The story of Rikki Tikki Tavi helps readers to understand the basis of good and evil. Rikki Tikki, a mongoose living with a family in India, forms a rivalry with a pair of snakes who terrorize their garden. Some readers believe our main character and “hero” of the story to be the bad guy, despite what the story makes him out to seem. Despite these beliefs, however, I believe that Rikki is inherently good, and that what he did was with good intention. As explained, these readers believe that Nag and Nagaina were not as bad as the story made it out to seem. Some readers claim that Rikki Tikki is a murderer, and do not believe that what he did was equitable. I, however, believe that what he did was justifiable and saved the life of many innocent’s
