Introduction to Asian American Studies: Final Zine Project (5) - Delaney Tax - Maria Zesbaugh - Ashley Montrezza

SYMBOLISM It is evident that Kipling suggests that the European way of life was civilized, normal, and morally sound, while the traditional ways of life of the colonized people were primitive, abnormal, or wrong overall. Specifically, the garden represents India, and has become partially cultivated symbolizing how part of the civilization is shaped by the colonists but part of the civiliation remains as it once was.

During Kipling's time, imperialism was characterized by forceful imposition of British government and British ways of life upon natives of a desired region. It was more than just the colonization of land by the British Empire it also portrayed the superiority of British civilization and its responsibility of bringing their enlightened ways to less civilized people. HISTORICAL CONTEX