Class – 12th
Subject – English
Day – Monday
Date – 31/08/2020
Topic – Main point of the
chapter ‘The Enemy’
4. The Enemy (Pearl S. Buck)
Main Points of the chapter:
Ø This story is about the kindness of a
Japanese Dr. Sadao Hoki.
Ø Dr. Sadao was a skilled and famous
surgeon of his region as well as a scientist.
Ø The name of Sadao’s wife was Hana who
met him in America first time.
Ø He lived with his wife and two
children in a house near the sea.
Ø One day, when Dr. Sadao and his wife
were standing in the verandah of their house.
Ø They saw a man came out of the mist
to the shore who was crawling on his knees and hands.
Ø They found that he was an American
and was injured.
Ø This incident was During Second World
War, when Japan was at war with America.
Ø So if they sheltered him they would
be arrested and it they turned him over the police, he would certainly die.
Ø His wife wanted to put the man back
into the sea.
Ø But Dr. Sadao as a doctor had the
moral duty to treat him.
Ø He said his wife to wash the enemy
wound, but she did not want to touch him.
Ø So she asked Yumi, the maid servant
to wash the enemy’s wound.
Ø The gardener also said that the
master should not heal the wounds of the enemy.
Ø Then Hana decided to wash the man
herself. She washed the man with hot water carefully.
Ø Dr. Sadao operated him and took out
the bullet from the soldier’s body.
Ø The servants were angry as Dr. was
helping an American soldier. and they had gone to leave the house.
Ø Now the American grew stronger day by
day.
Ø Dr. Sadao kept the man in his house
for ten days until he was quite normal.
Ø He helped the man to escape in a
boat. Thus he got rid of the enemy.
Ø At last Sadao felt very happy and
satisfied.