THE ENEMY
AUTHOR
Pearl S. Buck
A PPT Presentation by
B.V.Srinivasa Rao, PGT- English
Time
SECOND WORLD WAR
CHARACTERS
• 1.DR.SADAO HOKi
2.HANA
3.Tom
4.General Takima
5.yumi
6.Domestic Servants
Introduction
*The story is a portrayal of the conflict between a
man’s heart and mind.
*It tells about how people can help enemies on
human grounds.
*The story beautifully depicts how a human
being rises above his prejudices to help a
wounded enemy.
Theme
*In this chapter the author stresses on the fact that humanity requires
one to overcome prejudices and hatred especially against one’s enemies.
*Through this chapter, the author conveys the message that ‘humanism
transcends all man-made prejudices and barriers’.
About the Author
*Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) earned a Pulitzer in 1932 for her novel “The Good
Earth”.
*She won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
*Later she wrote prolifically choosing China as the setting for the majority of her
work.
*Concurrently, she was active in humanitarian efforts to protect Asian Americans
against racial intolerance by increasing awareness.
Sadao’s Childhood
*Dr.Sadao Hoki- a famous Japanese surgeon and scientist.
*He lived in a house on the Japanese coast.
*As a child he often visited the South-sea islands with his father.
His father
His father, a traditional man, never joked or
played with him but took infinite pains for his
son. Sadao’s education was his chief concern. His
father inculcated in him values of patriotism and
national loyalty. He even sent Sadao to America
to complete his studies in Medicine and Surgery.
Meeting with Hana and his Marriage
*He met Hana in America.
*She is a pure Japanese girl.
*They married in a old, traditional Japanese way.
*Now they had two children.
The War Prisoner, Tom
*Both Sadao and Hana saw a man crawling man
on the sea coast.
*The man was wounded, he was a white man
with a rough yellow beard.
*Dr.Sadao found that the gun wound had been
reopened.
*Dr.Sadao packed the wound with the sea moss.
The man cried but remained unconscious.
Dilemma
*They were in a fix. If they sheltered a white man, they could
be arrested, if he was turned away, he would certainly die.
*He was an American sailor and a prisoner of war.
*He was their enemy as all Americans were their enemies.
Treating the war prisoner
*Tom, the war prisoner was carried into the house.
*Tom would die, he was not operated on.
*Servants did not co-operate.
*They didn’t want an enemy soldier saved.
Operation and the bullet is removed
Hana cleaned his breast and face with hot steaming water.
She helped her husband to turn the man.
With the cleanest and most precise of incisions, the bullet
was taken out from the body.
The young man woke, he was very weak and terrified.
Human considerations
They didn’t want to save an enemy but human
considerations made them save his life.
Looking barely seventeen, asked what they were going to do
with him.
Being a doctor, Sadao was trained not to let a man die, but
saving an enemy was nothing less than an act of treachery.
His Continuous Treatment
Sadao examined the wound carefully every morning.
At last, the last stitches had been pulled out.
Information to the old General
Sadao informed the whole episode to the General.
The General thought it best to have the American quietly
killed.
He could send two of his men to kill him that night;
Sadao also thought it was the best thing to do so.
Saving the prisoner, Tom
Sadao arranged a boat on the shore that night with food and
extra clothing.
He asked Tom to row to a little island to freedom.
Sadao informed the General that the American had escaped.
There was no signal from the island.
The prisoner had gone of safe.
