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A 3 page paper which examines Rudyard
Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson in regards to the 1800s and colonial projects.
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the face of the world. Two authors who addressed various aspects of colonial projects were Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson. The following paper briefly examines the perspectives of the
two authors as it relates to colonial projects. The works discussed are Kiplings "Danny Deever," "The English Flag," and "The White Mans Burden" and Stevensons "South Sea Tales."
Kipling In Kiplings "Danny Deever" we seem to have a poem that speaks of the constraints and oppression inherently possessed in a colonial regiment. The poem discusses the upcoming hanging
of Danny Deever, never really telling the reader why Danny is going to hang. But, the reader does gain an understanding that the other men, the other soldiers, are worried
for they cannot be sure that they will not suffer the same fate. This level of uncertainty instills in the reader a very fragile reality wherein the colonial projects are
not regulated nor are the expectations of the soldiers well defined. There is a very subtle sense that this realm of colonization is wilderness and highly unstable. With "White
Mans Burden" we see incredibly powerful, yet subtle, illustrations of the possible wrongs done by colonial projects. The poem insists that we take up the white mans burden and experiencing
such things as "To veil the threat of terror/ And check the show of pride" and "The blame of those ye better/ The hate of those ye guard--" (Kipling 11-12,
35-36). In essence, the entire poem speaks of a self righteous attitude possessed by the colonial force, indicating that what they believe they are doing is righteous, despite the fact
that they are ultimately destroying and oppressing the people they claim to be helping. The last poem of Kiplings to be examined is "The English Flag." It is a
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