Betrayal Quotes in The Jungle Book

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Line)

Quote #7

"Again? Last time it was because I was a man. This time it is because I am a wolf." (5.95)

Mowgli seems exasperated here. He doesn't know where he'll ever fit in, because both sides of his life, man and wolf, have betrayed him.

Quote #8

"Ye fought for freedom, and it is yours. Eat it, O Wolves." (5.111)

Bagheera reminds the wolves that once they betray their brothers and their leader, they don't deserve either. They're on their own.

Quote #9

The holluschickie and Sea Catch, his father, and all the other seals, laughed at him when he told them what he had discovered. (7.90)

Kotick spends years of his life searching for a safe beach, and when he finds one, all the other animals laugh at him. If they did that to us, we'd probably leave them to become coats, but Kotick handles the humiliating betrayal with honor.