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| | The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: A searchable online version at The Literature Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Raised by wolves, young Mowgli is taught the law of the jungle by his animal friends: old Baloo the wise brown bear, and Bagheera, the sleek, fl Panther.Slowly, Mowgli learns the language and ways of the jungle animals and his childhood seems quite idyllic. |
 | | Although it is a westernised view of life, and, in fact, alot of his subjects he standerdised, are in fact Indian taboos, "laws of the jungle" etc. The book is vivid and emotive and if writen for an older audience, could be a wonderful exploration into the fundimentals of human psychlogy. |
 | | Kipling's work, "The jungle book" is one of my favorites which involves such imagination that if you think about it, anyone may want to have the gift to talk to animals. |
| www.online-literature.com /kipling/jungle_book (769 words) |
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