White Man's Burden

Rudyard Kipling uses adjectives such as "sullen" and "new caught", "savage" to depict the native peoples as opposed to Europeans. His usage of such worlds conveys his sense of white dominance because he words that lower the characteristics of the natives. By addressing them as "sullen" and "savage" he is referring to them as barbaric and animal like. In addition, by using "new caught" he reiterates the idea that the natives are no better than animals for the Europeans to tame. Thus Kipling expresses his sense of white superiority.