The Jungle Book<span> (1894) is a collection of stories by English author </span>Rudyard Kipling<span>. The stories are fables, using animals in an </span>anthropomorphic<span> manner to give moral lessons. A principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Other characters include Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear. The book has been adapted many times for film and other media.</span>
Answer:
b. inflamed passions over sectional differences regarding slavery.
Explanation:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, characterized by its anti-slavery themes, was a highly discussed and controversial book in the 1850s as it highlighted the different stances regarding slavery in the North and the South. Even though the book was banned as abolitionist propaganda in the South, it became a bestseller due to its popularity in the North.
Therefore, the correct answer is b. inflamed passions over sectional differences regarding slavery.
The narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret