Class 12 English - Vistas - Chapter The Enemy NCERT Solutions | Does the story remind you of ‘Birt

There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.

What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?

Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?

Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?

While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?

Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?

Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?

Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?

How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?

What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?

Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?

Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?

The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?

What does the third level refers to?

‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?

What kind of a person was Evans?

It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?

What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?

What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?

Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?

Will the injured McLeery be able to help the prison officers track Evans?

Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?

How does Jo want the story to end and why?

It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?

The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?

Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?

What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?

The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?

When Stephens comes back to the cell he jumps to a conclusion and the whole machinery blindly goes by his assumption without even checking the identity of the injured ‘McLeery’. Does this show how hasty conjectures can prevent one from seeing the obvious? How is the criminal able to predict such negligence?

While we condemn the crime, we are sympathetic to the criminal. Is this the reason why prison staff often develop a soft corner for those in custody?