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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instanceOf literary work
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
relationship between colonizer and colonized
explores emotional distance between British officials and Indian subjects
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
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
colonial India
theme childhood
class divide
colonialism
death
imperial power relations
innocence
tone poignant
tragic

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