The apes in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book are a truly unique group of characters. They are seen by other jungle animals, or the Jungle People as they call themselves, as outcasts and outlaws. The most important chapter in which they appear, "The Hunt of Kaa", shows their lawless, inept and uncivilized lifestyle. This image in itself does not give off any racist overtones. However, Disney's adaptation of The Jungle Book carries this view of the apes, while also giving them strong attributes commonly associated with African-Americans. In Kipling's original version of The Jungle Book, jungle monkeys make their first prominent appearance in the chapter "Kaa's Hunt." Young Mowgli talks about the jungle monkeys, called Bandar-Log, to Baloo the bear, Mowgli's friend and teacher, and Bagheera, Mowgli's parental figure, which immediately infuriates the two. When Mowgli asks him why he has never been taken to the Bandar-Log before, Baloo complains about the lifestyle of the jungle monkeys: They are outcasts... Their way is not our way. They are leaderless. They have no memory... We in the jungle have no relationship with them. We don't drink where the monkeys drink; we don't go where the monkeys go; we don't hunt where they hunt; we don't die where they die. (Kipling 30) Bagheera continues to elaborate on the Jungle People's discontent with the Bandar-Log: “They are very many, wicked, dirty, shameless, and desire, if they have any fixed desire, to be noticed by the Jungle People. But we do not even notice them when they throw nuts and dirt on our heads” (Kipling 30). These quotes set a negative tone towards the ape people, which is then promptly demonstrated by the apes kidnapping Mow... in the center of the card... a man picking him up. Even Mowgli's abduction had the harmless intent of discovering the secret of man's fire. On the other hand, Kaa and Shere Khan, the tiger antagonist, clearly threaten Mowgli. The only apparent reason for the discontent with the monkey people is the lack of self-control and monkey lifestyle. The original story of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book featured a very distinct group of characters in contrast to virtually all of the other jungle people in the book. . The Bandar-Log were seen as lawless, careless and mostly mindless individuals, social outcasts and pariahs. Disney's film adaptation of Kipling's tale contained this concept, while at the same time giving the apes strong characteristics typically associated with African Americans. This creates a racist undertone in the film that is absent in the original story source.