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Take up the White Mans burden- Have done with childish days-
Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years,
you agree or disagree with the message of his poem. Your letter must include the
Mr. Kipling,
Your poem White Mans Burden is about the white races supposed
responsibility to civilize people of color for their own good. The White Mans Burden
you refer to is speaking off bringing technology and western values such as free trade,
industrial technology, and Christianity to the rest of the world. This poem is important
because it was part of the reason westerners thought it was ok to conquer people in
African and Asia. Europeans thought they would be better off if they were conquered. I
think that you are wrong for two reasons. The first is that Europe and America have no
right to conquer other countries even if its in their own interest. The people who live in
those countries should get to decide how they live. The second reason I think you are
wrong is that Europe and America did not make things better for other countries in Africa
and Asia. They made them very poor and forced them to work not for their own best
interests, but westerners best interests. I think your poem is wrong and you should trust
1. The letter must define White Mans Burden and why it is important (1 Point)
2. The letter must take a position on whether it agrees or disagrees with the poem (1
point)
3. The letter must provide two supporting arguments (1 point)
4. The letter must have no glaring mechanical errors (1 point)