What does it imply about the mindset of Kipling and those who shared his perspective on the world?​

Step One:

How would you summarize its core message? What does it imply about the mindset of Kipling and those who shared his perspective on the world?

Historicization

1. What do we know about the author of this source?

2. What do we know about the time in which it was created?

3. What do we know about the place in which it was created?

Step Two: Deconstruction

1. Reading with the Grain

a.What messages did the author/creator of this source want to convey?

b. To what audience did the author/creator intend to communicate?

2. Reading against the Grain

a.What assumptions lie behind the text of this source?

b. What information does it communicate that its author/creator might not have

intended?

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