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Mowgli's Brothers by Rudyard Kipling

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Even as a young child, Mowgli is unlike many of those he live with, for he does not fear the jungle. He grows from a young curious child, to the Master of the Jungle. He conquers objects tasks from being approved by the pack to killing the enemy that he has had since childhood. Mowgli also earns knowledge, wisdom, kindness, and the ways of the jungle. With the knowledge and skills that he learns from the jungle, as well as the bravery and cunning traits that he already possesses, he truly does become the Master of the Jungle. In the story “Mowgli’s Brothers”, the young boy shows that he has a brave spirit from the very beginning. While most children would run in fear and terror when being chased by the tiger Sher Khan, Mowgli however does not as "He came naked, by night, alone and very hungry; yet he was not afraid!” (Kipling, “Mowgli’s Brothers”) Since Mowgli is a man he does not comprehend the bizarreness of the situation. A man among the animals of the jungle is something only heard of in legend. During the time that he is introduced into Mother and Father Wolf’s liar, he shows that just because he is a man, he fights for what he wants as “he has pushed one of my babies to one side already” (Kipling, Mowgli’s Brother’s). As the young Mowgli is being raised by the Free People, Bagherra, who was a dangerous animal in his self “ and nobody cared to cross his path.”(Kipling, “Mowgli’s Brother’s” and Baloo “The sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle.” (Kipling, “Mowgli’s Brother’s”) he shows a passion for learning the ways of the jungle. While Mowgli grows and prospers in the jungle he realizes becoming the Master of the Jungle. Learning the ways of the jungle is far better than anything else for “He loved better than anything else to go with Bagheera.” (Kipling, Mowgli’s Brother’s) Growing up as a member of the jungle people however, causes him feel a deep mistrust towards “man”. The root of this mistrust came from a teaching by Bagheera. The wise panther “showes him a square box with a drop gate so cunningly hidden in the jungle that he nearly walks into”. (Kipling, “Mowgli’s Brothers”) It is evident that the young man cub is growing and prospering in the jungle full of animals

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