the world in many different ways‚ creating thousands of unique facets. Poets such as Yusef Komunyakaa and Rudyard Kipling have discovered that one of the best ways to reveal these facets is through analysis of human behavior during a war. In such a time of crisis‚ most people show their true colors‚ revealing the many complexities of humanity. In the war poems ‘The Choice” by Rudyard Kipling and “Facing
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white man’s burden and The home burdens of uncle sam‚ these two poems were written by Rudyard Kipling and Anna Manning Comfort. Rudyard Kipling‚ who was an idealist and pro-imperialist writer. When he wrote The white man’s burden‚ he argued the American should serve the needs of others. In opposite‚ Anna Manning Comfort‚ who is an anti-imperialist‚ wrote The home burdens of uncle sam‚ which didn’t agree with Mr. Kipling. She thought the American should solve their own problem first‚ then help others.
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americans were. Rudyard Kipling created the poem. Kipling was born in India‚ and had an unhappy experience when he moved to England as a child. When he moved back to India‚ his parents belonged to the highest anglo-indian society‚ and Kipling was interested in the native Indian world. This background could have shaped the poem into being more pro-imperialism. Rudyard Kipling was a first-hand witness to the British Imperialism. Being in a high-society british family in India‚ Kipling had a positive
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Nagina is a character in the book Rikki-tikki-tavi‚ the author of Rikki-tikki-tavi is Rudyard KIpling. Nagina is a very violent‚ ruthless‚ and caring snake. Nagina will fight for her way until she gets what she wants. First of all Nagaina is a very violent character‚ she shows this when she was fighting Rikki-tikki-tavi. “Nagaina gathered herself together and flung out at him...again and again she struck.”(25). Nagaina is probably the most violent character in the story because she will do whatever
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Imperialism The first document was published by the English writer Rudyard Kipling. He published a famous poem called “White Man’s Burden” in 1899 which came to represent the European sense of superiority over the indigenous peoples. The subtitle of this poem is “The United States and the Philippine Islands.” This is because this is what the poem mainly talks about. This poem is about Kipling’s thoughts about imperialism during 1899. Kipling thinks that imperialism is a good venture that the United States
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longer Rudyard Kipling gave much to English literature and wrote poetry‚ short stories‚ and novels.1 He was born in Bombay‚ India on December 30‚ 1865‚ and at the age of five‚ Kipling began to live in England for educational purposes. Being educated in Britain‚ Kipling was almost certainly influenced by Britain’s imperialistic views of the world. In England‚ Kipling lived with Madam Rosa and suffered physical abuse‚ resulting in major changes in Kipling’s perception of life. Kipling returned to
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irrational and insufficient. Kim’s initiation into Espionage‚ his becoming an intelligence agent‚ allows the white Kim to serve colonialist power and the Indian Kim to concert with various natives who are emotional and sensuous. Review of Literature Kipling reveals the orphaned son of the Irish soldier called Kim. Kim spends his childhood as a vagabond in Lahore. With an old lama he travels throughout India. The writer creates a vision of harmony of India that unites the secular life and the spiritual
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“inscribe their linguistic‚ cultural‚ and later‚ territorial claims” (Singh 1). Modern Culture has written novels based on Indian colonialism‚ like Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books. Kipling demonstrates in his novel how western colonization impacted Indian culture by the symbolism of animals. For Instance‚ In the story “Mowgli’s Brothers” by Kipling‚ Mowgli is discovered by wolves and taken to council rock‚ which is run by a court of animals: a wolf named Akela and a bear named baloo. Akela leads
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machines (by Rudyard Kipling) Each person has a different worldview. Technology can bring many benefits and convenience to our life. However‚ these conveniences are not unlimited. In other hand‚ it makes us become dependent. There is nothing better than our own. Many authors have shown that vision through poetry and writing. And the poem “The secret of the machines” by Rudyard Kipling is not out of that topic. First‚ this poem “The secret of the Machines” were wrote by Rudyard Kipling quite long
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a case against imperialism‚ they were often not strong enough to prevail; as a result‚ their rationale repeatedly fell on deaf ears. As demonstrated by Guiseppe Mazzini‚ Thomas Babington Macaulay‚ Jules Ferry‚ and especially exemplified by Rudyard Kipling‚ leaders as well as writers promoted the use of imperialism as a status symbol and as a necessity for the betterment of their nations. Each makes a case for the utilization of colonization‚ not simply for their own nation’s success‚ but also
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