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Father Wolf

A disciplined Seeonee wolf who checks his own killing spring mid-air when he finds a naked man-cub laughing up at him in the dark.

supporting

First appearance: Mowgli's Brothers

As a supporting figure in The Jungle Book, Father Wolf is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The wolf who first finds Mowgli and brings him to the pack; trains Mowgli in the ways of the jungle.
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Father Wolf hunts by the Law of the Jungle and grumbles when Shere Khan's noise ruins a night's stalk, yet he is the one who carries the hairless baby home between jaws that could crush an egg. His instinct to pounce…

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5 connections

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TETeddyTOToomaiRIRikki-Tikki-TaviKOKotickKNKala NagFWFather Wolf

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Jungle and domestic friends
  • Elephant keddah operators
  • Mowgli's mentors and allies
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationBreaking pointClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

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