Question

What was Rudyard Kipling's attitude toward the British Empire, and how did he convey his message in his novella, The Man Who Would Be King?

Answer 1

Here is the answer to the given question above. Kipling was a loyal imperialist. The India he portrayed was the British India. Oppressed India subject to Britain's colonial domination. He always thought that the British empire had a right and responsibility to maintain India's government. His attitude towards India was oppressive. Hope this answers your question.

Answer 2

Until the 1950s, Kipling was highly regarded worldwide. His popularity decreased as colonialism was no longer seen as a completely natural given; his stories and poems are largely to be found in the background of colonial India.

Kipling was an advocate of British imperialism. For example, he wrote the poem The White Man's Burden, which reveals Hegelian master-servant dialectics and racism: the white man drags the colored people with them as a burden and teaches them civilization.

After the Massacre of Amritsar, where hundreds of protesting Indians were killed on 13 April 1919 under the authority of General Reginald Dyer, Kipling called him "the man who saved India".