Mowgli, fictional character, an Indian boy raised by wolves who is the central figure in Rudyard Kipling's collection of children's stories included in The Jungle Book. A young orphaned boy with an adventurous spirit, Mowgli had been raised by a pack of wolves in the jungles of India since infancy. When a murderous tiger becomes determined to kill him, however, Mowgli is forced to leave his pack to live among humans in the Man-Village. Refusing to abandon his wild side, Mowgli instead strives to find a new place in the jungle, preferably with a fun-loving bear named Baloo. Which of the following factors is responsible for Mowgli's development this way?