Question

What is the most important purpose of the narrator in this

excerpt?
to explain that human beings are the weakest of all the
animals in the jungle
to explain why Shere Khan will kill a human being
instead of another animal
to explain why the animals of the jungle typically do not
kill human beings
to explain how seriously all of the animals take the Law
of the Jungle

Answer 1

C). To explain why the animals of the jungle typically do not kill human beings.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given excerpt from 'Jungle Book', Kipling's key purpose is 'to elucidate to the readers that why the animals of the Jungle do not kill humans usually' which is clearly reflected through the portrayal of strict laws of the Jungle('law of the jungle...never orders anything without a reason).

The author serves his purpose of informing the readers about the reason for which the animals eat up a man and that is 'when the man poses a threat to them' which began with 'arrival...men on elephants..with guns...hundreds of brown men with gongs ...rockets and torches' that made all the animals suffer. This justifies the law of the jungle that animals are allowed to kill humans only 'when he is killing to show his children how to kill' to protect themselves in the future. Thus, option C is the correct answer.