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KIPLING
AT THE AGE OF 6 YEAR, HE WAS SENT IN ENGLAND BECAUSE THIS WAS THE ENGLISH TRADITION, BUT THERE HE WAS NOT SO HAPPY, BECAUSE IN INDIA HE WAS FREE AND HE COULD LIVE IN NATURE, WHILE IN ENGLAND HE DIDN'T ACCEPT THE VERY HARD RULES IN THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
HE SPENT HIS FIRST 6 YEARS IN INDIA WHERE HE LEARNED TO LOVE THE INDIAN LANDSCAPES AND THEIR STYLE OF LIFE.
KIPLING WAS BORN IN INDIA IN BOMBAY, IN 1865. HIS FAMILY WAS ENGLISH. HIS FATHER WAS A TEACHER OF ART IN A SCHOOL IN INDIA.
AT THE AGE OF 17, HE RETURNED TO INDIA. THERE, HE BEGAN TO WRITE AS A JOURNALIST.
IN 1899,IN OCCASION OF THE US'S OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, HE WROTE A POEM THAT IS A CELEBRATION OF COLONIALISM, THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN, WHERE BURDEN MEANT THE WEIGHT AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE ENGLISH MAN HAD TOWARDS THE INDIAN WORLD.
THE POET EXHORTS THE EUROPEANS TO GO AND ANNEX NEW TERRITORIES AND HELP THE NATIVES BECOME CIVILIZED.
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THE WHITE MAN HAS TO EDUCATE AND CIVILIZE THE PEOPLE OF THE COLONIES, WHITOUT EXPECTING ANY REWARDS.
THE NATIVES ARE DESCRIBED AS SULLEN, SILENT, HALF INNOCENT AND HALF WICKED
THEY SEEM A LITTLE DUMB AND THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THE GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN , SO,THEY ARE UNGRATEFUL FOR WHAT IS DONE FOR THEM.
HOWEVER, THE NATIVES ARE NEVER ASKED IF THEY WANT TO BE CIVILIZED, BECAUSE THE WHITE MAN THINKS THEY ARE NOT EVEN CONSCIOUS OF THEIR RIGHTS, THEY ARE LESS THAN HUMAN
THE CONCEPT OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE WHITE MAN WAS DUE TO THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AS THOSE OF DARWIN.
IN THE FIRST STANZA THE ENGLISH PREFERRED TO LIVE DISTANT FROM THE INDIAN AREAS BECAUSE THEY WERE FRIGHTENED BECAUSE THE THE NATIVES APPEAR OUT OF CONTROL , WITHOUT DIRECTION, LIKE BUTTERFLIES OR BIRDS. THE WHITE MEN ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CIVILIZE INDIANS BECAUSE THEY WERE HALF CHILD AND HALF DEVIL.
THE FOUR STANZAS OUTLINE THE HARD WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, THE LACK OF THANKS FROM INDIGENOUS AND THE PRIDE THEY SHOULD FEEL WHEN THE JOB IS COMPLETE.
IN THE POEM THE VERBS ARE WRITTEN WITH THE IMPERATIVE TIME AS IT WAS AN OBLIGATION OF DOING SOMETHING.
THE LANGUAGE USED BY THE AUTHOR IS SIMPLE WHITHOUT DIFFICULT WORDS SUCH AS THAT OF THE COLONIZER HAD TO BE SIMPLE AND CLEAR, BECAUSE ONLY IN THIS WAY HE COULD REACH HIS AIM.
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HIS MAJOR WORKS, KIM AND THE JUNGLE BOOK
IN THE SECOND STANZA, THE POET ADDS DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE MEN SHOULD ACT: THEY SOULD BE PATIENT AND SPEAK SLOWLY AND SIMPLY BECAUSE NATIVES ARE NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING COMPLICATED.