Ten on 10(The Enemy by Pearl S Buck)

1.      Ten on 10 (The Enemy)  

 

 

1.   1   Sadao was a famous Doctor and the scientist. He was not sent with the troops because he was perfecting a discovery to heal the wound entirely clean moreover the General was not well and could need a operation anytime.

 

2.   2    Sadao was an obedient son and caring husband. He met Hana his wife in US at the professor’s house but he did not fall in love with her until he was sure that she was a pure   Japanese girl. They married when they returned to Japan in traditional way  with the permission of his father.

 

 

3.   3    On day when Hana and Sadao was standing at the Varanda they saw a man coming out of the sea. They rushed to help him. The man was white. He was shot and seriously injured .Blood was rushing out of his wound. With the help of his cap they identified that the man was American Sailor.

 

4.   4    They faced the dilemma whether they should help the man or whether they should hand him over to the police. First they decided to throw him back into the sea. However they decided to shelter the man.Sadaoa decided to operate him.

 

5.    5   They told their servants about the presence of the white man in the house. The servants were totally opposite of their approach. The Gardener told that the master must not treat the white man. The man was first shot by the gun, then he was wounded by the sea and the rocks if the master would save him then all these things will take revenge from them.

 

6.  6     Yumi, their maid refused to wash the man. As a result Hana herself washed him .She also helped Sadao during the operation. The operation was successful and the man got well.

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7.   7    Two important things happened on the seventh day. First the servants left the home because they thought that whatever their master was doing was not right. Secondly a messenger came from the General. Hana was frightened to see the messenger. She thought that the servants have informed about the presence of the white man in their house.

 

8.     8  Sadao went to meet the General and told him about the white man. The General assured him that he would send his men to kill him.

 

 

9.   9    Sadao waited for two days but no one came. He decided to help the man .He arranged his boat, food and clothes and sent the man to the nearby island from where he could get the Korean boat.

 

10 10  General got unwell and Sadao operated him. After the operation he told General that the man had been escaped. The General now was himself involve in the matter so he tod sadao to keep quiet.Sadao knew that now the general was in his palm so he was absolutely safe.