Rudyard Kipling

How does Kipling describe the people of the Philippines in the first stanza? 5. The forth stanza outlines some of the difficulties that Europeans face when imperializing a nation; none of these problems were unknown to Europeans. How does this emphasize the importance of the White Man’s Burden in the eyes of Europeans? 6. Some people argue that Kipling and other Europeans during the Age of Imperialism believed that the people being…

Smith 1 If” An evolution The poem if by Rudyard Kipling is a poem that ultimately gives an inspiration telling people ways of dealing with diverse situations in life that young people are faced with. The poem talks about winning this life and mostly how to become a better person. The significance of the poem is to make the reader enthusiastic in knowing what will happen when all the conditions are met thus it retains the inquisitiveness and interests till the end. “If” is an educational poem, an…

Imperialism is the domination by a country of the political,economic, or cultural life of another country or region. In the late 1800’s Europeans were seeking new territories and began to move into and colonize Africa. Between 1870 and 1914 the entire continent of Africa came under control of the European nations. Many wonder what was the driving force behind European imperialism in Africa. Furthermore, the three crucial reasons behind this historical period of time was resources, technology,…

With the belief for being a “jungle, Africans live with animals, and that make them have pitch-black skin” (Pryor). Furthermore, “Africa is a jungle where men only, as hunters, know how to kill animals for food for their families, and because they live with animals, they talk and dance like them” (Spears). With thick trees, plants, and brush, Disneyland African jungle river adventure highly amplifies the belief that Africa is a jungle. Disneyland attracts millions of people from different parts…

throughout the world. Many places around the world have different beliefs and the U.S should tell their beliefs and spread them. The U.S at the time thought that their beliefs were correct and that people who didn’t agree with them were uncivilized. Rudyard Kipling wrote “The White Man’s Burden,” which described how the U.S was bringing their new thoughts, beliefs, and “wisdom” to the Philippines. The U.S spreading their ideas and beliefs is another example of how following an Imperialistic…

“Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.” Poet Rudyard Kipling described the popular belief that Asia and Europe greatly differed in culture.How great are the differences between these lands? Specifically, Classical Athens and Han China. There are not a lot of great differences between them in the way the the government was run, social class, or in political views. Classical Athens had a democracy, while Han China had an empire. In document 5, it explains that in the…

people who are just like them. Although these characters are not genuine, they have many of the same characteristics as people in this physical world. Two stories that portray this idea are “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare and “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling. Readers of “Macbeth” associate Macbeth’s name with negativity. It seems as if Macbeth is a greedy tyrant at first glance, but there is much more to the situation. Lady Macbeth represents sin and temptation, which really brings out the…

and struggle, but also introduced an element of ruthlessness (William L. Langer). In the poem “The White Man’s Burden” it says that their burden is the hardest. It says they have to bind their son’s to exile, and serve their captive’s needs. (Rudyard Kipling) In conclusion economic, political, and social each have a huge impact in different aspects. The above examples were only some of the examples of the imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Imperialism was a giant…

received control of the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris in 1899, British poet Rudyard Kipling publishes a poem titled “The White Man’s Burden” that took to the mainstream in US politics and views on its colonies. The ironic part about this poem is that America now believes that it can become just like its 18th century British oppressors as US sentiments began to align with a British man. Throughout the poem, Kipling dehumanizes and devalues the colonialists to portray them as people that are…

Amendment was signed and it gave African Americans the right to vote; However, they faced obstacles due to Grandfather clauses, literacy exams and poll taxes. This is when the The Brown Man’s Burden by Henry Labouchére and The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling were published in 1899, emphasizing the idea that Imperialism and racism were negative and positive impacts in society at that time. The Brown Man’s Burden gives a lot through its title, giving the idea that Imperialism was abusive to…