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 Mowgli
Mowgli is a baby who has become lost in the jungle when he was very small. His parents were researchers who were studying the conservation of nature and the precious jungle. They die in an unfortunate accident while searching for their child. A family of wolves later takes care of Mowgli. Because they are wolves, not men, they represent the ideal family in our story. |
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Baghera roams the jungle. She is a solitary panther
who has seen too much of this world, both in good and in bad- way too much
for one life. Baghera has had close encounters
with men, and for this reason skulks around in a state of distrust
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 Baloo
Baloo is a bear, and bears are naturally curious, condescending, and can be apparently aggressive, perhaps due to their massive size. Baloo is as solitary as Baghera, but there are no clear reasons for this- rather, it seems to be part of his innate nature. |
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Kaa
Though Kaa is a python whose nature is to swallow prey, thuogh if he can discerns that an animal in his path is kind-hearted, he can supress this basic nature. Though he has become, perhaps a bit cowardly, in the end he always acts for the well being of others. |
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 Akela
Akela is the wise member of the wolf pack that raised Mowgli. The words of Akela have much weight, and he says nothing idly. His wisdom goes beyond his species- although Mowgli does not belong to any of them by blood, he is accepted as a genuine family member. Akela teaches the pack discipline and guides them through the hunt with wisdom; in fact no animal is ever sacrificed unless it is too sick or weak to live in the jungle. Alexander
Mother
Wolf is Alexander’s wife. She carries out the job of mother as well
as should be expected; she feeds, protects, loves, and takes care of her
children Sura and Akru. She naturally extends this to Mowgli as well,
but at the right moment she sends her cubs away when they become adults
because they must begin their own life.
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Sura
is daughter of Alexander and Mother Wolf. Above all, she defends Mowgli,
who she considers her brother in the truest possible sense and Mowgli reciprocates
her affection without limits. Sura hunts, is being shcooled in the fundamental
principles of hunting, and is learning to respect the law of the pack.
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Akru is Sura’s brother. The son of the great Alexander, he is a cub who has grown enough to start his own life His job to protect Sura and Mowgli is not easy, but he will do it at all costs.
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 Lala
Lala is the daughter of the wolf who was defeated by Alexander. She holds no grudge, only pride to be part of the pack, which is all she desires as a wolf. |
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Shere
Khan the tiger kills because he has no other goal in life, having lost the
real reason for living, this being to understand why we are alive. Loosing
this conflict, he now refuses to follow the jungle’s basic rules of keeping
harmony between species (which now suffer like much like most of humanity).
Shere Khan has no specific hunting territory, and aims to conquer the whole
jungle. He wants all territory to become his, and violence is the instrument
he uses to force the other animals of the jungle into submission.
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Tabaqui
is a hyena. He is also both an emissary and spy of Shere Khan. In
some ways, he is even worse than Shere Khan, and uses false humility to
attack and kill. In our story, Tabaqui represents ambiguity and betrayal.
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The Animals in the Jungle  The
animals that inhabit the jungle explain how life came to be. Each of them
has the purpose of protecting his or her own life, and living together with
the others in harmony. |
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The Jungle
The jungle represents a little cosmos that manifests its own life; here
we can find not only animals, but men as well.
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Baghera
Mother
Wolf 
Sura
Akru
Shere
Khan 
Tabaqui
