Rudyard Kipling

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Rudyard Kipling

• A British poet and author who lived during the
  Age of Imperialism!

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Anyone Recognize his Name?
?The Original The Disney Version ?

• He wrote The Jungle Book which was later made
  into a Disney Movie. That book was about the
  people of India, but he also wrote other books,
  essays, and poetry!

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Kipling Lived in India and Africa!!

• Both India and Africa were controlled by the
  British Empire at the time. He saw imperialism
  first-hand and wrote about it often.

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The White Mans Burden

• This was written in 1899, right in the middle of
  the Age of Imperialism!
• It was first published in McClures Magazine
• There is still a lot of controversy today over
  what message Kipling was sending.
• Were going to look it over and see what we think