Masquerading Colonial Innocence in Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim'

The Korean War is known by many as “The Forgotten War”, and as such, specific unit

Rudyard Kipling’s poem was originally written for Queen Victoria but he later changed his mind and didn’t have it published until 1899. It was at this time that America

In The Tale of Kieu a young woman is forced into a lifetime of immorality and subservience to the dominant male culture of her community. The young woman at the heart of the story is not moral. However, her morality or not is really not what the story is about at all. Instead, it is the patriarchal society within Vietnam that is the true central character of the piece. In the history of Vietnam, members of the female gender have had a history of ostracism and oppression by the males of that society. Masculinity itself is found in the poem through the minor male characters of the piece. The character of Kieu is immoral because she is forced into actions against her own set of ethics by the society in which she lives. Morality is judged by the sociology of the surrounding culture. Under the moral rules of Vietnamese society, Kieu is immoral and the men around her who sexualize her and force her into immoral acts are in the moral right.

I find it really interesting how Kipling did what many Indian-English writers never dare to do. He transmitted his views and beliefs through his work. Criticism was not something that prevented him from stopping, it helped him find the confidence to continue. You mentioned how he also found inspiration from the different places that he lived in throughout his life: England, India, and Africa. Which influenced many of today’s writers to write about their surroundings. You also mentioned his most famous work, Kim, which I had not really heard about. Though I can now see why many people were intrigued by its plot.

Aristotle defined ethos as how messages persuade as a result of the communicator’s character. He claimed that this was most important in the list of the three rhetorical appeals. The reason was because that person has to be a trustworthy speaker to the audience, but that requires have practictical intelligence, virtuous character, and good will. Rudyard Kipling has an automatic ethos built to his audience because the intended audience was his son, and there is an automatic father-son bond established. Kipling can use this bond to his favor while trying to convey his message, because the trust will heighten the chance of the son taking the advice the father is trying to give him. If a stranger was trying to give the same advice without any background, it wouldn’t be as powerful nor personal to the son and he wouldn’t know where the scenarios were coming from. By Kipling being the communicator, he is meeting all three of the criteria for strong ethos according to Aristotle’s ideology. Kipling has the practical intelligence from parenting, age, and experience. He has virtuous character through the life experiences that he has been through and he has good will by his helpful intention with his knowledge towards the subject.

One day a letter arrived in camp from the lama. He enclosed enough money for Kim's first year of school and promised to provide that amount yearly. He requested that the boy be sent to Saint Xavier's for his education. Meanwhile the drummer who was keeping an eye on Kim was cruel to his charge. When Ali came upon the two boys, he gave the drummer a beating and began talking to Kim. While they were thus engaged, Colonel Creighton came up and learned from Ali, in an indirect way, that Kim would be, when educated a valuable member of the Secret Service.

Rudyard Kipling’s novella,“The Man Who Would Be King”, is about two English men, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, who are cons artists that live in India with the goal of becoming the kings of Kafiristan. The story is told through a narrator, an Englishman, that stumbles upon the two characters through a strange interaction at a train station. After meeting up with the narrator at his job, Dravot and Carnehan gather as much information as they can about Kafiristan and head off in disguise for their journey to becoming kings. There are many similarities regarding how and why the British Empire and Dravot and Carnehan came to imperialize these Indian countries. Throughout the whole novella, Kipling uses the story as a way to display

Baden-Powell’s retelling of the adventure novel called “Kim” by Rudyard Kipling, strengthens his mission of building “real men” out of boys residing within the British Empire. Through the incorporation of central and bold male figures, and also failing to mention a single female character, Baden-Powell’s demonstrates his focus on molding young boys into thinking that to become an man, one must be courageous, clever, and heroic. Men are expected to engage in moral conduct, loyalty, and pledge their heart and soul into protecting their King and country. The novel “Kim,” follows a young man named Kimball O’Hara, who is admitted into the Government Intelligence Department as an agent through a test that proved he is “sufficiently brave and strong minded” (16). Alongside his quests, the audience encounters other vital roles such as a native spy, another agent, and a police officer who aid Kim during his journey. All fictional characters mentioned are male who play “good” roles, which are purposely featured to reflect societal expectations of male behavior. Baden-Powell adds at the end of his summarization of “Kim” that the reason why he added it in the first place was to show that boy scouts could

Rudyard Kipling’s attitude towards the British Empire was significantly negative. The novella essentially expressed Kipling’s feelings towards British Imperialism and his overall frustration with the British Empire. However, there are several positive qualities of the Empire pointed out by Kipling several times throughout his novella. Despite his mixed feelings, he is ultimately dissatisfied with the British Empire, claiming that it is “the White Man’s Burden”. Kipling was a steadfast imperialist, living in a time of British domination and oppression. He shared similar outlooks with the natives, that the majority of them were oppressed by the government and the wealthy. The upper class was greedy and wanted working men to do all of the work for them so that they could reap the profits. Kipling conveys his attitude towards British Imperialism through parallelism and figurative language.

Richard Kipling was born December 30th, 1865 in Bombay, India. His parents were John and Alice Kipling, whom were fairly wealthy. Richard had a younger sister named Trix, which together they loved to venture out in India and learn new languages and cultures dealing with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jews. That didn’t last very long because at the age of six Richards mom, Alice, sent him away to England to live with a foster family to get a better education. His foster mom, Mrs. Holloway, was very vicious. She would beat and harass Kipling all the time, so that made it hard for him to fit into the school. Kipling never told anyone this information even when he would go back to visit his relatives for a month. Until he was eleven and on the edge of having a nervous breakdown. A guest came to visit the house one day and saw that Kipling was in terrible condition and immediately found a way to contact his mom. His

As Captain Willard develops an increased fascination for the colonel while perusing his military accomplishments, letters, and photographs in his dossier, so too does the audience. Colonel Kurtz received a prestigious education and was a successful military leader; however, he has somehow amounted to an insane ruler of the Montagnards in Cambodia. Colonel Kurtz’s abrupt change of course demonstrates that even the greatest men can be broken down from war. Towards the end of the film, his enigmatic persona is partially explained. When hearing about the colonel from other characters, the audience gets the impression that he is mentally disturbed from his experiences in war.

While Choi is in Daegu he sells sweets, and raises hogs. In 1948 Choi was then invited to come teach at a makeshift dojang by Seo-Bok-seob, who was impressed by his self defense skills. Later on Choi ended up being a bodyguard to Seo’s father who was an important congressman in Daegu.

does not like, and therefore once a child gets into a life of crime it

The audience wants to gain perspective from a well-respected speaker. One of the audiences being Kipling’s son, he is trying to build character of himself to benefit himself for the future. Kipling’s son is trying to make it through these experiences that the father is

Although the TV death of Colonel Henry Blake seems more real to her than the death of her own father (p. 25), the fact that she begins to explore the historical events of Vietnam show that the television texts have failed to satisfy her inner need. Even though she’s far from discovering the truth, she’s one step closer to seeing who her father really was. However, she needs a more authentic and personalized model.