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Over half of the world’s species live in a jungle environment. Jungles are usually in warm places with high rainfall. The word ‘jungle’ comes from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘uncultivated land’. The saying “The Law of the Jungle” comes from Rudyard Kipling’s collection of stories called The Jungle Book‚ published in 1894. While lions have the nickname “The King of the Jungle” they typically live in savannah and grassland. Jungles are overgrown with wild tangles of vegetation and dense
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Biography of Thomas hardy Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex‚ his name for the counties of southwestern England. He initially pursued architecture‚ his father’s work‚ but after finding success in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd(1874)‚ he gave it up and wrote with abandon. His works ultimately question the Victorian status quo and asks what else would make more sense. Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870)
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background. She loves Ezekiel‚ but fears that he won’t ever leave the Bronx. Jaden Smith as Marcus “Dizzee” Kipling‚ the most artistically minded of the Kipling brothers‚ Dizzee is a graffiti artist who tags as Rumi 411. Skylan Brooks as Ra-Ra Kipling‚ a loyal‚ respected‚ protective friend and brother with his head screwed on tight‚ he’s the voice of reason beyond his years. T. J. Brown Jr. as Boo-Boo Kipling‚ a mechanically minded kid who is an irrepressible 40-year-old in a 14-year-old’s body. Yahya Abdul-Mateen
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In Rudyard Kipling’s fiction story‚ "Rikki-tikki-tavi"‚ the theme of survival is demonstrated through Rikki’s actions during his many conflicts within the story. For example‚ Nag and Nagaina discuss that they should kill the family to raise their young Cobras‚safely(28)‚Rikki-Tikki kills Nag in the bathroom to protect his family(29)‚ Rikki-Tikki kills Nagaina to save Teddy (33). Rudyard first introduces the idea survival in the scene where Nag and Nagaina discuss that they should kill the family
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Literary tendency of Victorian literature: special reference to Lord Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning 1.1 An Introduction to Victorian Period: The Victorian era is generally agreed to stretch through the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). It was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles‚ literary schools‚ as well as‚ social‚ political and religious movements flourished. It was a time of prosperity‚ broad imperial expansion‚ and great political reform. It was also a time‚ which
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Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) best known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat. (1889) Jerome Klapka Jerome was born 2 May 1859 in Belsize House‚ Bradford Street‚ Walsall‚ Staffordshire‚ in the heart of England. He was the fourth child of Jerome Clapp Jerome‚ (1807–1872) a well-respected nonconformist lay preacher and architect who died when Jerome was fourteen. Jerome’s mother was Marguerite Jones‚ (d. 1872) daughter of a solicitor. Jerome’s middle name was in honour of a family friend‚
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What arguments did Kipling make to justify European expansion in Africa and Asia? How does the selection by Edward Morel challenge or undermine Kipling’s beliefs? The dialogue “White Man’s Burden” is a condescending and patronizing text. The text was written in response to the winning of the Spanish-American war. In the first stanza‚ Kipling says we need to “take up” this burden. That what the white men have to do is so heavy and the responsibility of this burden is on their shoulders fully.
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Question: What do Rhodes‚ Roosevelt‚ Kipling‚ and Sarmiento share in their vision of white men’s role in civilizing the world? Week 1 Reading Response In the assigned readings‚ Rhodes‚ Roosevelt‚ Kipling‚ and Sarmiento advocate the expansion of civilization to be carried out by white men. The authors begin their arguments with the uncivilized living conditions in the late 1800’s‚ moving on to benefits of the English rule upon other nations. Civilization is depicted to be the best for the world
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Can the Subaltern Speak? – Summary Gayatri Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an unsettling voice in literary theory and especially‚ postcolonial studies. She has describes herself as a “practical deconstructionist feminist Marxist” and as a “gadfly”. She uses deconstruction to examine "how truth is constructed" and to deploy the assertions of one intellectual and political position (such as Marxism) to "interrupt" or "bring into crisis" another (feminism‚ for example). In her work‚ she combines
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