NCERT Class 12 Vistas Chapter 4 Question Answer। The Enemy | English Medium |

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.

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2. Dr Sadao was compelled by his 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?

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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?

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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?

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5. While hatred against a member of the enemy race

is justifiable, especially during wartime, what

makes a human being rise above narrow

prejudices?

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6. Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the

problem was the best possible one in the

circumstances?

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7. Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin

that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the

similarities?

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8. Is there any film you have seen or novel you have

read with a similar theme?

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