Analysis Of Rudyard Kipling's Plain Tales From The Hills

Rudyard Kipling 's book Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of stories and experiences regarding life within British India. As the title of Kipling 's book implies, the tales from within his book take place from the Indian hills, that being the Hill Station of Simla. Although the title Plain Tales from the hills only specifies that the tales shared within Kipling 's book are from his experiences at the hills, certain tales within his book expands further outward to Indian life 's outside of the hills. The purpose of this analysis is to determine and access whether or not Kipling 's book Plain Tales from the Hills should be valued as a historical document. For the purpose of this paper, it will be argued that although Kipling 's book Plain Tales from the Hills is not the perfect document, it would still be viewed and

The tales told themselves all range from different people, all with different backgrounds and roles within the lands of British India. Often these people within Kipling 's tales are faced with different and unique situations and problems, in which they must face. From the well-educated to the "fool", these people within Kipling 's tales must face situations and problems, the majority ending in their own unique way. The ending of each tale often reflects and highlights certain aspects of the person who is involved within the tale. Phil Garron in "Yoked with an Unbeliever" is an example of a character 's traits being reflected upon the ending of the tale. In the tale "Yoked with an Unbeliever", the character Phil is portrayed as being weak. Kipling describes Phil as having "many good points", but with one major flaw being that "that he was weak".1 Phil 's weakness was not in the physical manner, but instead mentally and emotionally. In "Yoked with an Unbeliever", Phil 's moves to British India with the desire to accumulate wealth. In