The Jungle Book

"The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling is a series of tales set in the Indian jungle, mainly following Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, and focuses on survival, nature, and the conflict between the wild and human society. The stories explore Mowgli's friendships with animals and the rules that dictate life in the jungle. When Mowgli is found by Father Wolf, after he is separated from his parents, the tiger Shere Khan threatens the peace, wanting to kill Mowgli, but Mother Wolf adopts Mowgli, causing disagreement among the pack about raising a human child. This beginning shows Mowgli’s complicated connection to both the human and animal worlds, and the challenges he encounters while growing up excluded from both societies; it gives the reader a sense of adventure mixed with danger in an elaborately described natural world.