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03H Response Log and Questions

Biographical details of
Author: The author was
born in India, but was
educated and raised in
The Man Who Would Be King England. When he grew
up he returned to
Author: Rudyard Kipling England.

Year Published: 1888

Genre: novella

Pages: 1-13
Connections with
author's biography and
characters or setting: The
connection is that there
are also two british kings
who also moved to India.
Setting: Include two or more sentences Explain the connection of Explain your
from the text in support of the locations. setting examples to the response to the
characters. setting examples.

1. The train: “The beginning of

everything was in a railway train Each setting example Many of the
upon the road from Mhow to Ajmir. relates to the character’s paragraphs omitted
There had been a deficit in the line of work. All of the discussion of the
budget, which necessitated characters want to get from settings. The primary
traveling, not second-class, which India to Afghanistan. and most obvious
is only half as dear as first-class, three settings were
but by intermediate, which is very these.
awful indeed.”
2. The Great Indian Desert/Marwar
Junction: “Then I headed for the
Great Indian Desert upon the
proper date, as I had promised, and
the night mail set me down at
Marwar Junction… The Bombay
Mail from Delhi makes a short halt
at Marwar.”
3. The newspaper office: “Then I
became respectable, and returned
to an office where there were no
kings and no incidents except the
daily manufacture of a newspaper.
A newspaper office seems to
attract every conceivable type of
person, to the prejudice of
discipline.”
 Explain the connection of Explain your
time period examples to the response to the time
characters. period examples.

The narrator is employed The setting is

for a newspaper. Telegrams unmistakably
are constantly being between the late 18th
exchanged between the and early 19th
characters. centuries. This is
seen through the use
of language,
particularly the
telegraph.

Include two or more sentences from the

text in support of the time period.

“...wanted to send a telegram back…”

“...telephone-bell is ringing madly…”

Characters: Include two sentences from Explain how the quotes Explain your reaction
the text to describe each main character: help define the characters. to the characters.

Dravot: Daniel Dravot is Dravot: In my opinion,

Daniel Dravot: “...and the less said about
discreet, at least according he appears to be
our professions the better, for we have
to the quote in the first ambitious and seeks
been most things in our time. Soldier,
column. He says it is recognition.
sailor, compositor, photographer,
preferable if their
proof-reader, street-preacher, and
professions are not
correspondents of the Backwoodsman
discussed as much.
when we thought the paper wanted one.”

Peachy Carnehan: “I have still to be a

Carnehan: Peachy
brother to a Prince, though I once came
Carnehan is a go-getter. He Carnehan: From my
near to kinship with what might have been point of view, he also
believes that in order to
a veritable king and was promised the sets goals and is
become King, he will have
revision of a Kingdom- army, law-courts, quite ambitious.
to fight valiantly, and it
revenue and policy all complete. But,
would appear that he is
to-day, I greatly fear that my king is dead,
prepared to do so.
and if I want a crown I must go and hunt it
for myself.”

Narrator (Kipling): He
Narrator (Kipling): The
Narrator (Kipling): “Can’t you make eight?’ or she is an extremely
character demonstrates
said he. ‘Mine is rather urgent business.’ ‘I compassionate
genuine compassion in the
can send your telegram within ten days if individual.
last sentence. He or she
that will serve you,’ I said.”
then asks the narrator
whether a ten-day
telegraph will be helpful.
Memorable and Important quotes: Include Paraphrase of the quote: Why do you think it is
at least three specific quotes from the text memorable or
that caught your attention or made you important?
curious.
I believe these quotes
are important or
“Englishmen are not usually softened by “However, for some memorable because
appeals to the memory of their mothers, but
reasons that will become they reveal the
for certain reasons, which will be fully
clear, Englishmen are not Englishmen’s
apparent. I saw fit to agree.”
typically softened by background and the
references to their mothers. reasons behind their
“If India was filled with men like you and me, I determined that I should behavior. Also, they
not knowing more than the crows where concur.” demonstrate the
they’d get their next day’s rations, it isn’t
men’s brilliance as
seventy millions of revenue the land would be “He replied, ‘If India were
well as their sense of
paying - it’s seven hundred million, ‘ said he; full of guys like you and
superiority over
and as I looked at his mouth and chin I was me, not knowing where
ordinary guys.
disposed to agree with him.” they would receive their
provisions for the next day,
“It was in that season, and a remarkably evil it isn’t seventy millions of
season, that the paper began running the last revenue the land would be
issue of the week on Saturday night, which is paying-seven it’s hundred
to say Sunday morning, after the custom of a million,’ and as I studied his
London paper.” mouth and chin, I was
inclined to agree with him.”

“It was then, and it was a

remarkably evil season,
that the paper started
publishing the final issue of
the week on Saturday
night, i.e., Sunday morning,
as was customary for a
London paper.”
Reflection Questions
Answer each question in complete sentences with textual support from your reading of The Man
Who Would Be King and the lesson.

1. How do Carnehan and Dravot’s first encounters with Kipling (the character) compare to their
visit to Kipling’s newspaper office together? What do you learn about Carnehan and Dravot
through their actions?

On the train, one of the men approaches Kipling and requests a favor–to deliver a message
to an unidentified induvidual. He has been given a great deal of trust to convey the message.
They were upset when Kipling turned them in after racognizing them.

2. What is revealed about the character of the narrator through his detailed description of his
job as a journalist? What type of man does he seem to be?

He appears to be a considerate and polite individual. Even though he is aware that he has
more luxury than others, he nevertheless shows this through his behaviors and demeanor
towards others.
3. What details from your reading help explain why Carnehan and Dravot would want to travel
to the wilderness of Kafiristan? Do you think their reasons are valid?

They choose to rule like kings and think their greatness makes them unfit for India. In that
region of the country, they likewise think the women are gorgeous. Carnehan also thinks that
because he is an English soldier, he is qualified to command the region where they battle.
These, in my opinion, are not good reasons to think one is qualified for a position so high
when they may simply live an adequate life elsewhere. Also, because this kind of behavior
doesn’t belong to a ruler, who would have to be more humble and kind.

4. How do the physical descriptions of Carnehan and Dravot compare to their personalities?
What significance do you think their physical appearance has in comparison to their plan?

Because all rulers must be powerful, they must be big men. For the people living near India,
they are far too large. Daniel is a soldier with shoulders that can fill a half-room and he lives
up to his stature. Dravot, the other man, is a very subdued introvert who enjoys following the
rules.

5. What level of importance do Carnehan and Dravot place on their “contrack” with one
another? How does this compare with the impression Kipling (the character) has of them?

Dravot's importance to the deal is not great. “We'd like some drinks–the Contract doesn’t
begin yet, Peachey, so you needn’t look–but what we really want is advice.” Because he
trusted the deal, Carnehan had a very high priority. “But that is provided against the
contract”, said Carnehan. “Neither Women nor Liquor, Daniel.” They both hold differing levels
of paramountcy; one thinks the laws should be upheld as written, while the other thinks the
laws should be twisted.