Afrai Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King

Kipling was a loyal imperialist and that the India that he portrayed was British India.He always thought that the British Empire had a right and responsibility to maintain India’s government. He always held a negative attitude towards India with it usually being either condescending or oppressive whenever it was brought up. He also believed in the “Noblesse Oblige,” this is a French expression where the people that belong to the upper class are obligated to assist the less fortunate. He believed the common English man to be selfish and thought they were vastly superior to everyone else primarily due to their nationality. He projects this notion with the behaviors and actions of the characters in his story “The Man Who Would Be King”
Kipling firmly believed that the upper class British were incredibly selfish and neglected to tend to the necessities of the people who tirelessly worked for them. He thought that they were so proud and overconfident that they would do anything they wanted to in order to feel satisfied with themselves. He includes this in his story “The Man Who Would Be King” when Carnehan says “Therefore, such as it is, we will let it alone, and go away to some other place where a man isn’t crowded and can come to his own. We are not little men, and there is nothing that we are

On one hand, he truly believed that Britain had the right and a public duty to go explore the unknown lands of the poor savage people/ and bring Britain's superior economic, and culture in exchange for control of their lands and their complete submission. He completely believed in the “White Man’s Burden” where the white man was burdened with taking care of the poor “savages” which was anyone that was not white. He was strongly influenced by service in British India and shows it in his verse’s and short stories. He praised the British's military success and power and saw war as a noble and honorable