One could look at many different good topics for an essay
on the novel The Jungle Book.
Here are
some ideas one could use to examine the novel more
closely:
1. Compare and contrast the ideology of the wolves
and the monkeys.
2. There are many different references to
imagery throughout the novel. Choose one image and describe its impact on the novel as a
whole. (One example would be fire.)
3. The use of
personification (the giving of human characteristics/qualities to non-human and
non-living things) is obvious. Why do you think that Kipling personified the animals in
the novel. What would change if the animals could not communicate with Mowgli? How would
his life be different? How would the experience for the reader be
different?
4. Self-realization and personal identity is a
question that remains for both Mowgli and the animals. How does Mowgli come to
understand his own personal identity?
5. How is the balance
of animalism and humanism detailed in the novel?
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