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N.D. STUD, 114 Y Many, , (Page 39), Q. 5. Q. asame as Q. 2., , (Page 43) ., Q. 6. What will Dr. Sadao do to get rid of the ry, va ona @ Geen UM & fee Si. Wars wT St,, , Ans. Dr. Sadao will provide him his boat, clothe, , 8, f, and water and help him to escape to safety. ', , , , , , IV. TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS, Reading with Insight, , Q. 1. There are moments in life when we hay,, make hard choices between our roles as Priy,, , individuals and as citizens with a sense of natio,, , loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story youh,, just read., , vitar 8 te aT ard & we eat fee UH cafat BT,, aya a WU Ua anita or we H are yftreprait & they, , HOT SST a Se Si St HET aT ate ust FTTH Way,, weal atl, , Ans. Dr. Sadao Hoki is a Japanese. He is a patriot to,, core. He studied in America. He could have married;, American woman. But he chose Hana, who had m, Japanese blood in her veins. He married according to,, Japanese custom. Japan and America are at war. Tho, , and his wife have studied in America, they hate Ameri, like any other Japanese., , , , , , When a wounded American soldier is washed upto{, front of their house, Dr. Sadao has no love for him. But!, has been trained to save a man’s life. So he acts as a doc, He is torn between his ethics and patriotism. He want:, throw the man back into the sea but he cannot do it!, , a mA ake RR ee em, , wo fs fal, , At Oe ee et moe ot, , ee, , a

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| STAS (SUPPLEMENTARY READER)—Xl 115, , could have let him bleed to death, but he uses his skill to, remove the bullet embedded in the soldier’s back. He takes a, great risk. His servants revolt. Still he nurses the man to, , bealth His wife is an equal partner in his ‘crime’ against, ' their nation. They harbour an enemy. Sadao tells the, General about the American. As a patriot, he has no, ¢ objection if the General’s men kill the man. But as an, individual he lets the man flee to safety. He does not love the, ~ American but he does not hate the man. He has had hard, choices to make., , Q. 2. Dr. Sadao was compelled by his duty as 2, doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana,, a his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open, defiance from domestic staff? =, i ot wee wg Ae St eet = & ee fa eT, * giaet & wa Hae cee ede on es Se eT, ar wey atahat = ga facie & ares aaa aa Se, , a, Ans. Hana did not like the American soldier. She thought, the kindest thing was to throw him back into the sea. But she, had not the heart to lend her hand to her husband to, aecomplish this act of ‘kindness’. In spite of her hatred for the, American soldier, who was an enemy, she helped her husband, te earry him inside. She was not willing to wash him. She, wanted Yumi to wash him But when Yumi refused to obey her,, her dignity had the better of her. She washed the enemy as, if he was a small child. She knew her husband’s position and, life were at stake, but she continued to stand by him She, : obeyed him. When the servants decided to leave, she paid, ; them their wages but controlled her emotions. She sat with, , dignity. Later she nursed the patient. She fed him with her, She hated him but could not help nursing him. It, gentle nature, her self-respect, her love and, , wYr AGB