Introduction Most readers know The Jungle Book from the famous Disney movie. However, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is far darker, deeper, and more thought-provoking than its animated version. Kipling wrote it in the 1890s while living in Vermont, USA. Still, the stories draw heavily from his childhood experiences in India. The book beautifully captures the tension between civilisation and the wild. Through the story of Mowgli—the boy raised by wolves—Kipling explores timeless themes of belonging, law, and moral order. Unlike the...