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Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 4. The Enemy Summary, Explanation, Question Answers (NCERT Solutions)

The Enemy (4. The Enemy) CBSE class 12 English Vistas Chapter 4. The Enemy summary with detailed explanation of the lesson The Enemy along with meanings of difficult words. Given here is the complete explanation of the lesson, along with summary, explanation and questions and answers of each topic of lesson 4. The Enemy.

English Vistas (Chapter 4. The Enemy) Solution
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Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?

Answer :


Dr Sadao Hoki was an eminent Japanese surgeon and scientist. He had spent eight valuable years of his youth in America to learn everything of surgery and medicine. He was trying to bring perfection to medical science and discover a drug which would·heal wounds entirely . Dr Sadao's house was built on rocks well above a narrow beach that was outlined with bent pines. It was near the Japanese coast.


All Questions of English Vistas Chapter 4. The Enemy
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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 and his wife do with the man?
Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?

Reading with Insight
1. 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.
2. 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?
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 ?
4. 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?
5. While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during war time, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
6. Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
7. Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?
8. Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?

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