I chose the documents The White Man’s Burden by Kipling‚ and The Real ‘White Man’s Burden’ by Crosby. In The White Man’s Burden‚ Kipling’s poem is advice urging the U.S. to imperialize the Philippines‚ yet he is also warning us of the costs involves with it. “Take up the White Man’s burden-- Send forth the best ye breed—“ Kipling starts off his poem stating that we are the best breed. While I was reading this poem the first time I didn’t really take most of it in‚ because I was trying
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subordination‚ aroused mainly from colonialism and imperialism like the power of the British Empire over many colonized countries in the world. Thus‚ this imperial power had intensively engaged writers’ attention. Among those major writers is Rudyard Kipling. He is a British novelist and poet who was born in British India in 1865 and died in 1963. Though he lived over thirteen years there‚ the reader finds that his works espouse the imperial ideology and he came to be recognized as a "prophet of
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Document Analysis #1 Tyre Ennis Rudyard Kipling’s‚ “The White Man’s Burden”‚ was composed in late February of the 1800’s. The “White Man’s Burden” was composed right after the Spanish-American war where America won control over many colonies. Morel’s‚ “The Black Man’s Burden” was also composed in the 1800’s and was a direct response to Kipling’s poem. (Add 2) Rudyard Kipling is the author of “The White Man’s Burden”. Kipling was an English poet and novelist who used his writings to justify colonialism
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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
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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. Omar N. Bradley. Rikki-Tikki in the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi had to be brave when he was scared. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that love is able to give courage to everyone. Rikki Tikki is a brave and kind character in this story. As written in the text‚ Rikki-tikki’s eyes grew red again‚ and he danced up to Karait with the peculiar rocking‚ swaying motion that he had inherited from
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The White Man’s Burden: Analysis by dbrager14 In the poem‚ “The White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling it shows that the European attitudes towards imperialism were negative. They considered the work a burden and thought that the Africans were savages. In lines 7 and 8‚ Kipling describes the Africans as “Your new-caught‚ sullen peoples/ Half-devil and half-child” making them seem like crazy‚ stupid devil people. Other lines describe the Africans as “sullen” and “silent” making them seem a little
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Rikki-tikki-tavi “The motto of all the mongoose family is‚ ‘ Run and find out’‚ and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.” said Rudyard Kipling‚ the author of Rikki-tikki-tavi. Mongooses are very curious and love to play with other mongooses as well as humans. Real life mongooses are much like Rikki-tikki-tavi. They are playful yet sly. They are sensitive yet frightful. The film and the story are very similar yet different still. Many of these similarities and differences include the characters‚ setting
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“And check the show of pride‚” (Kipling page 1‚ Internet). This quote is telling the white people to show off their pride and their power‚ meaning that they had to take control of countries that weren’t imperialized. “The easy‚ ungrudged praise‚” (Kipling page 2‚ Internet). This quote shows that white people don’t work for gratitude‚ but work to get things done that they want to be done. “Send forth the best ye breed‚” (Kipling page 1‚ Internet). This quote shows that the white
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“If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ he masks himself with the face of a father reaching out to his son. He characterizes what would make the ideal person‚ making them seem almost holy‚ if they could accomplish all tasks addressed in the poem. Evidently‚ Kipling tries to rely to the audience through his tone and well put together examples‚ just the same as a father would do for a son‚ a roadmap to life and to the standards that one should hold within a society. Within this poem by Kipling‚ his mask
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The two authors and their texts are “if” by rudyard kipling and “girl” by jamaica kincaid. In these texts the children are taking parental advice from the parent of the story. Difference A difference these two stories have is they are about different Genders. In the story “if” is about a boy I know this because in the text it says “you’ll be a man my son” this means he is a boy because son means boy. Also ‘girl” is about a girl I know this because the title is girl so that gives me a good feeling
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