Baa Baa, Black Sheep - Rudyard Kipling (1888) - Questions and answers

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[...] Thus, also a sort of domestic relationship between the masters and the servants. Describe the language they use Mixing Hindi phrases and English words, Punch, Meeta and the other characters are not in the same position while regarding the language they use. As a child, obviously, Punch use a childish language register. However, Meeta and the Indian in general use a deferent tone while addressing Punch, underlined by the fact that they call him "little Sahib" (line 19) for instance. [...]

[...] Rudyard Kipling is an English writer and novelist. Known for some famous novels, such as The Jungle Book (1894), he is also prone to depict exotic and unusual scenes (such as Indian or African ones) considered from the old Europe. Kipling's writings usually reflect the mentality of British people during the time of colonization, when it was the British Empire's age of glory. At that time, a lot of British people were working in the colonized territories throughout Asia and Africa. [...]

[...] Baa Baa, Black Sheep - Rudyard Kipling (1888) - Questions and answers Explain what is going on in the text, then describe the characters of the scene A tale is told to a child at night while he is put to bed, right before he falls asleep. There are several characters in the scene: Punch, the ayah, the hamal, Meeta, a Surti boy and Judy. Punch is the child who is being told the story and seems to be the son of an important character, as he is being called "Sahib", which means "Master". [...]