Question

While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices. Answer with reference to ‘The Enemy.

Answer 1

The feeling of hatred for enemy country is created by the system/ government

• People are made to hate each other

• It is considered to be patriotic/ nationalistic

• Personally knowing or not knowing has no meaning in such cases.

• There are people who rise above such petty thoughts

• Like doctor Sadao- for him saving the patient was most important

• As a doctor that was his first duty-the sick, injured needed attention and the country to which the patient belongs did not matter to him.

Sadaos rose above narrow prejudice because: Professional ethics , humanitarian considerations ,sensitivity

-Having been himself subjected to hatred and indifference in America, he does not want to follow a ‘tit for tat policy’.