One theme that is present in the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling is that being curious can often save your life or the lives of others. This theme‚ while not stated definitely in the text‚ is prominent throughout. This theme first presents itself in the first part of the story‚ when Rikki is found by Teddy and his family. Rikki is revived by the father after having been swept up by a flood and losing consciousness. Had Teddy not been curious enough to wander about and find the seemingly
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American Expansionism The beginnings of the early 1800’s‚ the United States was starting to notice potential in growth and expansion. They saw opportunities in Latin America‚ as there were only small Spanish colonies. In addition‚ Latin America was yet to gain any independence which made them very vulnerable and up for grabs for the U.S. expansion. One problem was at this time U.S. was trying their best to stay out of foreign conflicts and not stay out of foreign alliances. Which they would most
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Characteristics of Victorian Literature The literature of the Victorian age (1837 – 1901‚ named for the reign of Queen Victoria) entered in a new period after the romantic revival. The literature of this era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism. Though‚ the Victorian Age produced great poets‚ the age is also remarkable for the excellence of its prose. The discoveries of science have particular effects upon the literature of the age. If you study all the great writers of this
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reverberates across the British Empire. Set in india in the early 20th century when it was still a British colony ‚ the novel challenges the claim that British had a right to colonize India. Variously called Britain’s “civilizing mission”or in Rudyard Kipling ‘s famous line ‚ the “white man”s burden”‚British imperialism was motivated by the idea that the british were a superior ‚ enlightened and more advanced race than non-European peoples‚ and thus had a duty to “civilized “ these people ‚ by force
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slavery had not been put under the moral scope of humanity until the last hundred years. The African slaves were seen as subhuman and lower than dirt. Rudyard Kipling first wrote about the white man’s burden then others put their own meaning behind it. They thought it was their “burden” to bring “light” to all the dark places in the world.(Kipling) In legal terms‚ there was no foundation for compensating the descendants of slaves for the crime against their ancestors when‚ “no crime was committed”
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hold‚ where America would view itself as an entirely exceptional nation with a mission to civilize and spread democracy to regions spanning across the globe. It was founded on the notion of the "White Man’s Burden‚" an ideal paraphrased from a Rudyard Kipling poem that described it as the Western world’s responsibility to civilize nations that were
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are serving their oppressor’s desires. This culturally unrealistic view has been set forth as an absolute truth in the eyes of white men for centuries‚ that in fact they were helping these " new-caught‚ sullen peoples‚/ half-devil‚ and half-child"(Kipling). Yet this is not true; the greatest burden has been the burden of the enslaved natives‚ which is far worse‚ as Edward D. Morel points out in his poem‚ "The Black Man’s Burden". Morel contrasts Kipling’s arguments through discussing how King Leopold
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or events that you know about‚ the story is strengthened. If you leave or skip something because you do not know it‚ the story will be worthless. The test of any story is how very good the stuff that you‚ not your editors‚ omit.” From reading Rudyard Kipling he absorbed the practice of shortening prose as much as it could take. Of the concept of omission‚ Hemingway wrote in “The Art of the Short Story”: “You could omit anything if you knew that you omitted and the omitted part would strengthen the
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Britain‚ Germany‚ Russia U.S Foreign investments rise from 1869 – 1908 More global trade 1870 – 1914 Alfred Mahan argues that a very powerful navy sets apart a great country (coaling stations around the world) Social Darwinism - Rudyard Kipling argues that it’s the burden of white men to take care of his little brown brothers. Beginning of 1900 U.S sent missionaries around the world to make sure they become Christian‚ educated & civilized Frederick Jackson Turner 1893 argued
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so first time‚ Europeans were expunging resources out of Africa. And using the natives to do it for them. And an insightful look into the tensions of the time can be observed in two literary works from the time period‚ “White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling. And‚ alternatively‚ “Black Man’s Burden” by Edward Morel. The White Man’s burden deals with the social implications of being the Imperialist‚ exploring countries‚ and making them your responsibility‚ to “civilize” them. The Black
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