How Does The White Man's Curtain Dehumanize

Behind the Curtain
The poem “The White Man’s Burden” can mean an array of things.
From one side, “The White Man’s Burden” was a warning to those who sought the power of the world by controlling land and the people who live there. It also served as encouragement for white men to further imperialism. This can be seen in the line “cold, edged with dear- brought wisdom.” He is providing the knowledge that a white man needs to be successful. Kipling is clearly laying out the harsh realities to white men whose purpose in life is to build and to maintain an empire. Kipling issued this statement with the words “watch sloths and heathen folly bring all your hopes to nought” meaning though this job is hard work you cannot let these fools and heathens …show more content…
The native people are dehumanized throughout the poem. They are characterized as “new-caught captives” who are “half-devil,” “half-children,” and wild. Childish because they cannot see the benefits of the imperialism they are being exposed to and ungrateful they do not thank the white men that are gracious enough to bless their primitive people with advancements in technology and provide insight for their progression as a civilization. They were viewed as uncivilized people in darkness that need to be “brought into the light.” The natives blame, hate, and are ungrateful for the civility the “white man” brings to their land. The natives are basically complaining unthankful animals who offers a profit to the hands of the white man. The “white men” had taken the lives of their men and women by robbing them of their power to be “free” people. The natives are passed from one controller to another, each thinking themselves the best with the most to offer these people, but they take their people’s lives, their history, and their culture for a cause that is not their own. The natives are “silent sullen people” who one way or another will adhere to the white man’s …show more content…
The “white man” claims to have noble causes to help people who cannot help themselves by filling the mouth of famine and ending sickness when in reality they “seek another’s profit” and “work another’s gain.” They advertise righteous and honorable intentions by “veiling the threat of terror.” They cover up the dead bodies, the corruption, and the dangers of their bureaucracy by offering deeds that promise a better world. Their purpose is to impose their wills on natives and push forward the values of their institutions. The “white man’s burden” is a responsibility because those in charge, a better breed, had the right to educate and civilize people who could not do it themselves. The white man’s burden is conquest and control for power of uncivilized natives who are so far behind them that they need the white man in order to survive. Imperialist are disguising themselves as