Novel Entry #1: Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Story
Kim written by Rudyard Kipling tells a tale of a boy’s adventure throughout India and in search, along with the Lama, of the River of Arrow. The story revolves around the year of 1900s in India; where this country had once colonized under the British Empire. Throughout the boy’s journey, readers could explore the diversity of culture that existed throughout this novel, and it gives readers a powerful sense of meeting other undiscovered ethnic cultures around India. This story also centers on the story of Kim, where is confronted with decisions that could alter his profile as a spy or a beggar among the lower caste in India – society at that time was divided into certain groups where each possesses its own specialties and disadvantages? Kim, not originally derived from the Indian culture, apparently classified as the lowest caste in the Indian society, beggars. However, his identity as a spy of his father’s army regiment, was not known and throughout the novel, as he gets deeper into his ‘spy’ side, the story gets even more thrilling with its exciting adventurous moments.
Specialties:
Kim’s contains distinctive feature in terms of the way the story is written. Since it’s an English literature, and published since 1901, Rudyard Kipling uses some old English, which can be seen in many dialogues such as Lama’s conversation – which in fact a challenge for some readers. Another interesting thing is that each chapter begins with an excerpt of a poem that sometimes contains a certain allegory, such as making reference to Bible and, etc. Young readers might not catch or fully grasp what the poem is trying to convey but researching might be helpful. On top of that, Kim is like an open door that leads readers to another world, or place that one might never have heard of such culture or customs.
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Gday! Wonderful thought, but can this actually do the job?
KERA
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