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Rudyard Kipling gave much to English literature and wrote poetry, short stories, and novels.1 He was born in Bombay, India on December 30, 1865, and at the age of five, Kipling began to live in England for educational purposes. Being educated in Britain, Kipling was almost certainly influenced by Britain’s imperialistic views of the world. In England, Kipling lived with Madam Rosa and suffered physical abuse, resulting in major changes in Kipling’s perception of life. Kipling returned to India in 1882, where he worked as a journalist and editor, writing both about India and about the “Anglo-Indian society which presided over it.”2 In 1882, he married Caroline Balestier, an American, and went to America to live in his wife’s home in Vermont. There he remained until 1899, when he returned to England alone. Kipling wrote literature until his death on January 18, 1936, just after his seventieth birthday.3 However, much of Kipling’s poetry continues to be read today. One such poem is “The White Man’s Burden,” which was a response to the Americans conquering the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.4 One possible reason as to why Kipling wrote “The White Man’s Burden” could be that Kipling was expressing the imperialistic views he developed in Britain with respect to America’s actions. Essentially, Kipling’s poem may have been written because of Kipling’s paternalistic view of races other than the white race, a view he probably acquired in Britain.
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the biography of Rudyard Kipling – life story. PoemHunter.Com. 26 Apr. 2009. < http://www.poemhunter.com/rudyard-kipling/biography/>. 2 Cody, David. Kipling: a Brief Biography. Victorian Web. 26 Apr. 2009 < http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/kipling/rkbio2.html>. 3 Ibid. 4 Modern History Sourcebook: Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden,
Rudyard Kipling gave much to English literature and wrote poetry, short stories, and novels.1 He was born in Bombay, India on December 30, 1865, and at the age of five, Kipling began to live in England for educational purposes. Being educated in Britain, Kipling was almost certainly influenced by Britain’s imperialistic views of the world. In England, Kipling lived with Madam Rosa and suffered physical abuse, resulting in major changes in Kipling’s perception of life. Kipling returned to India in 1882, where he worked as a journalist and editor, writing both about India and about the “Anglo-Indian society which presided over it.”2 In 1882, he married Caroline Balestier, an American, and went to America to live in his wife’s home in Vermont. There he remained until 1899, when he returned to England alone. Kipling wrote literature until his death on January 18, 1936, just after his seventieth birthday.3 However, much of Kipling’s poetry continues to be read today. One such poem is “The White Man’s Burden,” which was a response to the Americans conquering the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.4 One possible reason as to why Kipling wrote “The White Man’s Burden” could be that Kipling was expressing the imperialistic views he developed in Britain with respect to America’s actions. Essentially, Kipling’s poem may have been written because of Kipling’s paternalistic view of races other than the white race, a view he probably acquired in Britain.
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the biography of Rudyard Kipling – life story. PoemHunter.Com. 26 Apr. 2009. < http://www.poemhunter.com/rudyard-kipling/biography/>. 2 Cody, David. Kipling: a Brief Biography. Victorian Web. 26 Apr. 2009 < http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/kipling/rkbio2.html>. 3 Ibid. 4 Modern History Sourcebook: Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden,