"The Law of the Jungle" is usually an expression that means "every one for himself" and "anything goes." However, Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book uses it to mean an actual law code used by wolves and other animals in the jungles of India. It consists of a series of maxims such as: Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... French edition, 1957. ...
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, And the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Baloo, the wise old bear, teaches Mowgli the Law of the Jungle. Baloo and Mowgli Baloo is the fictional sleepy old brown bear featured in In Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. ... Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ...
The Law of the Wild by Rudyard Kipling
And this is the law of the wild As true and as blue as the sky And the wolf that keeps it will prosper But the wolf that breaks it will die.
Like the vine that circles the tree trunk This law runneth forward and back The strength of the pack is the wolf And the strength of the wolf is the pack.
The law provides for ways of obtaining help and permission to hunt from other, but this is not the case in the law imposed by Dr. Moreau on the animal-men.
Kipling’s animals enforce the law among themselves by treating those who do not follow it as outcasts, and they spread the knowledge of the law amongst themselves, but there is no manipulating force in play; they are able to sustain their system cooperatively.
The animals of the jungle already have moral judgement that stems from the law, which is founded in good reason.
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