Kim
The book, Kim, was written by Rudyard Kipling. It is a story about a poor, Irish boy named Kimball O'Hara, shortened to Kim, who travels around colonial India seeking adventure. He is an orphan and has lived all his life in this British colony. Kim later meets a lama, a monk of a religion similar to Bhuddism, and searches with him for a holy river that cleanses all sins. One day, he met the people in the regiment his father, who had passed away long before Kim was born, used to work in. He was sent to school to learn and to be transformed into a sahib, another word for a master. After his schooling was over, he learned many skills from people, such as manipulating minds. The cunning boy also knew how to steal, lie, cheat, and to beg for food and housing. With these skills the British Secret Service sent him on a mission to capture the maps, letters, notes and diagrams of Russian spies in the Himalayas. At the end, he accomplishes his mission and the lama, who had been searching unsuccessfully in vain, found his river quite on accident. Now that I have read the book, I wish that I could learn more about colonial India and its different cultures. It may sound boring, but Rudyard Kipling writes it in such a way tha
Even though they might not be similar in all ways, I think that Rudyard Kipling probably wrote about himself. From this, I saw that perseverance is rewarded with what is wanted. On the other hand, some people don't work hard, but they work smartly. I can tell that he knew about Indian culture pretty well because it is shown in his other books, some of which are How the Leopard got its Spots, How the Camel got its Hump, and Just so Stories. If only this world would be at peace it would be better for the environment, animals, and, most of all, the human race. They were the extremely rich people and the extremely poor. Also, he wrote parts about dangerous missions. I believe that there is symbolism in this book. The wealthy had many servants and had expensive clothing such as those made out of silk. All throughout the story, this book points out the many differences between how we live here in America and how the Indian people live. In these stories he includes a bit of Indian culture. Trying harder and working smartly in life will lead to success. So I learned from this book that I should work smartly and try harder to accomplish my missions in life.
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