Rudyard Kipling Research Paper

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India. Roaming the local markets with his nanny, Kipling became connected with Indian culture. India was a wonderful place for Kipling until his mother sent him to live with a foster family in England so he could get a formal education. These years were hard for him because his foster mother hated him, causing her to beat and bully him often. The only time he was away from her was when he visited his family during the holidays. When he turned eleven he was rescued from his foster family when someone visited and saw the way he was being treated and contacted his mother. After being rescued, he was put in a new school called United Services College at Westward Ho. In 1882, Rudyard Kipling moved back to India with his parents and his dad helped him to get a job as a copy editor. He published over seventy short stories in 1888 including satiric verses, and Departmental ditties. In 1889, Kipling traveled to China, Japan, and the United States. After his travels he went to London and he was established as an outstanding new author putting him as a leading writer. While being in the lead writers he wrote many stories, including his most-remembered poems: …show more content…
After leaving Kipling was in India with his family during Christmas but Caroline's brother had died of typhoid fever causing Kipling to rush to be there with her. A week later Kipling and Caroline got married and Henry James, an American writer, attended their ceremony. After getting married the couple moved to the United States and had Josephine and Elsie, the had their son John in 1897 after the left the United States. While they were living in the United States Kipling wrote some of his best short stories, including The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, and The Naulahka: A story of West and