Literary Analysis
A literary term for one object standing in for another, usually a big abstract idea
What is symbolism? (or what is a symbol?)
The monarch responsible for the colonization of India
Who is Queen Victoria?
Mowgli's two main teachers
Who are Baloo and Bagheera?
A person who travels to far away lands to spread their religion, usually Christianity
What is a missionary?
So much depends upon this.
What is a red wheelbarrow?
The problem in the story-- what a character wants and doesn't have, or what a character needs to overcome
What is conflict?
The original nationality of the Boers / Afrikaners
Who are the Dutch?
The only one the monkeys ever feared
Who is Kaa the python?
A large, powerful government that takes control of more vulnerable countries
What is an empire?
What is "if"?
"The trees groaned against the wind" is an example of this
What is personification?
The jewel in the crown of the British empire
What is the British Raj? (or what is India?)
The place the wolf pack gathers for meetings
What is Council Rock?
Abolished in the US in 1808, this industry involved the capture, sale and domination of African people
What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
What is Avatar: The Last Airbender?
The picture you get in your head while you're reading something
What is imagery?
The Berlin Conference of 1884 was part of this historical moment
What was The Scramble?
Mowgli's stolen (or borrowed) treasure
What is the King's Ankus?
Black South Africans were an example of this kind of person-- Native Americans, too
What are indigenous people?
The unwelcome guest in the Man's hut (in "Gentlemen of the Jungle")
Who is Mr. Elephant?
The main "part of a story" we are looking for when we do literary analysis
What is the theme?
King Leopold's fancy charity
What was the International African Association?
The characters who represent colonized Indian people in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
Who are Nag and Nagaina?
1776 in the United States; 1962 in Algeria; 1947 in India-- big years for what process?
What is decolonization?
The country that my family is from, which was colonized by the British
What is Egypt?