Classics Considered

This week, I revisit Rudyard Kipling and his famous feral child Mowgli.  The Jungle Book is one of my favorite Disney stories, but I did not like the book as a child.  How does it read now that I’m older?  (And when is that new movie coming out?!)

Sources / Further reading:
My Boy Jack (2007) – Biopic
“The White Man’s Burden” – Kipling’s poem
“The Black Man’s Burden” – H. T. Johnson’s response
Mowgli (2019) – Trailer