Reference EDSITEment's Literary Glossary. Review as necessary the definitions used in the lessons.Victorian Web also contains background on the life and works of Rudyard Kipling.Queen Victoria's was an age of invention, industrial expansion, and the indomitable imperialism that gave rise to the quotation, 'The sun never sets on the British Empire.' It was also a time of cultural flowering: along with Rudyard Kipling, the era welcomed such literary luminaries as Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, the Bronte sisters, and Alfred Lord Tennyson." "The Victorian Era in England began in 1819 when Queen Victoria was born, and ended with her death in 1901 (she was crowned in 1837). An online Introduction to Victorian England is available from The University of Wisconsin Department of English. Additional resources to learn about aspects of the Victorian Age can be found at Victorian Web. General highlights of the era include:.Though he received many honors and awards before his death in 1936, he refused all but the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature, which he was the first Englishman to receive." By 1889, his work had become so popular in Great Britain that he was considered the literary heir of Charles Dickens, though the body of Kipling's works reflected the conflicts and tensions inherent in colonialist instead of domestic social and political policies. After receiving his education in England, he returned to India and worked as a journalist, composing and publishing short stories and poetry in his spare time. "Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, in 1865. Review and bookmark (or print, if needed) online background information about Rudyard Kipling, available from the Nobel E-Museum, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets.Review, if necessary, Lesson Two of this two-part lesson plan: Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures. In fact, they are not even shown in the illustrations whatsoever, perhaps an oversight by the author in 1992 and/or an embrace of Kipling’s nonchalance towards those who did the heavy lifting in that British colony.The Jungle Book including "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" with Drake’s original illustrations is available as an e-text through from The University of Adelaide Library However, there is another implication here that is glossed over-the idea that colonialism is a beneficial system of governance, and that the British colonial families are the most critical elements in the British Raj, much more so than the native Indians. The ideology of the book is that it wants everybody to do selfless things for those who do good by them, and in doing so will be able to “fight the cobra” that they were struggling with inside of them all along. Additionally, the fact that this is adapted from a mere short story into a children’s book is quite fascinating, as Lambert Davis could make it palatable to a younger audience with his deluxe illustrations. Finally, when it comes to special features, the two that come to mind is the fact that there is a very summary of Kipling’s life immediately following the book jacket, and the pages themselves are pretty text-averse too. The illustrator chose a lovely strategy of using many shades of watercolors for the animals, and it is even more poignant when contrasted with the crisp khaki uniforms of the British officer and his family. The illustrations are quite beautiful, as they are both colorful yet simple. The snake itself is always bigger when it is by humans, showing its puny size in comparison to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. When shown next to the humans (even counting the baby), Nag is much, much smaller as he is fatally shot by the father in the colonial family after Rikki-Tikki-Tavi points out the location to him. Towards the end, when Rikki-Tikki-Tavi meets and attacks Nag to destroy him once and for all, he is much smaller than the giant, nasty cobra, who he attacks by biting on the head with extreme prejudice, showing that Nag is the one in control of the situation when he is attacked by Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. The mongoose never runs out of stamina and fighting spirit as they take on a determined and ferocious enemy to protect their adopted family, but eventually, after keeping it up for a good while and outwitting their cunning at every turn, the enemy is defeated, proving that you can accomplish most anything if the conditions are right and you don’t give up on your goal.The most important element of the picturebook codes that I saw in this book was that of size. Analysis: In Rudyard Kipling’s book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a young Indian mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is found by a British family in Colonial India and helps save them from the two vicious cobras, Nag and Nagaina, that are native to that part of India.Publisher and Year: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1992.
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