The Man Who Would Be King
by Rudyard Kipling

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The Man Who Would Be King: Style 1 key example

Key Examples in The Man Who Would Be King

Style
Explanation and Analysis:

Kipling’s writing style in “The Man Who Would Be King” changes depending on who is telling the story—the narrator or Carnehan. When writing for the narrator, Kipling’s style is more formal and erudite, demonstrating the narrator’s sensibilities as an educated journalist. Take the following passage, for example, which comes after the narrator has met both Carnehan and Dravot while traveling and worries about their blackmailing scheme they told him about:

Later on I reflected that two gentlemen like my friends could not do any good if they forgathered and personated correspondents of newspapers, and might, if they blackmailed one of the little rat-trap states of Central India or Southern Rajputana, get themselves into serious difficulties.