Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. What does the passage from Kipling's "White Man's Burden" most likel

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Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. What does the passage from Kipling's "White Man's Burden" most likel

y mean?
a. That the people they conquered were evil and old
b. That the people they conquered were innocent and mischievous
c. That the people they conquered were ignorant and uncivilized
d. That the people they conquered were good and noble

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lozanna [386] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-24T05:05:59+03:00

lozanna [386]3 years ago

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This passage from Kipling's "White Man's Burden" most likely means "<span>c. That the people they conquered were ignorant and uncivilized," since "half devil" corresponds to "uncivilized" and "half child" corresponds to "ignorant". </span>