Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle

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In The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, the plot goes through four new incidences. First, Mowgli, currently a young teenager, is in a human civilization near the jungle that he has used to live in as a child, but he is not accepted as part of the community. In fact, he is forced back into the jungle just for knowing how to find fresh fruit. The people accuse him of using black magic to find the fruit. Sadly, the villagers form a mob in order to kill Mowgli's adoptive parents. Mowgli heroically saves his family. Second, Mowgli sings a song about how much he hates people. Third, a crocodile, jackal, and crane meet for the first time at a river. All of the other animals call these three the most annoying animals in the jungle. Other animals watching, the three complain about each other. Later, a few British man arrives and shoots the crocodile because it ate his mother. The jackal and the crane become friends. Fourth, the narrator tells a myth about a talking ripple that drowns a woman. Creepily, the ripple says, " Maiden, . . . I am death," before it kills her.(Kipling 8, 155) To sum it up, the four unique events join the plot. …show more content…

First, Mowgli lives in the jungle as a young boy with no idea that other humans live in a village near him. At this point, he is happy with his life. Next, Mowgli is in his early teenage years and lives in the village. However, he is poorly judged by the citizens because he is different, and he reluctantly returns to the jungle. Later, Mowgli is angry with the people not just for making him go back to the jungle but also for trying to murder his adoptive parents. All in all, a huge emotional change from happiness to anger affects

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