Tuesday 2 April 2019

Kim -By Rudyard Kipling

Kim "- By Rudyard Kipling



About Author:


Rudyard Kipling is one of the best-known of the late Victorian poets and story-tellers. Rudyard Kipling was an English author for some of the works like 'Just So Stories' and 'The Jungle Book.' He received the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. Rudyard Kipling is writing about India during the period of British colonial domination at the turn of the twentieth century. Kipling's India includes a great mix of people from different nationalities, ethnic groups and religion.



Background of the Novel:


This novel takes place in India Including one of them to be Kim himself He was an orphaned child Also since Kim is white man the book does include some contradictions.

Character list:


1) Kim: The protagonist of the novel, This is a real adventure story, probably aimed primarily at the teen boys, in which Kim is seeking his place in the country in which he was born, while at the same time trying to find an identity forself

2) Lama: A Tibetan Lama - abbot of the Zen monastery in the Western Himalayas, on an spiritual journey

3) Mahbub Ali - A famous Pashtu horse trader and spy for the British

4) Colonial Creighton: British Army Officer, ethnologist and spy

5) Lurgan Sahib: A Simla gem trader and master spy etc ...


Kim in India:


When is the daughter of Kim As living in India Kim, who is an adventure boy wants to know you where he really is and who he is really is So, Kim is a really intresting boy who has lots of thoughts for his young age.

About the Novel:


As Kim O'Hara, an orphaned kid, lives in poverty, he makes his way up in the best of life. Stranded by the two countries he has a hard time to choose his identity of Indian or British, because he is not During the first big adventure with the Lama, Kim really gets to know him well. As time goes on, Kim finally goes to school. While the schooling is funded by the lama. After three years of schooling, Kim was appointed a government official. Now to Kim the Lama is his greatest hero for all of his successes that he has accomplished. At last Kim goes under cover to save the Lama because of the conficts that happened between the Russians and the Lama. This story really shows how friendship / heroism can really play a big part in life.


So, this novel shows how anyone living in the deepest parts of life could be rescued back to happiness and a stanger could be your bestfriend forever and ever. It gives us a perspective of how people in poverty in the days of the O'Hara times. So, Kim is really nice example of how you can stuggle for your identity, like where you are and who are you Its a decison everybody makes in life

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