Literature writers often develop their stories around essential concepts that may be helpful in understanding life lessons. Stories connect us to one another, be it fiction or nonfiction, child or adult. Literature is not only a means to learn about great authors of the past; the magic of story sparks discovery in ourselves as well as the world around us. Many theorists and literature writers infuse their own views of issues and events into their stories, often in subtle ways that creates profound meaning and self-discovery. Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books is one such work that has been “variously applauded and condemned over the years as an apology for imperialism, a racist tract, a moral fable and a collection of simple anthropomorphic
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Friendships and family and helping each other in times of need are the things that make us human but some of these lesson from the jungle animals, can serve as a reminder of that. Barbara Guzzetti is an expert in the field of literature and its teaching practices, her book Literacy in America: an Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice serves as a reference for many educators, in her book she tells of ways in which literature can be taken out of classroom and then transcended into our daily lives by identification of real-life experiences. For example, adolescent literature which is learned in class can be applied out of classroom by the adolescents in their development of social and individual identity (13). Raksha, the mother wolf is another example that many can identify with through her explicit loyalty to Mowgli. Even though he was not a wolf, he was taken in and treated as one as evident when Mowgli was sent away from the jungle to go live with humans and Raksha tells him to “Come soon, little naked son of mine. For, listen, child of man, I loved thee more than ever I loved my cubs” (Kipling 33). Mowgli’s wolf family stood by him in good and bad. If we translate this law into a human principle, it means our families “have our backs”, they are there to support us through tough times and celebrate with us in good
Friendships and family and helping each other in times of need are the things that make us human but some of these lesson from the jungle animals, can serve as a reminder of that. Barbara Guzzetti is an expert in the field of literature and its teaching practices, her book Literacy in America: an Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice serves as a reference for many educators, in her book she tells of ways in which literature can be taken out of classroom and then transcended into our daily lives by identification of real-life experiences. For example, adolescent literature which is learned in class can be applied out of classroom by the adolescents in their development of social and individual identity (13). Raksha, the mother wolf is another example that many can identify with through her explicit loyalty to Mowgli. Even though he was not a wolf, he was taken in and treated as one as evident when Mowgli was sent away from the jungle to go live with humans and Raksha tells him to “Come soon, little naked son of mine. For, listen, child of man, I loved thee more than ever I loved my cubs” (Kipling 33). Mowgli’s wolf family stood by him in good and bad. If we translate this law into a human principle, it means our families “have our backs”, they are there to support us through tough times and celebrate with us in good