{"id":128,"date":"2009-02-11T21:07:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T04:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oneyearnovel.wpengine.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2023-01-06T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T04:43:08","slug":"the-jungle-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/the-jungle-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. S. Reviews “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Schwabauer<\/em><\/p>\n

One of my old college professors once began a sentence this way: “If you were lucky enough as a child to have parents who read you the work of A.A. Milne…”<\/p>\n

At that moment I knew he was going to be a great teacher.<\/strong> It would be easy, especially at the university, to remain a closet fan of Winnie the Pooh<\/em>. But it was in college that I rediscovered the lovable bear and his genius for making profound truths very simple.<\/p>\n

Milne isn’t the only pre-historic author of books for young people whose work is often overlooked.<\/strong> Rudyard Kipling wrote many admirable books that have been enjoyed for over 100 years by both adults and teens. Ironically, Walt Disney adapted a novel by each of these writers, and in both cases transformed something of incredible richness and depth for all ages<\/strong> into beautifully animated works targeted at young children. I’m not dis-ing Disney. But if your only experience with Mowgli and Baloo comes from an 80-minute video, you might need to reconsider your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jungle Books<\/em> (there are two volumes) are, like all great children’s literature, easily deep enough to be read and re-read by adults<\/strong>. I sometimes dig out my ancient copies and thumb through the pages at random, looking for bits of literary genius and wit. Take the Road-Song of the Bandar-Log<\/em> for example. Here’s part of the second stanza:
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here we sit in a branchy row,
\nThinking of beautiful things we know;
\nDreaming of deeds that we mean to do,
\nAll complete in a minute or two-
\nSomething noble and grand and good,
\nWon by merely wishing we could.<\/em><\/p>\n

Remind you of anyone you know?<\/p>\n

Kipling is more accessible than most of his contemporaries<\/strong>, both stylistically and thematically. So some day soon when you’re looking for a good read, crack open a copy of the Jungle Book<\/em>(s) or Captains Courageous<\/em> and plunge into India or the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Kipling’s prose songs are really the melodies of Wisdom’s laughing little cousin, Innocence.<\/strong> They will make you sigh, smile and think\u2014at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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