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A theme in "The Man Who Would Be King" is the comparison between the imperialism of the British Empire and the motives/exploits of Dravot and Carnehan. The narrator, thus, serves as an intermediary between the world familiar to Victorian British and the setting of Carnehan and Dravot’s adventure.
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The answer is:
b. to influence.
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