User blog:694244/PE Proposal - William Boone

Presenting William Boone from the 1994 Disney live-action film "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book".

Who is he and what he has done?
William Boone was known to be one of Colonel Geoffrey Brydon's loyal soldiers during the British colonial rule in India and a former fiance of the Colonel's daughter Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon.

He is first seen trying to advance on Kitty by making a tiger growl, which provoked Kitty's friend Mowgli (who was raised in the jungle by wolves) to confront him. Boone tried to get his soldiers to kill Mowgli, but Mowgli escapes, resulting an annoyed Boone to glare at him with envy. Upon learning from his friend Wilkins that Mowgli has came to the village, Boone orders his men to track him down, ignoring Kitty's pleas that Mowgli is harmless and that he just came by to give her a flower. Eventually, Mowgli was knocked down by a wanted hunter named Buldeo who is in league with Boone.

After confining Mowgli in the dungeon, Boone finds a jeweled dagger and resorts to having his men in torturing Mowgli for information about where he got the dagger. But eventually, Kitty gets Mowgli released reintroduced into civilization, and Boone can only watch in jealousy as both Boone and Kitty spend more time together.

After learning from Buldeo that the dagger came from a lost mythical city called Hanuman that is presumed to be filled with lots of treasure, Boone tries to convince Mowgli into taking him there, but Mowgli refuses, knowing that Boone hunts for sport (as implied by the stuffed animal corpses in Boone's quarters) and those who can only kill for food and survival can go to the lost city.

During a celebration, Boone takes the time to mock Mowgli before having his men to cruelly push him and knock him into one of the food tables. This resulted a heartbroken Mowgli to run back into the jungle, and for a disgusted Kitty to break off her relationship with Boone.

Refusing to take no for an answer, Boone tried to get Buldeo and several of his bandits in capturing Mowgli when he returned to the jungle, but the bear Baloo arrives to the rescue, resulting an annoyed Boone and Wilkins to shoot down Baloo for fun, much to Mowgli's distress. He also arranged an ambush to kidnap Kitty and the Colonel, resulting the deaths of many of the Colonel's officers. Using Kitty and a weakened Colonel as hostages, Boone coerces Mowgli to take him and his men to the lost treasure and in exchange for sparing the Brydons' lives.

Eventually, as Boone and his men stroll through the jungle to find the lost city, each of his men faced horrible fates: Harley gets drowned in quicksand, Tabaqui is pushed over a waterfall cliff to his death, Wilkins is mauled to death by the angry tiger Shere Khan for shooting Baloo, and Buldeo is buried alive in a booby trap filled with sand. However, Boone shows no concern over the loss of his men; even leaving a weakened Colonel to die to spite Kitty (though the Colonel was saved by Mowgli) and that he will personally kill both Mowgli (for his interference) and Shere Khan (for his skin).

After finding the treasure room, Boone engages into a sword fight against Mowgli, who eventually defeats him by severely injuring his right arm with a dagger. Using what's left of his strength, Boone grabs a bag full of treasure and tries to get Kitty back to him by offering him the treasure. However, Kitty refuses and instead escapes with Mowgli, leaving Boone to be at the mercy of a dangerous python named Kaa, who scares Boone into the moat. With the weight of the treasure dragging him down to the bottom, the greedy Boone meets his end as Kaa finally kills him for good.

Heinous Standards
When it comes to seeking out treasure by any means necessary or hunting down animals for sport, one could call it generic. But the idea of blackmailing a grown man-cub who was raised in the jungle by threatening to kill his loved ones through blackmail and treason is beyond that for a family-adventure film, as his actions were taken seriously compared to other villains in the film.

Freudian Exucse
None. His actions were nothing more than to satisfy his own greed and tendency of killing others.

Moral Event Horizon
He captured and confined Mowgli under false pretensions before torturing in a vain attempt to find out where Mowgli found the jeweled dagger in his person. He later had his men to humiliate Mowgli during a celebration party due to Mowgli's refusal to lead him to the hidden city of the jungle. He and Wilkins shot down Baloo following their failed attempt to kidnap Mowgli in the jungle, so they resorted to treason by kidnapping Kitty and the Colonel, resulting the deaths of many of the Colonel's officers. Taking Kitty and the Colonel as hostages, Boone was able to capture Mowgli again, forcing him to lead to the lost city. When Mowgli escaped, Boone orders his men to kill him while leaving a weakened Colonel to die, much to Kitty's distraught. As the journey continues, each of Boone's men met a terrible fate in the jungle, but Boone shows no concern over it as he still intends to find the lost treasure. After finding the treasure room, Boone intends to kill Mowgli as he is of no use to him anymore but is defeated before meeting his karmic fate at the jaws of Kaa.

Individual Capability
He got his several of his loyal men to team up with wanted bandits to coerce Mowgli into leading them to the treasure city, even showing no concern over the loss of his men and the bandits.

Moral Agency
He was told that a fierce tiger named Shere Khan protects the jungle from sadistic hunters, but Boone doesn't care by saying that he will kill Shere Khan for his skin, much to Buldeo's disgust. He is also aware of the fact that Mowgli was a dear childhood of Kitty as he was lost in the jungle and raised by animals, but decided to kill him in order out of spite and to have Kitty for himself.

No Groups
None, he works alone, even showing no concern over the loss of his men.

Redeeming Qualities?
None.

No Sympathy
None, as he enjoys hunting down and skinning animals for fun, even willing to commit treason and murder others (including his own commanding officer) to satisfy his own ego.

Screen Time
Appeared in the film "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" as the main antagonist.

Worst
Compared to most villains (who were amoral animals or greedy hunters), Boone is a deplorable human being who is willing to commit questionable acts (such as torture, blackmail, and murder) all to satisfy his greed and his sadistic tendency of killing others.