Sadao Hoki is a Japanese surgeon who finds an injured American soldier on his doorstep during a time of war. Despite the risk of being seen as a traitor, Sadao and his wife Hana tend to the soldier's wounds and save his life. Sadao faces a dilemma over whether to turn the prisoner over to the authorities or let him escape. In the end, Sadao provides the soldier with supplies and directions to safely make his way back to his own people, prioritizing his duty as a doctor over hatred for the enemy. The general later admits to failing to have the prisoner killed as ordered due to ill health rather than lack of patriotism. Sadao reflects on why

1. NAME:-Rana Harshil
ROLL NO:-36
CLASS:-12 A

2. The Enemy - Pearl S. Buck

3. Know Your Author
Birth - June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia.
Parents - Southern Presbyterian missionaries,
stationed in China, where Pearl S. Buck spent
most of her first forty years of her life.
Awards - 1932, won the Pulitzer Prize and the
Howells Medal in 1935, for The Good Earth which
was adapted as a major MGM film in 1937.
In 1938, won the Nobel Prize in literature, the first
American woman to do so.
By the time of her death in 1973, Pearl published
over seventy books: novels, collections of stories,
biography and autobiography, poetry, drama,
children's literature, and translations from the
Chinese.

4. The Enemy
Dr. Sadao Hoki’s Childhood
 Climbed pines, watched islands, played along the coast
 Stone house located upon rocks, well above the narrow beach
Education
At 22yrs. Went to America & returned after
8yrs., became a surgeon & scientist

5. Presently
Army at war but Sadao not sent to
war..
 General might need him
 Was perfecting a discovery that would render wounds
entirely clean

6. Wife
 Pleasant, affectionate, caring, Sadao met Hana at Prof.
Harley’s House in America
 Married her in Japan (traditional way)

7. The Challenge
 Misty night, staggering body appeared, wounded, collapsed
 A white man ( American ), an enemy
 Sadao & Hana carried him to Sadao’s father’s bedroom
 Washed by Hana because Yumi refused
 Operated by Sadao & Hana held the anesthetic
 Bullet removed from near the kidney
 Life saved- prisoner- feeble & weak
 Prisoner fed & rested to recovery, but was anxious for his future

8. Sadao’s Dilemma
 Servants threatened to leave in protest
 Conflict between duty as a doctor and duty as a
true patriot
 Afraid of being called a traitor
 Resolved to save the prisoner
 Hana & Sadao stood firm, did not relent-treated
the prisoner with respect

9. General Finally Informed
 The General offered to help and send assassins
 Assassins would kill and remove the prisoner quietly
 3 nights passed – no assassins turned up

10. The Escape
 Sadao gave the prisoner a boat, extra food, clothing, bottled
water & a flashlight and covered his hair with a black cloth
 Directed him to row to an uninhabited island
 Asked him to wait for a Korean fishing boat
 Told him to flash the torch twice if he ran out of food and
flash it once if he was alright
 The prisoner escaped

11. Admission by the General
 That he had failed in doing his duty towards his
country
 Justified his action - that it was due to ill-health and
not due to lack of patriotism

12. Sadao Reflected
 Wondered as to why he had saved the American.
 Had hatred for Americans – their enemy – but
humanity overpowered his feelings