I'll now explain "Jungle Confidence". It was this part of the story that almost destroyed the trilogy. Basically, I had no thought out plan. I thought I did, but it was an understatement. An impulse on my behalf. I knew I would be Juan back to avenge his brother. I just didn't know exactly what to do. When I was writing Chapter 2: "A Rough Early Morning", I decided to make Blu unconfident about hatching these eggs. Now, "Jungle Confidence" was planned to be a comical story. I just didn't have the characters for it. Thus, I introduced Fides. Fides means, according to Wikipedia, trust in Latin so Blu was supposed to get a sense of trust from this character. He did, but I viewed Fides as being a character I can poke at once and that was it.

Being stuck, I decided to use the resources around me. It happened at my relative's house. My uncle was telling me a joke in Spanish. The joke, in English, goes like this:

The teacher at a local elementary school faced her class.

"Okay. Tomorrow, I want you to bring something from home that helps you when you're sick or injured. You must tell me what it does to get full credit."

The bell rang, and the class was dismissed.

Presentations began right away the next day. The teacher was going to pick by those who volunteered first. Pepito raised his hand as high as he could.

"Teacher! Teacher!"

The teacher saw the hand, but she didn't dare pick on Pepito. She looked around the class and picked someone else.

"Juan?"

The kid pulled out a bandage.

"This is a bandage. My dad said that bandages are used to cover small cuts so they don't get infected."

"Very good. Perfect score. Who's next?"

Pepito had his hand raised, jumping up and down in his seat.

"Um, Rosa?"

The kid pulled out a First Aid kit.

"This is a First Aid Kit. My mama said it has everything to bandage cuts and bruises."

"Great. Another perfect score."

The teacher went through everyone in the class. All the time, Pepito has his hand raised. Since he was the last one, the teacher picked him.

"Okay, Pepito. What did you bring?"

Pepito pulled out an oxygen tank. The teacher was impressed by this.

"What is that?" she asked with excitement.

"It's an oxygen tank."

"Do you know what is it used for?"

"My grandma said this: "Pepito…Can't br…eathe! Can't…"

Pepito was a very naïve kid and is not afraid to speak his mind. I decided to incorporate this into the story. Instead of making Pepito totally naïve, I decided to make him have some maturity. By using this character, I was able to end this part of the story.

When I was going to introduce Pepito, I realized that Blu might still have some confidence in him. I decided to make mirrored Blu to wipe out any possibility of that. Everyone has a somewhat dark side, so Blu would be no exception.

As the story progressed, I decided to change one of my characters. It would fit the end of the story, which it did.

Now, the comical ideas come from poking fun at Blu and Jewel and things I saw. In Chapter 7: "Disturbed", the idea came from my psychology professor. He told us when he was having sex one time, his kid barges in his room. He became mad and told his kid to go back to his room. Blu somewhat had a sense of irritability that reflects of what probably some males would do in that situation. In Chapter 9: "Rainy Day", the tetherball joke comes from when my friends and I were playing soccer. We went to a public school during their summer break to play on their field. Before playing, we saw a tetherball. A friend and I played. I ended up getting hit in the arm and head. After the short head trauma, I decided to incorporate that experience as a joke. In Chapter 12: "Epilogue", I decided to give Pepito one more joke. Kids break things by accident or curiosity. Since Mom and Dad bring stuff home, they think it is free. Pepito is no exception.

Even though this part of the trilogy was a comedy, I decided to bring feelings of sorrow that was not reflected in "Jungle Instincts". By changing Fides into another bird and by saying in the beginning that Pepito's father was dead, I made Pepito and Jewel have horrible pasts. It worked out really well, because they learned to respect one another. Chapter 10: "Goodbye" was the icing of this sorrow cake. I had to make believe what happen happened. Not only I had to make it believable, but I had to present it in one point of view. It turned out to be one of the saddest moments throughout the series in my opinion.

"Jungle Confidence" is probably the only part of the series that has a mixture of laughs and extreme grieves. "Jungle Faith", which I will discuss in the next section, had laughs that matched or somewhat were in the same scale as "Jungle Confidence", but "Jungle Confidence" displayed a few of the saddest parts compared to "Jungle Faith" which had a lighter atmosphere.

All in all, Jungle Confidence was a good story mixed with more emotions than Jungle Instincts and Jungle Faith. Even though there might be some dark parts and some vivid imagery, it is still a T-rating story in my opinion. Next is my talk about the finale, "Jungle Faith".