, a (nditen s a w h ,

na
aMid,
did ho
hou
the soldier and saves his lita
The doctor discovers that he had been shot he operates upon General everything
tells the old
He Dr Sadao
hany days ago and had not been tended. promises
to s e n d his private
bleeding profusely and is extremely weak The General
American soldier quietly
Hunger and bullet injury have made him a assassins to
kill the
does not send an
keletel but he possesses a strong will and However, he
and secretly.
that he might
have ignored the
courage. killer. We feel
human c o n s i d e r a t i o n . So Dr
of
The doctor who is a kind-hearted person matter out
T to
boat for the
enemy escape
perroms an operation and extracts the bullet
a
Sadao arranges
his body. He recovers very soon. When safe place. By this noble act he shows that
rom ta a

he is fearful because consideration should overweigh all

ne regains consciousness,
he knows that he is in an enemy territory. Out
human
in certain situations.
considerations
other
of fear he asks the doçtor, "What are you goin8
to do with me ?" "Are
you going to hand me TITLE
over ? Sadao does not know the answer
During the Second World War, an
because he himself does not know what he
American wounded soldier is
washed ashore
Wouia do with him. In fact, Tom is quite lucky in front of a Japanese doctor's house. He is the
to have been saved by the doctor.
Japanese people. Dr
Sadao, the
Luck smiles on him the second time. When enemy of all
Japanese doctor, is a surgeon. He
kind-hearted
the General does not send his private assassins harbours him in his house. The
to kill him quietly and secretly, the doctor unwillingly
servants who consider this American P.O.W.
arranges a boat for the prisoner to escape. He
as their enemy protest against his presence in
is so lucky that the doctor wonders why he
the house. They disapprove of their master's
did not kill him.
action. They want the enemy to be handed
THEME over to the police.
In this story, the writer brings home the Dr Sadao and his wife Hana, too, consider
idea that there may comea time for man to him their enemy but they are kind-hearted and

riseabove petty considerations of race, state or generous people. In spite of their mental
nationality and act in human considerattom conflict, they save his life out of human
This is what happens in the story when Dr considerations. The doctor's commitment to his
Sadao, the protagonist of the story, has to rise medical profession urges him to treat him as a
above national considerations and act on patient. Though the coupleregards him as their
human consideratory. enemy', they save his life. Hence The Enemy
is the most
Dr Sadao is a patriotic Japanese and he appropriate title for the story.
hates Americans as his enemies, like his Dr Sadao's servants l e e R
countrymen, for Japan is at war with America.
In the time of Second World War, an
By chance an American prisoner of war is
washed ashore near his home American wounded soldier is washed ashore in
near
the beach.
front ofa Japanese doctor's house. He 1s tne
Dr Sadao and his wife Hana overcome their enemy of all Japanese people. But Dr Sadao, a
initial feelings of animosity towards the Japanese doctor, unwillingly harbours him in
wounded soldier and carry him home: They his house.
fear that for this
unpatriotic act of harbouring The servants who (eonsider 'the Americat
an
enemy they may be arrested and
executed. But they strongly feel that evenP.O.W. protest agalnst s
as their enemy

cannot let a man die before their

they presence în the house. ey are pa.triotic and
eyes without nationalistic and hence their
doing anything. (Dr Sadao feels that it is his master's actiony disapprove be
They
duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. Se: _handed over to the want
the enemy
police.

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 bull
Yumi, the governess, two servants in the operates on his wound. He extracts h
tchen and the oldgardener are all very from his body and saves his life. Thu "

incere and goodpersons. neir national displays his commitment and devotion to
loyalties are very strong. When Dr Sadao's wife medical protession.
Hana requests Yumi to wash the American
wOunded soldier, she refuses to de-s0-and GLosSARY
remarks, "T have never washed a white man" creeping up = slowly moving up
and "wilnotwash so dirty a onenowD surrounding
The other servants also disapprove of their wreathin8 worn
a loose outer garment
master's action. They do not want to invite haori =

over the kimono

any trouble for themselves and so urge Dr
Sadao and his wife to hand over the American a traditional Japanese piece
kimono =

like a long loose

P.O.W. to the police. In order to save themselves of clothing
sleeves
and their families, they leave their jobs and go dress with wide

away. voluble = talkative

FIt appears that all the servants are confused heedlessly
= carelessly
covered with
Theirlove for DrSadao and his family comes in breaker
= a large wave

conilict with their national loyaty. Fhough they white bubbles

leave Dr Sadao's house, they do not tell anyone

presence = walked in an unsteady
aboutthe Ameriean-weunded soldier's staggered manner

in thehQuse Theyare very loyal to the doctor's

foam of sea
tamily When the Ameriean-soldier leaves the
house,all the servants return totheir tutes. tended
nursed

serious
solemn
MESSAGE who walks along
In this beach combers = a person
The Enemy' is an anti-war story. beaches collecting interes
writer denounces and describes
war either
valuable things
story, the She ting or
its evil effects the life of normal people. sell
on
an American for pleasure or to
states this idea by presenting of in quiet
vOunded soldier who
has to face the fury muttered spoke something
of the Japanese voice
the weather and the hostility
= to check
people stanch
the message that during filled
She also conveys treated packed
soldier should be
the war, an enemy wounded soldier = scattered
American strewed
with kindness. An doctor's are
in front of Japanese a state in which you
S washed ashore stupor etc.
Japanese people. unable to think, hear,
house. He is the enemy of all
doctor, unwillingly clearly
Bit Dr Sadao, a Japanese Though the
h a r b o u r s him in
his house. = aversion
he treats him repulsion
soldier is his enemy, o n him
wounded a n operation inert inactive
kindly. He performs his body and s a v e s his
from battered = torn
extracts a bullet at for the
soldier to escape.
a human
life. He arrangesthat Dr Sadao
is full of
fowl chicken
All this shows
consideration. distress sorrow, unhappiness
also
conveys
the writer
At another level, t r a n s c e n d nationality, pallor = paleness
should
that a doctor and creed.
should act like a
He
stoop = bend down
caste the ailing
religion, and serve
human being gives vitality = vigojur, strength
rue Sadao, a Japanese doctor,
umanity. Dr soldier in his that causes
American
wounded menace
a person
to
patient and
an
shelter treats himn like a
ouse. The doctor

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 The mood
young soldier came to his senses Sadao in a thoughtful
out
After a few veranda, Sadao gazed
days, the enemy soldier came Standing in
his
the soldier
had c o m e .
where
to enses. Hana disliked him, but tried to the sea from
to the
from where
sea tne kill him. He
to ried
He wan soldier was ut
console him. The soldier
worried. He wondered why he could not
have escaped
wanted to know what Sadao would man
must

do with him. Sadao thought the young

from him.
did not reply. for he had received
no signal
The servants left safely,
Dr. Sadao's servants failed to understand CHARACTERS
his sense of
commitment to his profession. Dr Sadao Hoki
They wanted the doctor to hand the committed doctor,
enemy soldier over to the police. When Sadao, a_competentand through Japan
is an efficient scientist also. All
er did The
lefe the house.
ert not oblige them, all of them
condition of the solider he is known as a reputed surgeon
He is

committed to his professional duty ana is

gan to improve. Dr. Sadao tvped a letter
not forget nis
ot Police reporting the whole trained to save lives. He does
net face to face
matter. professional duty when he comes he
The General's message with a wounded enemy soldier. Though
does not want to save an enemy, he operates
One day an official messenger came. Hana his body and
on him, extracts a bullet from
got frightened. She thought the servants
might have informed the police. In fact, attends to his wounds for days. He feels
ne General was in pain and he had relieved when he is sure that the soldier will
remain alive. The General has full faith in his
summoned the doctor.
The meeting with the General capabilities and competence as a doctor.
Dr. Sadao went to see the General. He Sadao does not lack national loyalty.
After
told the General everything about the he has saved the enemy soldier, he writes a
enemy soldier. The General had faith inreport aboutthe whole matterbut decides not
the doctor. He did not doubt his loyalty to send it to the police chiet 8ut he tells
But to save him from any problem hei everything boldlyto the General. He knows he
promised to send his private assassins to can be stamped as a traitor and punished. But
kill the soldier at his home. herisks his life by doing so, because he is a
Sadao's Worry brave and fearless soul. He is
kind, generous
When many days passed and no assassinsand ful of human considerations. hen he
came, Dr. Sadao became restless. He didarranges a boat for the American_soldier to
not know what to do. At last he decided escape, he puts tood, bottled water and twwo
to help the soldier to escape in a boat. Hequilts-in-the-boat-so that the man may not
put food, extra clothing and water in the haveto face any discomfort on the island.
boat. He told the soldier that if he reached
the island not far from the coast, he
CDr Sadao is a loving, caring anddevoted
be rescued by some Korean
could husband. On seeing the wounded man on the
fishing boat.
shore, he asks for his
The soldier thanked him for
saving him -bringing him-inte-the wife's approval beforg
for the second time. house. When the servants
Sadao's meeting with the General .desert them, he helps his wife in the kitchen.
The doctor found the General's condition
He values his wife's suggestions in every matter
better. He told the General He marries Hana whom he met in
America.
prisoner's escape. The Generalabout the At present both are teading a
told him perteciy ihappy
that he had
forgotten to send the assassins. life. In short, Sadaois essentially
Both had faith in each other and being and a kind human
so a_renowned doctor. He is a scientist,
decided to keep it a seciet. tDo, and is reputed for
his discoveries.

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 ina
their marriage
Hana of her race, he a r r a n g e s
typical Japanese tradition.
Hana, who is Dr Sadao's wife, is a loving when
and sincere person. She is devoted to her His love for Japanese values is revealed
husband and loves her children. That is why, we come to know that he neither sat
she asks her husband not to take a risk in his life.
n o r slept in a foreign bed throughout
healing the wound of an enemy soldier. But he is a true
In short, we say that
can
when she finds him determined to do his culture and tradition.
professional duty, she agrees to extend her full representative of Japanese
cooperation. General Takima
She is full of human considerations. the Japanese General is ruthless, his
Though Though is
she does not have good feelings for the attitude in the matter of the enemy soldier
enemy
soldier, she does everything to make him difficult to understand. He promises DrSadao
comfortable. She washes his wounds and
thathe will send some of his private assassins
cleanses his upper bodyShe does not turn him to kill the prisoner of war at his house quietly
Over for fear of
disturbing
his wounds. She and secretly. He dees not fulfif hS pre**Se.
assists her husband in
performing the operation
Lon the wounded soldier. She observes deep red Dr Sadao waits for three nights and when
scars on his neck and realises
that he must
the assassins do not come, he arranges a boat
have been tortured. She for the prisoner to escapEJt is
develops tender
feelingsmioht have forgotten the matterpossidie ua

for him for a while. because ne R,

was fully preoccupied
Hana is good and
a
dignified housewife. She- with his own ailment>
obeys her husband and nurses the wounded But most probably it appears that he forgets hmeu

soldier. When the servants the matter out of human consideration.

action of harbouring the
disapprove of their The
enemy soldier, she does Generalis self-centred and he thinks of
not lose her temper. She does not utter a n y h i s own interèsi H e does not take any action
undesirable word. When the servants become against Dr Sadao for sheltering the enemy. He
cold and indifferent, she does not nurse any is sufferingg from serious ailment and he always
grudge against them. When they leave the house. needs his services.tle does not get him arrested
on the seventh day, they are paid off by
Hana.because he knows that in that case he would T
It reveals her kind and
generous nature. not be able to get his servïces) It is also possiblle
When the servants cry while leaving her that he thinks that the doctor is innocent in the
home, she does not cry. She is a picture of matter and so does not want to get him arrested.
dignity and courage.
The General possesses-an unuSual sense
of
Dr Sadao's father humour. The General'sretnark that the German
Dr Sadao's father loves his country doctors 'would consider the
a true patriot He always remarked and 1S successful, even if the patient died'operatioon
io his
so, provokes
"Those islands yonder,
they are_the stepping lauehter
stones to the future of
Japan." He is a quiet Tom, the American P.O.W.
and serious man. He neither jokes nor plays
Tom is an
with his Se (He is seriously cOnEerned
about is
American wounded soldier who
he education of his son. He
sends his son
washed ashoré in ffont of a Japanese doctor's
to
America to receive education in medical science house. He has braved the furious waves
of the.
and surgery t a4TL, a
water and rocks and lands
at the
rhouse. He is aa American prisoner of war doctor's
He is a true.
Japanese and is devoted to is unwillingly received who
Japanese culture and tradition. Dr Sadao knows He lies by the Japanese doctor.
that his father would not motionless with his face in the sand.
allow him to marry He is in wet
Hana unless he was sure that
she was a rags of garments.
Dr Sadao and
When he is satisfied about the pure his wife Hana
Japanese. discover that he is a white
purity and an American prisoner of war. man

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