English 12 - Mr. Rinka Lesson #52 Rudyard Kipling & The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children.

He was born in Bombay, in British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories), Just So Stories, Kim, many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" and his poems, including "Mandalay", "Gunga Din",

"The White Man's Burden" and "If—“ He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story.” His children's books are enduring classics of children's literature His best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Among other honors, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several

occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined. As the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognized as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced.

Rudyard Kipling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling

The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by English Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling, which were first published in magazines in 1893–94. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India

and worked there for about six-and-half years. There is evidence that it was written for his daughter Josephine, who died in 1899, aged six. A rare first edition of the book with a poignant handwritten note by Kipling to his young daughter was discovered. The tales in the book are fables using animals to give moral lessons.

There are 14 stories, of which the best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and

"Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another. The Jungle Book came to be used as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts.

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“Mowgli's Brothers” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowgli%27s_Brothers Father Wolf and Mother Wolf (Raksha), a pair of Indian wolves raising a family of cubs, are furious to learn that Shere Khan the lame tiger is hunting in their part of the jungle because he might kill men and bring human retribution upon the jungle. But when Father Wolf

hears something approaching their den, it turns out not to be the tiger but a naked baby. Mother Wolf decides to adopt the hairless "man-cub". Her determination is only strengthened by the arrival of Shere Khan who demands the cub for his meal. The wolves drive off the tiger and Raksha

names him Mowgli, the Frog, because of his hairlessness names him Mowgli, the Frog, because of his hairlessness. At the wolf pack's meeting at Council Rock Baloo, the bear speaks for the man-cub. Bagheera, the panther, buys his life with a freshly killed bull. Baloo and Bagheera undertake the task of educating Mowgli as he grows.

Meanwhile, Shere Khan plans to take revenge on the wolf pack by persuading the younger wolves to depose their leader, Akela. When Mowgli is about 11 or 12 Bagheera tells him of Shere Khan's plan. Mowgli, being human, is the only creature in the

jungle that does not fear fire, so he steals a pot of burning coals from a nearby village in order to use it against Shere Khan. The young wolves prevent Akela from catching his prey, and at that night's meeting Shere Khan demands that Akela be killed and the man-cub given to

him. Mowgli, despite being naked and unprotected, attacks Shere Khan with a burning branch and drives him and his allies away, but realizes to his sorrow that he must now leave the pack and return to humanity. As he leaves he vows to return one day and lay Shere Khan's

hide upon the Council Rock. The story of Mowgli's return to humanity is told in "Tiger! Tiger!" and continued in "Letting in the Jungle". http://quietube5.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02PVseKUCBs

“If” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E2%80%94 “If” is a memorable evocation of Victorian stoicism, self-control and the "stiff upper lip" that popular culture has made into a traditional British virtue. Its status is by the widespread popularity it still enjoys amongst Britons. It is often voted Britain's favorite poem.

The poem was printed, framed and fixed to the wall in front of the study desk in the officer cadets’ cabins at the National Defense Academy (NDA) at Pune, India. The poem's lines, "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / and treat those two impostors just the same" is written on the wall of the Center Court players' entrance at the British tennis tournament Wimbledon.

“If” #52 LA 12 If

Assignment #1 Read: Tiger! Tiger! #52 LA 12 Tiger Tiger The Jungle Book

Assignment #2 The poem “If” is a guide for all to follow. Read the poem line by line carefully and make a list of the personal qualities you think the poem illustrates. #52 LA 12 If

English 12 - Mr. Rinka Lesson #52 Rudyard Kipling & The Jungle Book