Mr Thomas — Lynden Christian High School English
So, we have read about princesses and beauty, but Jungle Book is largely about men and boys. Think about these characters:
- Mowgli – The boy
- Bagheera – The Panther
- Baloo – The Bear
- Colonel Hahti – The Elephant
- Kaa – The Snake
- The Buzzards
- Sheer Khan — The Tiger
Very quickly, think about their characteristics and write out their names with an adjective describes them, then finish with a MAJOR CLAIM (an one sentence argument that you intend to prove in a paper/paragraph). These sentence should have three elements that this movie subtly claims about men (who they are or what they should be). Hint: think about the song at the end (the one the little village girl sings: “I’ll send her to fetch the water/I’ll be cooking in the home . . .”)
Example: Examining the Jungle Books shows that men are. . . .
