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The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man's burden-
Take up the White Man's burden-
Send forth the best ye breed —
The savage wars of peace—
Go, bind your sons to exile
Fill full the mouth of Famine,
To serve your captives' need;
And bid the sickness cease;
To wait, in heavy harness,
And when your goal is nearest
On fluttered folk and wild—
(The end for others sought)
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Watch sloth and heathen folly
Half devil and half child...
Take up the White Man's burden-
Send forth the best ye breed —
The savage wars of peace—
Go, bind your sons to exile
Fill full the mouth of Famine,
To serve your captives' need;
And bid the sickness cease;
To wait, in heavy harness,
And when your goal is nearest
On fluttered folk and wild—
(The end for others sought)
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Watch sloth and heathen folly
Half devil and half child...
Bring all your hope to nought.
According to Kipling, how did imperialism actually help colonial peoples? Use evidence from the poem to support your answer.
In developing countries, the British presence eased starvation, offered medical aid, ended slavery, and laid the structural and intellectual foundation for "civilization."
What were Kipling's ideas about colonial peoples? Use evidence from the poem to support your answer.
According to Kipling, the colonized should own their inferiority and embrace their status as the controlled.
The poem by Kipling and the phrase "I am opposed to having the eagle put its talon on any other land" are similar because Kipling believes that the US should have more authority over the land, while Twain believed that the US should not assume control of other lands.
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