What was Rudyard Kipling’s difficulty with his son, Jack, seeking to enlist in the army?
a) Kipling was aware of the dangers facing soldiers at the front, but having helped spread the government’s pro-war message, he considered it hypocritical to discourage his own son from going.
b) Kipling, long a pacifist, hoped to convince his son not to go, but relented when Jack made it clear that he would go to the newspapers with the story if his father interfered.
Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack.
c) Kipling was concerned that his son was too young to be in uniform and was outraged that anyone would give Jack a commission.
Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack.
d) Kipling was angry that his son chose to join the army, rather than the navy, a longtime Kipling family tradition.
Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack.
a) Kipling was aware of the dangers facing soldiers at the front, but having helped spread the government’s pro-war message, he considered it hypocritical to discourage his own son from going.
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