Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
Yes, I think the doctor’s final solution was the best possible one. He did hid duty of a doctor by curing him and also the duty towards his nation by telling the truth to the general and general promised him to kill the enemy in his sleep but that didn’t happened so he realized that by killing him will not be beneficial for the country but only to save their lives so he decided to help him escape and he did right in my opinion.
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?
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
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 is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
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 do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
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?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
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?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?