minded section of the society. They were frightened on hearing about the wounded being an American soldier. The gardener felt that he should be left to die because if he would be saved the sea would take revenge. Yumi refused to wash the wounds of the enemy soldier and was angry with Sadao for putting his family in danger. Their cook felt that Sadao operated and saved the enemy because he was too proud of his skills. They even left their jobs in protest. They were unable to understand Sadao’s dilemma because they were afraid of the repercussions of helping an enemy soldier.On the contrary, Sadao and Hana showed unprecedented maturity, kindness and humanity. Sadao answered the call of humanity and treated the enemy.