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Law of the jungle
The law of the jungle is an expression that means "every man for himself," "anything goes," "need of the sole outweights the need of the many","survival of the strongest," "survival of the fittest," "kill or be killed," "dog eat dog" and "eat or be eaten,". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'',〔"Law of the Jungle." ''Oxford English Dictionary Online''. Oxford University Press.
n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.〕 defines the Law of the Jungle as "the code of survival in jungle life, now usually with reference to the superiority of brute force or self-interest in the struggle for survival." It is also known as jungle law or frontier justice.
The phrase was used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling to describe the obligations and behaviour of a wolf in a pack. However, this use of the term has been overtaken in popularity by the other interpretations above.
== ''The Jungle Book'' Series ==
In the novel ''The Jungle Book'',〔Kipling, Rudyard. ''The Jungle Book''. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2007.〕 Rudyard Kipling uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by wolves and other animals in the jungles of India. In Chapter Two of ''The Second Jungle Book'',〔Kipling, Rudyard. ''The Second Jungle Book''. Middlesex: The Echo Library, 2007.〕 Rudyard Kipling provides a poem, featuring the Law of the Jungle as known to the wolves, and as taught to their offspring.
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