Rudyard Kipling

As late as 1870, only 10% of Africa was under European control, but this changed when King Leopold came in and the “Scramble for Africa” started. The European nations realized that Africa was filled with incredible natural resources and this created competition between the European powers. The European nations divided up Africa by claim at the Berlin Conference. The nations then went on to imperialize their parts of Africa and it would not have been possible for them without the inventions that…

Another one of the promises made in “The White Man’s Burden” was to help the people by protecting them. This promise, as well as the promise of stopping famine were both broken. In “The White Man’s Burden”, Rudyard Kipling had promised they would protect and help the people of color from around the world. “...when we failed and our rubber was short, the soldiers came to our towns and killed us. Many were shot, some had their ears cut off; others were tied up with ropes around their necks and…

In Kim, Kipling melded the genuine work of the Indian Survey Department with anecdotal English intelligence operations, which utilized Asian specialists with cryptonyms like The Mirza or E5, to develop a mixture association profoundly occupied with counterintelligence activities on the boondocks and inside the Indian subcontinent. Other than Colonel Creighton who, as Control, is normally English, Kipling's legends are all Asian: the Afghan stallion merchant, Mahbub Ali; the Indian master of…

Theme is a message about the whole story that you get from the text. Rudyard Kipling, the creator, gives many examples to why good triumphs over evil is the theme for this fable “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.” Rikki proves that he is the pleasing character in the story because he kills snakes to protect and save his family’s life. While Nagania, Nag, and Karait kill everything just to be dominate. I can see why people might think the theme is love triumphs over all, but I can prove that it’s not with…

desires, and attitudes about the lives they live, and often times these thoughts cause people to clash and bicker. This alone is a daunting notion to consider, and it sheds some light on the forces that influence human behavior within large crowds. Rudyard Kipling describes a trend, stating, “All the people like us are We, and everyone else is They.” He explains that people isolate themselves into congruent cliques. At the same time, they flee from things that are alien and peculiar. When it…

favor… If I don't break his back in the first jump, he can still fight, and if he fights- it must be the head.Then he jumped and his teeth met Nag´s head. Then he was battered to and fro. The big man had walked in and fired a shotgun into nag.¨ (Kipling, 28-29)The evidence shows Rikki plotting whether or not to kill Nag, and the chance is right so he does it. In the story, it says that Nag is one of the two most dangerous snakes in the garden, so it must be extremely difficult to kill him. But…

Imperialism is the idea of colonial expansion by the European powers and political, economic, and social ideas being brought into another country by the European powers. Africa and Asia were the two countries that Europe put their focus on. The Europeans had started to look at Africa and Asia for future imperial conquests. When Africa and Asia had started to be looked at, the Europeans had noticed that the natives were “uncivilized” and “uncolonized”. The Europeans then started to think that it…

Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and If by Rudyard Kipling are 2 poems about parents talking to their kids. Girl is about a mom giving her daughter instructions for how to be a proper woman. If is about a father giving advice to his son how to have courage. Although the two poems have similar topic and theme they also have their differences of the characters. To Girl and If have a similar topic of a parent talking to their child. In Girl the ending line says, “After all you are really going to be the…

In a poem called “The White Man’s Burden,” Rudyard Kipling suggests this about imperialism, “Take up the white man’s burden/ Send forth the best ye breed” (Kipling Doc. 6). The white man’s burden is to make sure that their race is multiplied. It is the life long goal of man to spread their “superior” race to ensure that the world will be better off, knowing…

Writers View of Imperialism In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, European nations expanded their influence into areas such as India and Africa. They did this by diplomacy, and at times force. This is known as imperialism and from a distance, you could argue that the nations impeded upon, benefited. In Africa and India, imperialism lifted the economy through the building of roads and rail. The production of crops enhanced nutrition which led to longer life. People now…