The White Man's Burden Analysis

The theme “stranger in the village” has multiple meanings and references in many writings and screenplays. In “The White Man’s Burden” by Richard Kipling, the white man is often portrayed as the stranger. “The hate of those ye guard” (Kipling 36), Rudyard Kipling states as he conveys how white men are only here to “Reep his old reward” (Kipling 34). There are many instances in the poem that prove how the “white man” has been extremely controlling and only take as they please. In many or most writings, the white man is the stranger. For example, In Crocodile Dundee, directed by Peter Faiman, Sue and Mr. Dundee are white, although they are both strangers when they went to each other’s different environments. Everyone is a stranger if put in the right circumstance and the “white man” in “The White Man’s Burden” has emerged as the stranger in a different form.
While learning about the theme “stranger in the village,” most characters have been in an opposite environment or situation and is “different.” In the poem “The White Man’s Burden,”
This explains the judgment the ace has had towards other people. Crocodile Dundee, although the characters “strangers” isn’t entirely due to their race, there are still many instances where it is still demonstrated. When Mr. Dundee arrived in New York, he would ask many African-Americans what tribe they came from assuming they were poor or lived outside. Crocodile Dundee presents many examples of how the white race is a burden. Numerous amounts of people assume too quickly about someone’s race. “But toil of serf and sweeper” (Kipling 27), Kipling states. This demonstrates how one race has assumed something of someone. If the world can begin to stop making assumptions of other races, then there won’t be “strangers” as portrayed in “The White Man’s Burden” in the