ESSAY ABOUT "KIM" BY RUDYARD KIPLING

Rudyard Kipling was a very popular writer. However, his ideas about the superiority of the British over non-European people and his support of Britain's empire would make him a controversial writer. Kipling was born in India in 1.865, he died in 1.936, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey.

 

The novel takes place in the British colonial India.

The main carácter is Kim, a thirteen-year old orphan when the novel starts. His father was a sergeant in a British army, and he had left him three documents. Two of them showed that his father had been a member of a special club. The third was Kim's birth certificate.

One day Kim meets a Tibetan Lama and Kim offers himself as disciple. Kim will travel with the Lama searching for the River of Arrow. The novel shows the initiatory journey of Kim, and also, it is an adventure novel because Kim will work for Colonel Creighton (Head of British spies in India). Kim will participate in a special misión in Northern India, where Russian, French and British interests converge.

 

This novel shows the variety of India, too (Hindus, Muslims...). This story can be recommended to all public, especially people with curiosity to other countries and cultures.

TELLING A STORY

The story that I'm going to tell you happened a few years ago. When I was younger, my family went to a wedding. After the religious ceremony we went to a celebration dinner. The dinner took place in a restaurant known to us.

It was a fantastic day. However, after the dinner we had a problema. The car of my brother-in-law left first and our car went behind it. My wife told me that we were going in the wrong direction, along unknown streets, and we didn't know where we were.

After a few minutes, we arrived at an orange field.

 

 

Although we were near a big city the road ended. So, we got lost. Finally, our car, driven by my wife, was the first to arrive in front of our family caravan. We had to turn round and go back in the opposite direction. The fantastic day had finished well.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN XIRIVELLAND

St. Patrick's Day is a cultural and religious celebration about the foremost patrón saint of Ireland. Students of English classes of Xirivella did some activity of it, in March. We wore some green clothes and our teacher (Maria) gave shamrocks to us.

The Irish have traditionally been an emigrant people. For this reason, the St. Patrick's festivity is celebrated in many countries. Here are two photos. The White House and the Chicago River. The water is colored green in both places.