The Beast in the Jungle is a vivid tale of two friends lives intertwined and lost through their own beliefs composed by Henry James. The story is through the perspective of the main character, John Marcher, who believes his life is destined towards an unknown disaster. Through curiosity that turned to love, May Batram, stays by her friend, John Marcher’s side through the duration of his wasted life as they both watched and waited …showed first 75 words of 782 total…

…showed last 75 words of 782 total…to hit him and “how hugely it glared at him!” (450). Marcher “had not lived” (450) and “she had prayed he mightn’t know“ (450). In the end Marcher had been hit with his disaster, on he waited his whole life for and manifested himself, when this realization hit him, “the Beast had indeed lurked, and the Beast, in it’s hour, had sprung” (450). Life must be lived, not waited around for. Bibliography The Scarlet Letter, Henry James