Question

Explain how Kim's heritage influences his relationships with people he encounters, including his friends. What does kim think about the British who live in India?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Kim's identity is rather complicated. He is European by birth, but he has been immersed the culture of India his whole life but he grew up in India.

Kim displays or shows the characters or traits of both the British and the Indians, but he considers the British superior to the natives, according to his interaction with an Indian friend: "There was some justification for Kim nevertheless, he had kicked Lala Dinanath's boy off the trunnions—since the English held the Punjab and Kim was English."

However, Kim is not comfortable with the idea of interacting with Europeans, partly because of the kind of life he leads:

As he reached the years of indiscretion, he decided and learned to avoid missionaries and white men of serious aspect who asked who he was, and what he did. For Kim did nothing with an immense success.

Also missionaries and secretaries of charitable societies could not see the beauty of what he does or did.

Kim avoids British men and women that live in India. He also shares their mistrust of the Europeans having grown up with the natives.

Answer 2

There is a complication on Kim's identity.

He has been so much involved in the culture of India his whole life but he is an European by birth.

In his interaction with an Indian Friend:

“There was some justification for Kim—he had kicked Lala Dinanath's boy off the trunnions—since the English held the Punjab and Kim was English", we see that he considered the British to be higher than the natives. He displays a personality trait of both British and the Indian.

Partially, due to the kind of life he leads, he feels uncomfortable interacting with Europeans.

"As he reached the years of indiscretion, he learned to avoid missionaries and white men of serious aspect who asked who he was, and what he did. For Kim did nothing with an immense success. . . . [and] missionaries and secretaries of charitable societies could not see the beauty of [what he did]".

Kim has a mistrust for the Europeans thereeby he avoids British men and women who live in India