Compare and contrast the sorts of adjectives Kipling uses to describe native peoples as opposed to Europeans; how does his very language usage convey his sense of white superiority?
He uses words of discouragement like devil and savage and famine while he uses joyous words like sons and peers. He uses words that describe a group of people who are equal to eachother bit are lesser than God by calling them peers while he uses words like devil and savage to describe the natives as discusting and beneath them. Using sons and peers gives the Europeans and sense of power over the natives of the land, allowing them to do as they please.
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