The Other Man's Burden
Submitted by Ms. AuCoin on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:01.
We read Rudyard Kipling's "White Man's Burden" in class. Here are a few lines for review:
Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
Blog your own response. You may choose to write a song, short story, speech, or poetic form. Be creative. Remember to write from the native point of view -- who may come from Africa, Asia, or the Americas.
