Introduction
Time Of
World War II
- Japan Is At War With
America
- An American Prisoner Of War Gets
Washed Away At The Doorstep Of Japanese Doctor Sadao.
- Choice Is
Very Hard For Dr. Sadao And His Wife (Hana) Should They Hand Him To The
Police Or Save His Life
- As A Doctor Sadao Gives Priority
To Save The Life Of A Dying Man.
- Not Only Does He Save Him But
Also Helps Him In Escaping To Freedom.
Characters
1. Dr. Sadao- Japanese surgeon
2. Hana- Wife of Dr. Sadao
3. Yumi and servants- Workers
4. Old general- Japanese Army
5. Tom- American Prisoner
Summary
Dr Sadao
Hoki's House Was Built On The Japanese Coast. His Father Never Joked Or Played
With Him. Sadao Knew That His Education
Was His Father’s Main Concern For This Reason, He Had Sent Him To America At Twenty-two To Learn
Surgery And Medicine. He Came Back At Thirty. Sadao Became A Famous Surgeon
Before His Father Died.
Sadao Had Met Hana In America
But Didn't Fall In Love With Her Until He Was Sure She Was A Japanese. His Father Would Never Have
Accepted Her Unless She Had Been 'Pure In Her Race’ Sadao Met
Her At An American Professor's House.They Came Home To Japan.Their Marriage Had Been Arranged
In The Old Japanese Way. They Were Perfectly Happy And Had Two Children.
Both They Saw A Man Crawling On
His Hands And Knees .Then They Saw Him Fall On His
Face And Lie There. The Man Was Wounded And Was A
White Man With Rough Yellow Beard. On The Right Side Of His Lower
Back , Sadao Saw That A Gun Wound Had Reopened ,He Was Bleeding. He Packed The Wound With The Sea
Moss. The Man Cried But Didn’t Awaken.
They Read The Faint Letters On
His Cap : U.S Navy The American Was A Prisoner Of
War. If They Sheltered The White Man
In Their House , They Would Be Arrested. But If They Turned Him Over As A
Prisoner, He Would Certainly Die. Couple Was In Fix He Was Their Enemy As All
Americans Were.
Dr. Sadao
And Hana Decided To Carry The Man Into The House. Even The Servants Didn’t
Co-operate With Dr. Sadao And Hana They Thought That Their Master
Should Not Heal The Wound Of That White Man. Even Yumi
Refused To Clean The Wounds.
Hana Herself Washed Tom’s Breast
And Face With Steaming Hot Water Carefully. Sadao Asked Hana To Help Him To
Turn The Man. She Was Asked To Give The
Anesthetic If Needed. The Bullet
Was Still There. He Had Lost
Much Blood. Hana Couldn’t Bear The Sight And
Ran Out Of The Room.
She Had Never Seen An Operation. She Came Back With A Bottle And
Some Cotton. Then In A Very Clean Way The
Bullet Was Taken Out. The Man Was Still Unconscious. Muttered A Few Words In English. Dr. Sadao Declared That The Man Would Live In Spite Of All. The Young Man Woke Up.He Was Very Weak. He Was Terrified When He Saw
Where He Was.Hana
Comforted Him Not To Be Afraid.
On The
Third Day Sadao Examined The Wound And Tom Asked What They Were Going To Do
With Him. Sadao
Didn’t Answered. Sadao Was
Trained Not To Let A Man Die As A Doctor. The
Servants Grew Daily More Watchful. Sadao
Wanted The Prisoner To Get Up On His Own Feet. The Man
Thanked The Doctor For Saving Him.
Sadao Examined The Wound
Carefully Everyday. The Last Stitches Had Been Pulled Out.
On The Seventh Day The Servants
Left Them Together. The Servants Thought That Hana
Anad Sadao Stayed For So In America That They Had Forgotten To Think
Of The Welfare Of Their Own Country First. The Old General Was Sick. He Knew That Sadao Was
Indispensable To Him. He Didn’t Want Sadao To Be
Arrested. Because He Didn’t Trust Other
Surgeons. He Wanted Sadao To Operate Him. The General Hit Upon A Plan. It Would Be Best If The American
Could Be Quietly Killed. He Had His Own Private
Assassins. He Could Send Two Of Them To His
House At Night. Sadao Thinks About General’
Plan. The General Had Told Sadao That
His Private Assassins Would Kill The Prisoner Any Night.
Sadao Spent Two More Sleepless
Nights Waiting For The Assassins Who Never Came. Finally, Sadao Decided To Help
Tom Escape. Sadao Thought Of Putting His Boat On Shore That Night With Food And
Extra Cloths. Sadao Asked Tom To Row To The
Little Island. Sadao Gave All Necessary
Instructions To Tom. If His Food Ran Out Before He
Caught A Korean Boat, He Could Signal Him To Flashes.Sadao Warned Him Not To Take
Help Of Any Boat.
Except The Korean Boats To Go
Away. Flashlights Were Given By Dr.
Sadao To Tom After Saving His Life By Helping
Him Escape Sadao Slept Peacefully Sadao Informed The General That
The Young Man Had Escaped. The General Had Promised Sadao
To Get Him Killed, But Due To His Own Illness He Forgot His Promise. (Forgot
All About The Plans And Assassins) He Didn’t Receive Any Signal.
No One Was
On The Island, The Prisoner Had Gone Safe. Sadao
Remembered That He Had A Lot Of Difficulty In Finding A Place To Live In
America Because He Was A Japanese. He Thought
, “ I Wonder Why I Could Not Kill Him ?”
Important Questions Answer
1. How did dr. Sadao plan the American prisoner’s
escape?
2. Why Did The Servants Leave Dr.Sadao’s House
?
3. What was dr. Sadao’s father dream for him ?
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