Imperialism in WW1 Poetry by Lilith Tamazyan https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7 en-us 2020-10-05 21:31:05 UTC 2023-05-08 09:29:43 UTC hello@padlet.com "My Boy Jack," 1915. lilith_tamazyan1 https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804828215 *During the First World War, Kipling was asked by the British Government to write propaganda in support of the war effort.
"Except he did not shame his kind---
Not even with that wind blowing, and that tide."
My Boy Jack implies that every man must serve their country inescapably--it will be seen as a sign of patriotism, heroism, and those who dare to escape this duty will be labeled as outcasts. 

]]> 2020-10-05 21:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804828215 "The Charge of the Light Brigade" lilith_tamazyan1 https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804828929 When reading the poem one can notice that the author depicts the soldiers favorably. 
Examples: 
  • "While horse and hero fell" 
  • "Came through the jaws of Death"
  • "They that had fought so well" 
The poem glorifies the soldiers in their heroic act of sacrifice in service to their nation, supporting an imperialist view.

]]> 2020-10-05 21:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804828929 Imperialism lilith_tamazyan1 https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804834372 a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.]]> 2020-10-05 21:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804834372 The White Man's Burden" lilith_tamazyan1 https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804838310 "The White Man's Burden": The United States and the Philippine Islands” (1899), is about the Philippine–American War (1899–1902), which exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country. Kipling positively represents colonial imperialism as the moral burden of the white race and their "obligations." There is an indication of racism and an acclaim of imperialism in the poem. 
The whites, the Imperialists, and those who by their own declaration are "better" and more deserving of wealth, etc., must simplify their speech so that those they rule can understand their orders and abide accordingly.

Hints of Racism: the word white isn't used in vain. They were seen as superior and civilized, while non-white races are often presumably inferior and savage]]> 2020-10-05 21:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804838310 Parallels between Robinson Crusoe, Purpose of White Mans Burden. lilith_tamazyan1 https://padlet.com/lilith_tamazyan1/fnio53j06vou6xa7/wish/804838923
  • Celebration of British colonization, seeing it as a path to civilization. 
    • Parallel: Robinson Crusoe also taught Friday, his "primitive" servant, how to make tools, communicate, and later proceeded to teach him about Christianity. 
    • Proposes that the white race feels morally obligated to assist non-white peoples in progressing economically, socially, and culturally through colonialism.
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