However, when she found out that Mowgli tried to have Baloo scare her away in case she found him, she was truly hurt and found it difficult to forgive the boy to the point where she refused to listen to Mowgli's attempts to explain himself. After being pushed into the village river and left soaking wet, Shanti scolded Mowgli for the cruel mischief but held no grudge against him, showcasing her maturity. This also shows that Shanti is a forgiving person even to those who have wronged her, as demonstrated by her reaction to the prank Mowgli and Ranjan played on her. This is shown when she told Ranjan to leave Kaa alone, despite knowing he tried to eat her moments before. After the skirmish with Shere Khan, Shanti was finally purged of her agrizoophobia for good.ĭespite Shanti's initial fear of wild animals, she displayed no desire to harm them. She also gradually shows more confidence in the jungle, such as focusing more on finding Mowgli instead of maintaining vigilance and finding the courage to defend herself, Mowgli, and Ranjan when Baloo "attacked" them, rather than panicking like she did the night before. After Ranjan saved her from the snake, Shanti shows considerably fewer symptoms of her agrizoophobia, suggesting that her encounter with Kaa may have worked on her like exposure therapy. Shanti would soon confront her deepest fear when she was hypnotized by Kaa. That time came when she forced herself out of her comfort zone and entered the jungle to save Mowgli, whom she believed was kidnapped. Despite this apparent faint-hearted nature, Shanti is very courageous deep inside but never found the right motivation to nurture her potential until Mowgli entered her life. For a long time, Shanti suffered from agrizoophobia (fear of wild animals) and could not bear the thought of all the potential dangers that might be in the jungle, preferring to stay in a safe environment at all times instead.
She has a very obvious crush on Mowgli (a feeling he reciprocates) and finds him charming, despite disapproving of his occasional rebelliousness. Shanti is best described as a sweet, brainy, rational, and hard-working 12 year old girl, who lives an organized life and has great respect for rules, which she considers to be the pillars of society and essential to a peaceful and prosperous life. Then Walt suggested having a girl lure Mowgli to the village and the idea stuck.
When the creative crew couldn't devise a way to convince Mowgli to go to the Man Village after spending the entire film avoiding it, Walt Disney looked for inspirations in the endings to both volumes of The Jungle Book and saw that Mowgli did eventually fall in love with a girl from a village and served as one of the reasons why Mowgli decided to stay with his own kind forever. 2.3 It's a Small World: The Animated Series.
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