Rudyard Kipling

Orwell and Kipling During the time of British imperialism in India, George Orwell and Rudyard Kipling depicted the effects of British colonization through their writings. Kipling and Orwell were both born in India and educated in England. Despite their similar backgrounds, each author portrayed colonialism differently. Kipling wrote a fiction short story about a man named Strickland, an English policeman, who is fascinated by Indian culture and is determined to learn more. He falls in love…

wild creature! I suppose he's so tame because we've been kind to him." Nag and Nagaina (the cobras) are married and had laid 25 baby cobra eggs. They are married and are king and queen of the garden because the animals fear the cobras. Stated by Kipling, "Who is Nag," said he. "I am Nag. The great God Brahm put his mark upon all our people, when the first cobra spread his hood to keep the sun off Brahm as he slept. Look, and be afraid!" "Behind you! Look behind you!" sang Darzee. Rikki-tikki…

people. The imperialism in America was about how the white men would stay in control. “The White Man’s Burden” written by Rudyard Kipling (1899) talked about how the Filipinos needed to take the white man’s burden and do what was necessary to make it easier for the white man. The Filipinos were even referred to as “your new-caught sullen peoples, half devil and half child” (Kipling, 1899). The Americans were more for putting others down in order to bring themselves up, as were other…

These poems are all written by great authors and people. They each have their own take on poetry and how they see life. There viewpoints are shown in their writing. These authors have all felt great pains and happiness. Rudyard Kipling, Maya Angelou had to deal with the oppression of being a colored person during a time where the nation was divided between the African Americans and the white man. Taha Muhammad Ali lived through the Arab- Israeli war, and had to flee his home when he was a teen.…

Nag is a snake in “Rikki-tikki-tavi” and the author is “Rudyard Kipling”. Nag is a big black hooded cobra. He has a circle symbol on his hood. Nag is the enemy of Rikki-tikki. Nag also has a wife “Nagana”. Nag in the story is big, creepy, and greedy. Nag is a very big black cobra. In the story it said “Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail” (8). So in the story it said that he was five…

Benedict Cumberbatch has a lot on his plate right now. Two movies filming, two movies in pre-production, one in post-production, and one film that has just been announced. He is also rumored to have a part in "Zoolander 2", which is in post-production, and also has a "Sherlock" Christmas special that airs this year on Christmas Day. The two films Cumberbatch has in pre-production are "Doctor Strange" and "The Current War". "Doctor Strange" is based off the Marvel comic series created by Steve…

Africa under European control! During 1800’s, the 19th century, imperialism, the taking over a country occurred. What prevented this during previous years was the disease malaria. Malaria is a blood disease that can be spread by mosquitoes in tropical areas, Africa being one of them. After a cure was found, it permitted Europeans to take over. The key components that triggered European Imperialism in Africa are economics, politics, and cultural ways of life. The desire for making more money…

– they would be ignored whatsoever: in the view of masculine, women are always the ones who are somehow inferior than men. The human society conventionally view masculine as strong, undefeated, mighty and intelligent. In the poem written by Rudyard Kipling, “If”, almost all the virtues a “proper” male should own are listed. For him, a boy can be a fully grown-up male if he can keep sanity and humble, believe in himself, been neutral about all subjects. These admirable quality should be owned by…

Twentieth centuries that white men took responsibility for educating ethnicities who considered to be uncivilized and/or ignorant. This pretty much applied to anyone who was not white. “Your new-caught, sullen peoples, half-devil and half-child,” said Kipling, relates to colonialism by referring to the native peoples as from the dumps with different custom and religion (7-8). In line eight of Kipling’s poem “child” is referring to not being sure of ignorance…

Shooting an Elephant is a short story written by George Orwell in 1936. Around this time, ideas pertaining to imperialism were starting to spread throughout the world. Great advances in technology lead to the immense growth in industries which sparked new ideas of international affairs. The justifications for imperialism include the ideas of Social Darwinism, economics, geopolitics, technological advances, and nationalism. George Orwell contradicts the justifications for imperialism found in the…