Childhood/Career
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India on December 30. When he was a child his father, Jon Lockman Kipling, appointed slaves to teach young Rudyard the Hindi language. Then when he was old enough, he went to school in England. Back them it was a tradition that the parents drop their kids off then desert them. Rudyard felt alone and missed his parents. He named this sad time, "Ba Ba Black Sheep." After his schooling in England he decided that he wanted to go to college. He knew that he could go to a university because of financial issues and so he decide a college would be his best bet. After he graduated from college, he went to work for the Civil and Military Gazette. It was here where he wrote his first English fiction novel called "Plain Tales from the Hills." After this, he started writing poems and putting them in the gazette. Some of his greatest works were "Soldiers" and "Three and Wee Willie Winkie." He also wrote his first novel "Light that Failed." He then moved to America where he found his wife and continued to write poetry.
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This was where Rudyard Kipling was born.
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There were many influences on Rudyard Kipling throughout his life. Since he was born in India, he was drawn to writing some poems about his birthplace. Since he was deserted when he was young, his sadness and those horrible memories showed through some of his poems. Also since he had limited finances, he couldn't go to a university which could have made him a better writer than he already was compared to some others. Another influence on him was when his daughter died 1899. This crushed his spirits and when he heard that his son died later in 1915 in war he really just gave up on his life. Because of this, some of his later writings showed a gloomier side to Rudyard. Also, his son wouldn't of died if it weren't for World War 1 which also affected him. All of these things and more shaped Rudyard into the great author he is today.
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