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Coming of Age Quotes in The Jungle Book

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Quote #4

"Well, if I am a man, a man I must become." (5.9)

Mowgli thought he was full-grown when he left the jungle, but he learns that he still has more growing to do in the human world. Sigh.

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Quote #5

But [Mowgli] was not always alone, because years afterwards he became a man and married. (5.114)

We learn that Mowgli still has more journeys ahead of him, even if we don't know the specifics. We're told point-blank that he became a man, and we have no reason to believe otherwise.

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Quote #6

"Next year," said Matkah to Kotick, "you will be a holluschickie; but this year you must learn how to catch fish." (7.25)

Holluschickie is the seal word for swinging bachelor, which is part of the journey for a seal to become the seal version of a man.

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