British poems

British Imperialism VS. Africa European Imperialism in Africa had one real driving force behind it, racism. After 300 years of Europeans cashing in on Africa’s coasts, the explorers finally ventured inward, wreaking havoc on the continent’s environment and inhabitants, not giving a second thought to the people whose lives they ruined. This is made clear though the British’s new industry they built their and the economy formed atop it poorly affected the people they took advantage of and the moral

In Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” tells about the charge on the English army to go recuperate weaponry that their adversary stole, so they charge into “valley of Death” knowing they could die due to fact they do not have weapons. The captain make

Eric Arthur Blair, known to generations of readers as George Orwell, lived life as an observant outsider, first by circumstance and later by choice. Born in 1903 in India to British parents, his lonely childhood afforded the beginnings of a literary career before he even knew how to write: he composed poems and stories and dictated them to his mother. At 8 years of age, Orwell was sent to pursue his education in England. He attended several boarding schools before he eventually enrolled at Eton,

rebellion or a movement against the British army because the British were coming to take their land. The British colony began to settle on the Kenyan land and they tried forcing the natives to become laborers. The natives did not accept this and instead began to fight for their land. After a bit of time, the Mau Mau rebels were defeated by the British Colonies. In 1954, the Mau Mau rebels sent a letter to the British Government stating what they want to comply with the British Government. In this letter,

that Kipling experiences during his five years of working there as a newspaper reporter. “His residence near the primary British Army base in Northwest India….enhanced his already intense admiration for the martial life” (Matin 359). Events in the novel are manipulated to formulate Kipling’s dream of dominated India. Being a product of his time, Kipling believes that the British empire has an obligation to bring “enlightenment” to inferior races and underdeveloped countries. His idea of the best way

1914 to 1918. The poem, the Wasteland, a classic of Modernist literature published in 1922 by T.S Eliot, wholly captures the turmoil, barrenness and despair felt by the masses during WWI, also commonly known as the war to end all wars. This is done through the fragmented and melancholic depiction of a barren, physical and emotional “wasteland” devoid of any life, joy or human emotion. Thus, the poem, as a whole, highlights the degradation of western civilization, especially the British Empire, during

permits the British Empire to assert dominance over colonial territories. The educational curriculums preserve imperialistic sovereignty by presenting colonized populations as inferior, conveying western civilization as superior, and racially privileging

Accounts of the World War I were written by British soldiers who had not only experienced and witnessed traumatic events in battle but also depicted them in poetry and prose which suppose to be explored the humanistic values to the readers. Among those works, war poems are spelled out the futility and agony of war in highly intensive way. The paper tries to elucidate the pity and humanistic values of war poems through the select works of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Artistic creation is one

20th century where it ended[6]. British presence in India lasted centuries and took its toll on India. Although many positive outcomes came from British imperialism in India, the negative outcomes outweighed these. The negative effects had a greater impact on the lives of Indian people of all classes than any of the advantages. The disregard for the wellbeing of India and the exploitation of its people resulted in great tragedies. There were many advantages of British rule in India, although most of

Mahatma Gandhi Growing up Born in 1869 on October 2. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi lived in Porbandar, a region of India that (at the time) was a part of the British Empire, now known as Gujarat. Growing up, Gandhi worshipped the Hindu god Vishnu. His belief of Jainism aimed to achieve the liberation of the soul, embracing non-violence, meditation and vegetarianism. He believed in Ahimsa meaning non-violence and equality. As a young child, Gandhi was considered being shy