You have read an excerpt from Rudyard Kipling’s (1894) The Jungle Book, an excerpt about a young boy who has specific knowledge of life in the jungle. Write an essay explaining how the author demonstrates the value of the jungle and how the narrator’s point of view regarding the villager’s lack of knowledge about the jungle changes over the course of the excerpt. Use specific examples and details from the passage in the form of dialogue and incidents to support your response.
