The reasons why Britain didn’t closely control its colonies in the 19th century.
What is the long distance and cost?
The white man's burden.
What is: a black man is a burden for a white man?
The name of the main character.
What is Tintin?
A single story.
What is a story told from just one perspective?
The animal that was shot.
What is an elephant?
The British government expect their colonial agents to do this.
What is to act as citizens of the British government?
The description of black people in the poem.
What is half-devil and half-child?
The country where the comic book takes place.
What is Congo?
One story is bad.
What is: it gives us the wrong idea, and it could be changed?
The author of the story.
Who is George Orwell?
The kind of status Britain gained from owning colonies, besides wealth.
What is military status?
The obligations of the white man.
What is: they should take responsibillity of the colonized people?
Tintin's portrayal in the story.
What is: as a Helper, Master and Protector?
The stories Adichie read when she was little.
What are stories about white kids in other countries?
Th decade the story is from.
What is the 1930s?
The constant motivation mentioned in the text for why Britain expanded its empire.
What is trade and wealth?
"The white man's burden"'s publication (1800, 1856, 1889, 1899).
What is 1899?
The jobs Tintin has, at least two of them.
What is a doctor, a teacher and an animal tamer?
Adichie's roomate thinks this of how she was.
What is: that she was poor and not smart?
The country the story takes place in.
What is Burma/Myanmar?
The British Empire was rarely discussed in Parliament during the 18th and 19th centuries.
What is: because people paid little attention to colonial affairs?
The illustration to the white man's burden.
What is: the white man carries the half devil, half child to the "school house" on top of the hill to educate them, so they can be civillised?
The black man suffers from this.
What is fever?
Adichie want us to do this.
What is: she wants us to look at more stories from more people?
The attitude the author has towards imperialism.
What is: he was against it?