# Kipling — What’s Wrong with the World character guide

> Kipling in What’s Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Rudyard Kipling, Mr. Kipling

**First appearance:** 0014-part-ii-imperialism-or-the-mistake-about-man

## Who they are

The poet and writer, discussed as a voice of imperialism and jingoism.

## In the story

### [IV: The Fear of the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/iv-the-fear-of-the-past)

Mentioned indirectly through the critique of jingoism and imperial fear, though not named in the excerpt.

### [Part II: Imperialism: Or the Mistake About Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/part-ii-imperialism-or-the-mistake-about-man)

Cited as a representative of imperialist sentiment, whose poetry is described as 'sentimental' and 'imperialist'.

### [I: The Charm of Jingoism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/i-the-charm-of-jingoism)

Mentioned as a man of real but decadent genius who threw a theoretic glamour over the colonies; his imagination is rooted in an Asiatic past.

### [The Need for Narrowness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/ix-the-need-for-narrowness)

Mentioned as one of the competing faiths (Kipling vs. Shaw) that the educator must choose between.

### [X: The Case for the Public Schools](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/x-the-case-for-the-public-schools)

Referenced as part of the 'Tolstoyan and Kiplingite' view that courage is connected with cruelty.

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