Rudyard Kipling Research Paper

Kipling’s “text is an expression of [his] life and worldview” (Seema). Rudyard Kipling’s world was that of the late 1800s through the early to late 1900s. Kipling wrote poetry, short stories, news articles, and novels. Kipling wrote during the Victorian era and is most famous for his novel The Jungle Books. Although present in all of his writings, Kipling’s poetry displays his deep, intellectual thoughts deceptively masked by simplistic writing and childlike ideals.
Kipling’s childlike ideals stemmed from a childhood in the lush country of India. Kipling’s childhood experiences formed and solidified a definite and unending love for India and Indian culture. Kipling was born in Bombay, now Mumbai, India, on December 30, 1865. The country of …show more content…
After a brief stay with a family in London, Kipling attended a young men’s military school where he graduated in 1882. After graduating, Kipling moved back home to India where he worked for an all-Indian newspaper (Gray). Kipling worked at this newspaper mill company for seven years where he learned and fine-tuned his writing skills. After the seven-year stay, Kipling spent seven years traveling the world, writing in countries all over the world, and looking for a place to settle down until he finally stopped in London in October 1889 (Cantalupo). Here, Kipling was very unhappy due to his inability to fit in because of his Indian nature and mannerisms (Norton). Literature in London was unimpressive to Kipling compared to the rich literature in India. Therefore, Kipling’s work did not sell well in London. A very good friend of Kipling’s, George Orwell, said, “Few people who have criticized England from the inside had bitterer things to say about her (England).” Kipling, concerning the British settling India, contained bitter criticism derived substantially from what he considered the pride, ignorance, and parochialism of native British people, who,