Sadao was a Japanese surgeon who was allowed to stay home during World War II while most doctors served in the army. One night, an injured American Navy man came to his house for help. Though the American was his country's enemy, Sadao provided medical aid. He faced danger from his own people for helping the enemy soldier. When the soldier recovered, Sadao realized the value of human life beyond borders and wars. He helped the American escape rather than let him be killed as the general had ordered.

1. THE ENEMY
PRESENTED
TO:
SISTER SHANTI
PRESENTED
BY:
YASH AGRAWAL

2. THE ENEMY
Pearl S. Buck
Author’s
Name

3. 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.
Know
Your
Author

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

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

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

7. 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
The Challenge

8. 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
PROBLEM
FACE BY
DOCTOR
SADAO

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

10. 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
The Escape

11. 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
Admission by the General

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

13. Sadao was a Japanese surgeon. He studied in America and returned with Hana, a Japanese girl
whom he met there, and married her in Japan and settled down comfortably. While most of the
doctors were sent to serve the Japanese army in the World War II, Sadao was allowed to stay home
because he was wanted by the old General who was dying. But one night into his uneventful life
came an American Navy-man, shot, wounded and dying. Though unwilling to help his enemy,
Sadao took the young soldier into his house and provided him with medical aid. He was in danger
from that moment. Soon his servants left him. Dr. Sadao saw that the soldier was getting well and
absolutely alright. Once his patient was no more in need of him, the doctor turned out to be his
assassin, conspiring to kill him in his sleep. He informed the General of the American and the
General promised, he would send his private men to kill the American. Sadao awaited the
American’s death every morning but to his gloom the man was still alive, healthier and posing
danger to him. At this point Sadao becomes the real man in him, a true human being who realizes
the essential worth of human life and universal brotherhood. He thinks beyond countries and
continents and races and wars. He finds no reason to believe that the American is his enemy.
Sadao rescues the American. Thus Sadao rises above narrow prejudices and acts in a truly
humanitarian way.
SUMMARY