The poems‚ “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ and “If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ are very similar. The texts are also very different in many ways. Here are some details that show why these texts are similar and different. First off‚ “Girl” and “If” have a few similarities. Furthermore‚ “Girl” and “If” have a parent telling them what to do and how to do it. They both also have a parent trying to help their son or daughter. For instance‚ both poems show that the parents saying “This is how…” or “Try to…” which is
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Kipling described how people in Europe viewed men of different backgrounds as “sullen people.” He then continued with “To seek another’s profit‚ and work another’s gain.” This defined the relationship between the “white man” and “other man.” The white man
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preconceived notion of what something is or is not can be seen in the life of famous British poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling. Growing up in India built the ideas of a social hierarchy into Kipling’s everyday
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always believed that “What have the free people to do with a man’s cub?” (Kipling 1909‚ 16). No one could look between his eyes in the jungle‚ not even Shere Khan. His eyes were a major indication of the humanness in him. ‘He has eyes that make the jungle people afraid’. In The Second Jungle Book‚ we are told that “And yet the look in his eyes was always gentle. Even when he fought‚ his eyes never blazed as Bagheera’s did” (Kipling 1895‚ 286). In every situation‚ his eyes betray that he is not an animal
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for social order‚ and loneliness and the need for companionship. A couple of the symbols are leadership (Ralph) and spirituality (Simon). Poems that can go along with these themes and symbols include: The Road not Taken‚ by Robert Frost‚ If by Rudyard Kipling‚ London by William Blake‚ A light exists in spring by Emily Dickenson‚ and Fable L: The Hare and Many Friends by John Gay. The first poem‚ The Road not Taken‚ by Robert Frost has a certain degree of loneliness. The speaker is deciding which
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In the story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling. The conflict in the story is the snakes want to kill the parents and the little kid to get the mongoose out so he will leave and the snakes will be the king and queen of the garden. The claim how the point of view effects the story. How it dose that is the point of view. And how its in third person in the story well. Rikki Tikki Tavi they fight and the narrator know there feelings and emotions. In Rikki-tikki-tavi the point of view is third person
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reeds at Runnymede. And Thames‚ that knows the moods of kings‚ And crowds and priests and suchlike things‚ Rolls deep and dreadful as he brings Their warning down from Runnymede! Rudyard Kipling wrote the reeds at Runnymede in 1911‚ that’s six hundred and ninety six years after the signing of the Magna Charta. Kipling recognises the fighting and despair of the town before the signing of the Magna Charta and shows respect towards the little town‚ for what it has established for the rest of the world
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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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situational irony is when the audience believes something will happen but a different scenario occurs‚ and dramatic irony is when the audience knows what is happening but the characters do not. In the short story “The Mark of the Beast‚” the author‚ Rudyard Kipling‚ makes great use of all three types of irony. In paragraph nine on page two the narrator states‚ “He was gorgeously drunk” this is an example of verbal irony because the narrator did not actually mean that Fleete was gorgeous; He used the positive
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