The Story of Muhammad Din
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The Story of Muhammad Din is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that poignantly portrays the brief life and tragic death of a young Indian boy in colonial India.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Story of Muhammad Din canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| character |
Muhammad Din
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muhammad Din’s father ⓘ the English narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
life of an Indian child under British rule
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relationship between colonizer and colonized ⓘ |
| explores |
emotional distance between British officials and Indian subjects
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human empathy across social boundaries ⓘ |
| genre | realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Muhammad Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Rudyard Kipling’s short stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | British colonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Muhammad Din
NERFINISHED
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the English narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | short prose narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalPublicationContext | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
brief life of a young Indian boy
ⓘ
tragic death of a young Indian boy ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | child ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Simla
NERFINISHED
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colonial India ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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class divide ⓘ colonialism ⓘ death ⓘ imperial power relations ⓘ innocence ⓘ |
| tone |
poignant
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tragic ⓘ |
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