Nature x Nurture on the movie The Jungle Book

Nature versus nurture is a very famous debate. Nature states that a person is born with treats, and Nurture states the person develops treats trough life. We can see some examples of this on the Disney movie The Jungle Book. It tells the story of a human boy, Mowgli, who was raised on the jungle by wolves.

One example of Nurture is the capacity of speaking with the animals that Mowgli has. We all know that humans can’t talk to animals, have conversations, so he probably learned it living there.

Many times on the movie we see Mowgli howling, wich is a characteristic from the wolves. Another thing he learned on the jungle.

One example of Nature is that Mowgli, even tough the wolves walk with four feets, he walked in two. Just like humans.

Other example of Nature is that Mowgli has the capacity of reasoning, to raciocinate. He has the ability to build various things to improve his life.

At the end of the movie, when Mowgli has to fight with the tiger Shere Khan, he is stopped by the black panter Bagheera, wich tells him to fight like a man. So he combined the knowledge that he got from living on the jungle with his abilities as a human. And only by that, he could win