I believe that in this story, the conflict between the wolves and Shere Khan over what to do with the young Mowgli is resolved by Akela promising Shere Khan that he may fight Mowgli once Mowgli is big enough to defend himself.
C, a tragic hero is one who suffers a great loss.
I believe the answer is C
He doesn't agree with the belief that there is life on other planets.
avail: use/take advantage of
discourse: <u>speak</u>/write/communicate or spoken/written communication
interjection: exclamation, addition of emotion in <u>speaker's</u> words
voluble: <u>speaking</u>/<u>spoken</u> fluently