Figurative Language In The Primary Source

The primary source is a poem advocating for imperialism. Poems use writing techniques to emphasize their message, such as figurative language. The way the author uses these techniques can portray the values and problems within a society, by emphasizing what the author thinks his audience will want.
The poem describes the relationship between white men and their captives. According to the poem, this relationship is the “white man’s burden”. The white men have to capture the people to protect them, because they are “half-devil and half-child”. The source includes how to protect the captives, to “veil the threat of terror”, to feed the poor, and cure the sick. The poem also portrays the captives as helpless and sinful. The white men need to conquer
They wanted to limit the people who could come to America because the unskilled workers were willing to work for less than the natural americans were.
Rudyard Kipling created the poem. Kipling was born in India, and had an unhappy experience when he moved to England as a child. When he moved back to India, his parents belonged to the highest anglo-indian society, and Kipling was interested in the native Indian world. This background could have shaped the poem into being more pro-imperialism. Rudyard Kipling was a first-hand witness to the British Imperialism. Being in a high-society british family in India, Kipling had a positive experience with imperialism, leading him to advocate for it.
Kipling directed his poem towards white men, and especially towards white men of developed countries with the ability to conquer other lands. Because of this audience, Kipling made the the white men feel powerful, better than other races. He also managed to make other people disagreeing with white conquerors and hating them as another way that white men would be better, because they wouldn’t be doing it for praise, according to the