ng both fraternity and absolute authority.
             Mowgli develops self confidence through his experiences and develops a cultural amphibiousness; he is often called the little frog by the other animals to show he is at home in both the 'land' and the 'water'. McClure though suggests that the roles of brother and ruler are incompatible with each other, using the example of when Mowgli is angry at Bagheera and stares him down;
             'When we imagine the scene, the fully grown panther abasing himself before the fierce eyed child, it is impossible to reconcile the deed with the words, the enforced humiliation with the rhetoric of intimate equality. .. When Mowgli addresses the creature prostrated beneath his foot as ''Brother,'' he is bestowing a feudal favour, not proclaiming a felt bond of mutual respect and equality.' 4
             In using the power of his eyes in this way Mowgli displays his power over the other animals and that the fraternity he has with the other animals is not based on love but based on power. Mowgli achieves an aloofness from the other animals and in his power over fire and the use of his eyes as a tool to subvert the other animals, becomes the ruler of the jungle. Kipling seems to suggest that to achieve colonial rule you must be a part of the culture that you wish to rule but also apart from it. Mowgli keeps his aloofness through his gaze; his eyes are, as McClure states: '...one way windows, concealing his knowledge and deepest feelings from his animal brethren while allowing him to observe their every move. Thus Mowgli's claim of brotherhood is itself only a disguise''5.
             Thus Mowgli, as the imperial ruler, must hold power over his subjects through some power or force that only he has. The offer of friendship and brotherhood with the subjects is still bound by power and force and although the imperial ruler is a part of the colonised society he is a...