The two poems, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “If” by Rudyard Kipling both are about parents giving advice to their children about the real world and the feature they have in front of them. In “Girl” the mother wants her to be a good polite adult and not a “boy crazy girl” that the mother is saying she is set on becoming. In the poem that Rudyard Kipling wrote, “If” is about a father giving true smart advice to his son, so he can become a good, smart man. These two poems both have the same topic and theme, but the perspective of the parents make the stories unsimilar.…
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 30, 1924. His parents were an odd pair, a small-town girl Lillie Mae and a schemer called Arch. They largely neglected their son when he was young, and often leaving him in the care of others. Capote spent much of his childhood in the care of his mother's relatives. He grew up in a small town and he also described the setting of In Cold Blood as a countryside with a small population. Capote did not attend college. Instead, he published a few famous short stories and novels, like "Other Voices, Other Rooms" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Finally, after living in Europe for many years, he returned to the United States and hoped to compose "an epic nonfiction novel." And that book was…
Ray Bradbury was an author of many different genres of books. He was born on August 22nd of 1920 and passed away June 5th of 2012. Ray had 4 daughters: Susan, Romona, Bettina & Alexandra, from these daughters he was blessed with eight grandchildren. Ray also had a wife named Marguerite who passed away in 2003. During his life Ray started out living in Waukegan, Illinois and when he became 14 years old his family moved to Tucson, Arizona and when they arrived there his family only had $40 to survive until they found jobs.…
Madison Davenport Hollison, ELA, Per. 5 R.T.T Characterization Paragraph June, 7 2018 Kipling’s Characterization of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” To demonstrate Rikki’s bravery in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” Kipling uses characterization. One way to use characterization is with other characters interactions, an example Kipling uses is, “The valiant Rikki-tikki caught by the head and held fast”(Kipling 471). Darzee is singing the story of how Rikki fought Nag and killed him even though Rikki could have died.…
A person’s principles define who they are for example if a person is full of hate and bitterness then a monster lurks within. The author’s story secretly stands for when Britain invaded India which is where the story takes place. The author also shows how the main character’s struggle to find their principles of nature or good morals rather than the heartless and violent ones they already have. The characters in the story are just as violent to the natives as the British are when they invaded. Morals and historical background both have major effects into understanding this story. In Rudyard Kipling’s The Mark of the Beast the author offers criticism of the interaction between the colonizers and the colonized. This leads to an understanding of morals and historical background that the author intended to display.…
The movie Rudy is very inspirational. In this movie a teenage graduate has the dreams of going to Notre Dame college/university. If he was accepted Rudy always had the dream of being on the Notre Dame Football team. Rudy’s decision making, goal setting and personal values and morals help him fulfill his dreams of playing on the Notre Dame Football team.…
Zora Neale Hurston is a black American writer. She was born in a small town in Florida in January 7, 1891. Starting with a dreadful life, Hurston’s experiences were perfect for starting her career in creative writing. Hurston adjudicates to create/write fiction stories, especially books of imagination and exploration. Hurston is a ill-mannered woman during her time period, but her words touched, and still do touch, the black race. As an adult, “Zora gave 1901 as her birth year, but also gave 1898 and 1903” (Women's History - Comprehensive Women's History Research Guide. ). The questions/theory is, what truly happened in Zora Neale Hurston past life? What creation/theme changes her black African American/her race.…
Zora Neale Hurston was born in Eatonville, Florida, a small town inhabited primarily by African-Americans. Her mother died shortly after her birth leaving Hurston in the care of her father, who quickly married a woman who sent little Hurston to school in Jacksonville, providing her with her first glance at racial segregation. Hurston left school due to financial difficulties and family problems which led her to stay with her mother's friends. At age fourteen, she worked as a maid to earn money for her education but failed miserably. Hurston's first successful employment was with the Gilbert and Sullivan repertory company, which offered Hurston travel and reading time (Howard 13-16). When that job was exhausted, she worked as a waitress to get through school in Baltimore. She later attended Morgan Academy supported by employment with a clergyman. In the fall of 1918-1920 Hurston attended Howard University…
In these lines, Rudyard Kipling is inspiring the reader to discover an advanced foundation of reality and provides a source of hope that gives strength to ignore…
In 1975, Ms. Magazine published Alice Walker's essay, "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" reviving interest in the author. Hurston's four novels and two books of folklore resulted from extensive anthropological research and have proven invaluable sources on the oral cultures of African America. Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara. Through her writings, Robert Hemenway wrote in The Harlem Renaissance Remembered, Hurston "helped to remind the Renaissance--especially its more bourgeois members--of the richness in the racial heritage." (http://zoranealehurston.com/)…
Kipling was a loyal imperialist. The India he portrayed was British India. Oppressed India subject to Britain's colonial domination. He always thought that the British Empire had a right and responsibility to maintain India’s government. His attitude towards India was either condescending or oppressive. He also believed in “Noblesse Oblige,” a French expression which are the obligations of those belonging to the upper or noble class. If you have power, wealth, or status, you have a responsibility to people who are less fortunate. He thought English man were selfish and thought they were superior to anybody else. He conveys this belief through the characters in his novella: “The man who would be king”…
Rudyard Kipling, one of England’s heroic poets, worked as a journalist in Punjab, India, which was under British control. He wrote many poems and songs that rhymed and helped boost the morale of British soldiers on the battlefield while implementing them with values of honor and duty. In addition to the soldiers, the citizens of England were also inspired to support the war efforts. The poems became very effective among the British people.…
Why does “1984” still have an impact even after 60 years after it was written and when the year 1984 has passed?…
Rikki-tikki-tavi is the main character in the story, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling. Rikki is an almost new born mongoose that got washed onto an Indian bungalow by a terrible flood, and was taken under the wing of an English family. The Mother, Father and their son Teddy . While exploring the garden he found that there was a great conflict between the snakes and the rest of the people, that Rikki was going to fix. He is a helpful, valiant, and daring mongoose.…
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), English writer and Nobel laureate, wrote novels, poems, and short stories, most of them set in India and Myanmar (Burma) during the time of British rule.…