As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.
I don't understand the first line here. How is a creeper girdling a tree trunk a law that runs forward and back?
What is the meaning of this line in Kipling's "Law of the Jungle"?
Ok. This is what I understood: The law referred here is the rule of interdependence in nature. The wolf cannot survive without its pack, and the pack needs the wolf to be complete. It is a direct relationship of giving-and-recieving (the benefit goes "forward and back"). So, the law implies a connection as tight as a snake clasped to a tree.
What do you think?
Reply:A law that covers everything, I'd assume.
Reply:"Creeper" refers to a vine that grows around a tree trunk. The vine has no strength by itself but in combination with the trunk. The vine needs the trunk and the wolf needs the pack. The vine and the tree have a natural relationship, as does the wolf and the pack.
So you will be speaking of a law covering everything, deriving it's strength from necessity, consented to by each of the group out of their need.
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