Chapter 4 The Enemy Solutions
Question - 31 : - How did Dr. Sadao overcome the difficulties that came in his way to save I the wounded American ? How did Hana help her husband ?
Answer - 31 : -
When Dr. Sadao came to know that the seriously wounded man was an escaped prisoner of war, he thought that he should be thrown back into the sea. But he was aware that if he handed over the man to the police, he was sure to die. As a doctor, who was trained to save the life of a human being if he could do it, he could not do so. So Sadao along with his wife Hana carried the man to the empty bedroom of their house.
They laid the man on the deeply matted floor. Dr. Sadao said that he should better be washed. When their servant Yumi did not do so, Hana and later on Sadao himself washed him. Their servants were deadly against keeping the young Americans in the house.
They refused to enter his room even. Though Dr. Sadao hated the young American being from an enemy country, yet he decided to treat him because of his duty as a doctor towards a dying human being. But no servant was prepared to understand this. So, a few days after Dr. Sadao performed the I operation upon the wounded man, all of his servants had left the house.
Hana would serve the young man the food herself. Then there was a greater risk of Dr. Sadao being arrested for harbouring a prisoner of war. But he did not deter from his duty as a doctor and regularly examined and looked after his medical needs with dedication.
Question - 32 : - What did the General suggest to Dr. Sadao to get rid of the American young boy ?
Answer - 32 : -
On the seventh day after Dr. Sadao had performed the operation upon the wounded young prisoner of war, a messenger in uniform came to Dr. Sadao’s house. The messenger said that Dr. Sadao should come to the palace as the old General was in pain again. After the messenger had gone away, Hana said that she thought they had come to arrest Dr. Sadao. Sadao said that somehow he must get rid of the young man.
After examining the old General Dr. Sadao told the General about the young man and said that he cared nothing for the man. The General said that Sadao couldn’t be arrested because he might be needed for his operation. The General said that it would be best if the young American be quietly killed, not by Sadao, but by someone who did not know the white man.
He told Sadao that he had his own private assassins, who would kill the American young man tonight or better, any night. He told Sadao to leave the outer partition of the white man’s room opened to the garden while he sleeps. The General said that the assassins would make no noise and he would have them remove his body.