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The Jungle Book: how does Kipling establish Shere Khan as the enemy in "Mowgli's Brothers" The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling was written in the year 1894 as a series of short stories based primarily in the jungles of India. The first story, 'Mowgli's Brothers' introduces a number of characters that feature throughout additional stories in the novel. The antagonist a tiger named Shere Kahn, is introduced early in the novel and presents the ongoing danger against the protagonist, 'man-child', Mowgli. Kipling conveys Shere Kahn as the enemy early in the novel through varied use of language and the events that create tension between Mowgli & himself. Shere Khan's character ignores of the 'Law of the Jungle' and the constant threat he poses to Mowgli establishes him as the enemy in the story. Kipling first introduces the reader to Shere Khan through the voice of Tabaqui the Jackal at the beginning of...

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