Tiger! Tiger!
The villagers stoning Mowgli as a sorcerer/wolf-child: 'Back, jungle brood!' — the central image of his double exile.
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From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
Mowgli's adoptive human mother Messua and the superstitious villagers' fear (stoked by the hunter Buldeo) mark the theme of his alienation between worlds.
Letting in the Jungle
Mowgli's revenge: he and Hathi the elephant destroy the village that tortured Messua and her husband.
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