Foreignness and "The Other" Quotes in The Jungle Book

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Line)

Quote #1

Directly in front of [Father Wolf], holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk—as soft and as dimpled a little atom as ever came to a wolf's cave at night. (1.27)

We start the story from the animal's perspective, so an infant child in this environment is very foreign indeed.

Quote #2

"The others hate thee because their eyes cannot meet thine—because thou art wise—because thou hast pulled out thorns from their feet—because thou art a man." (1.88)

Even though Mowgli is raised by wolves, and he has always been kind and helpful to them, they fear him because he is different.

Quote #3

"What has a man to do with us? Let him go to his own place." (1.120)

Mowgli's "place" should be with his family—i.e. the wolves—but the other wolves believe that because he walks on two legs, he belongs with the rest of the men who walk on two legs.