Rudyard Kipling

Danny Deever was, a Chinese soldier, or an American soldier, there are many duties and codes one has to carry out and follow no matter the circumstances, such as following commands from those above you. Through the poem of “Danny Deever” by Rudyard Kipling, a reader would be able to infer that there are there are duties that inflict pain mentally on soldiers. Even though the everyday citizen thinks the soldiers to be the toughest of the tough and the bravest of the brave, they are not always…

Have you ever fought a snake? “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. In this tale, a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki, single handedly, fought his way through the bathrooms of the Big Bungalow in Segowlee cantonment. He fought against two cobra mates, fighting for their own children, dominance, and their lives. The exposition of the of the story introduces the main protagonist and other side characters. It introduces Rikki-Tikki, Teddy, the “big man”, Teddy’s mother, Chuchundra,…

Rudyard Kipling’s “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is a short story from his The Jungle Book collection that tells the tale of a young mongoose adopted into a family of mother, father, and son Teddy. The mongoose, the titular character, is kept about the house in order to ward off or kill snakes that may harm the family. As the story develops, Rikki becomes increasingly human-like. Eventually, the denouement arrives as Rikki kills the two cobras that had become the central threat in the story. Both the…

In the novel, Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling uses the elements of an adventure tale to give an essential life lesson to the reader. Harvey Cheyne, Jr., the son of a rich businessman, falls of a luxury liner during a storm. He is picked up by a fishing crew who teaches him how to be responsible and good-mannered. In this story, Kipling uses simile, foreshadowing, and characterization to draw the reader into an extraordinary story. Firstly, the author uses simile to help the reader…

Texts Set Assignment Text Name: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros What it's about: Chapter 4 focuses on Esperanza reflecting on her name. During the process, she reveals “marks” of her identity: how she identifies herself, what she values, where her family is from, and other topics that are relevant to this project. She talks about how she does not like her name and that others could pronounce it correctly. The name means. “hope” but to her it means sadness. Rationale for why I…

” (Rudyard Kipling, February 1942) we cannot assume that any poet does or does not agree with that they wrote, as they could be exercising their Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. It is empirical that we include a writer’s place in society, and their context into account…

Author Report The author of my book is Kirsten Miller. Kirsten Miller was raised in North Carolina. Her home was a small town in the mountains. When she turned seventeen she left her mountain home and moved to the big city of New York. Kirsten still lives in the city of New York to this day (“Kirsten Miller”). “As far as I’m concerned, no one’s invented a magical realm that’s any more fascinating than New York City” (Kirsten Miller). Kirsten receives a lot of inspiration from the everyday life…

I believe that Rudy’s identity wasn’t fully determined by what other people thought of him. Even though I do think it might have had some kind of impact. For instance in the beginning of the movie his Rudy’s brothers were talking him down right in the first scene, and that continued all the way until the end when his brother Frank actually saw Rudy’s dream come true on the field. His brothers would always say that Rudy was too small or too weak to play football for Notre Dame, but in the end…

Several pivotal events and turns faced during the post-civil war period in the 1860s that America experienced several good and bad events which helped push along its evolution. Factors include immigration, industrialization and racial bigotry coming from several previous slavery states in the south. The country was divided until the Civil War came to an end at Appomattox courthouse when the South surrendered to the North. By 1915, a prosperous America had been started to be built with the…

Have you ever wondered if the character Mowgli of the Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling was actually true? Yes, it is true to some extent, except the whole thing of having a talking bear as your friend. However, in the 1800's such a thing happened a boy called "Victor" had been found wandering in the woods near Aveyron, France. He was taken in and placed in the French school of the deaf. Consultant Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard tried to rehabilitate this "wild child". He was able to teach him the…