The White Man's Burden

1) Kipling is saying that Imperialism is the white man's burden, for the Europeans considered it their responsibility to help civilize the natives of different lands.

2) To justify imperialism, Kipling says that they are helping the natives, and benefiting their societies.

3) It is appealing, because it makes imperialism seem more noble, instead of simply stating that is a way to make countries more powerful.

4) Religion helped spread Imperialism, because one of the justifications was that they were spreading Christianity to all of the natives.