55:28 Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by
Rudyard Kipling.
How does the shift to Tabaqui's point of view affect his
characterization?
Now, Tabaqui knew as well as any one else that there
is nothing so unlucky as to compliment children to
their faces; and it pleased him to see Mother and
Father Wolf look uncomfortable.
It makes it easier for readers to like him.
0 It shows readers just how devious he really is.
O It shows readers Father Wolf's perception of him.
O It makes Tabaqui appear stronger than Father Wolf.
Tabaqui sat still, rejoicing in the mischief that he had
made, and then he said spitefully:
"Shere Khan, the Big One, has shifted his hunting-
grounds. He will hunt among these hills during the next
moon, so he has told me."