Throughout the term we have been studying the novel “To Kill A Mocking Bird” for this opinion piece i will be comparing the novel to Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”. There are lots of morals and ideas that are represented and can be tied between the two pieces of writing. Some of these ideas and themes include symbolism of equality‚ overcoming obstacles‚ taking risks‚ and courage. I will be discussing how these themes are shown throughout both the novel and poem. The main idea of “If” is to be able
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Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem “The White Man’s Burden” to urge the U. S. to take up the “burden” of empire‚ or to take up the White Man’s burden‚ which is to send the best men abroad and your sons into exile to serve your captives. The poem is subtitled "The United States and the Philippine Islands". The poem is written in 1899 which is one year after the Spanish-American War. Kipling’s intended audience is the Americans. The poem is showing Americans the burdens of imperialism on the newly taken
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Manliness Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India where he spent his early childhood before his family returned to England. He is most famous for his prose writing. The Jungle Book has had lasting popularity‚ both as a story and in film adaptations. Kipling travelled widely and wrote travel articles as well as poetry. In 1907 he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and the youngest writer to receive it. Kipling composed the poem in 1909 while living in
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conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor‚ both to yourself and to your country‚ let men label you as they may. ~Mark Twain All we have of freedom‚ all we use or know - This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. ~Rudyard Kipling‚ The Old Issue‚ 1899 What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it. ~Hubert H. Humphrey You cannot spill a drop of American blood
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Rudyard Kipling “The White Man’s Burden” Kipling’s poem was viewed in the same way as Lord Curzon‚ the viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905 CITATION Jos \l 1033 (Symes). Kipling urged the British and the Americans to “take up the white man’s burden”. Lord Curzon was concerned about the British position in the world‚ urging economic investment and warned of the need to fortify India’s borders against Russia. Curzon worried that the British would be worn down by resistance to the raj and that‚ confronted
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1.0 Introduction Pudu Jail‚ a 114 year-old jail‚ built by British during 1895 that used to house criminals including drug offenders and was a location for administering corporal punishment through rotan caning‚ was demolished on October 2009 by City Hall to make way for a road expansion and tunnel project on Jalan Pudu. Despite public objection to the city’s historic landmark being destroyed‚ demolition work continued for the project‚ aimed at easing traffic congestion in the area. The road
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to give them their own back. Real animals would fight their enemy for their property. This proves the theme because Nagaina wants what she loves back and she had the courage to sacrifice her plans of being “queen of the garden”. This shows how Rudyard Kipling demonstrates how the character traits in the animals are
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Tori 2/29/11 Writing Mr. V The Ballad of East and West: What is it about? The poem‚ The Ballad of East and West by Rudyard Kipling is about India versus England. With the use of military‚ England took over India. An Indian rebel named Kamal steals the Colonel’s mare‚ so the Colonel sends his son after him. When the Colonel’s son finally catches up to Kamal at a place called The Tongue of Jagai‚ Kamal starts his little insults
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“Take up the white man’s burden/ send forth the best ye breed -“Rudyard Kipling mockingly wrote in 1899‚ he was describing the aggressive European imperialism that took place in the 1880’s. In 1884 Africa was divided up among European nations‚ only two African countries remained independent. One may question‚ what the driving force behind this European imperialism was. Although technology‚ political and cultural causes were factors in the Europeans imperializing Africa‚ ultimately the primary
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of its many similarities of the much older and equally popular novel The Jungle Book. The author of The Graveyard Book‚ Neil Gaiman‚ doesn’t deserve all of the credit for his bestselling novel because he took the plot and many key characters from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. The Jungle Book was a book that was published around 1900. This book is not to be confused with Disney’s translation of the story in the form of an animated movie. It has many difference especially with specific character
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