<em>English language belongs to the</em><em> B) Germanic language family.</em>
Explanation:
A <u>language family</u> is a group of languages that share descent from an <em>ancestral </em>or <em>parental language</em>. One of the most important families is the Germanic one: <u>Germanic languages</u> are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa that includes German, Dutch and English. In fact, English language was named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to Great Britain.
I believe they are common because people believe that is where we could be headed. Will we run society into the ground, or will we prosper? Will the society be a "Divergent" or "Giver" society or will it exist as it does today? Since we have no way of knowing, we pretend we do.
By the end of the passage, we know that Mowgli is about to be confronted by the wolves in the pack and possibly by Shere Khan. Mowgli plans to bring fire with him, which may lead to a major conflict in the story, as the animals fear fire.