The Jungle Books (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1894
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: India
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Bildungsroman, Adventure, Fantasy
- Subjects: Justice, Maturation or coming of age, Snakes, Tigers, Nature, Nineteenth century, Courage, Betrayal, Friendship, Violence, Loyalty, India or East Indian people, Jungles or rain forests, Adventure, Bears, Boys, Arctic, Animals, Wolves, Fables
- Locales: India
Characters Discussed
Mowgli, the boy-hero who strays away from a village in India when he is a very small child. He is pursued by Shere Khan, the tiger, but escapes when the beast misses a leap at the boy. Mowgli is reared by Mother Wolf with her own cubs and becomes a member of the jungle wolf pack. He has many adventures among the jungle animals, but when he is about seventeen years old, he realizes that he must return to the Manpack to stay.
Messua, the woman who adopts Mowgli for a time. She finally tells Mowgli that she believes he is her son who was lost in the...
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