Finally, the theme of the story is to overcome fear to protect your family. For example,
“ ‘Look at your eggs, said Rikki-Tikki, ‘in the melon bed near the wall. go and look, Nagaina!’ The big snake turned half around and saw the egg on the veranda. ‘Ah-h! Give it to me,’ she said” (Kipling paragraph 26). This shows Nagaina is a very caring mother and would rather get her last egg than killing Teddy and forgetting everything about her plan on kill the humans. This also shows that she would protect her family rather than getting them all killed by her and her evil plans. Furthermore, “Rikki-tikki put his paws one on each side of the egg, and his eyes were blood-red. ‘What price for a snake’s egg? For young cobra? For the last--the very
“ ‘Look at your eggs, said Rikki-Tikki, ‘in the melon bed near the wall. go and look, Nagaina!’ The big snake turned half around and saw the egg on the veranda. ‘Ah-h! Give it to me,’ she said” (Kipling paragraph 26). This shows Nagaina is a very caring mother and would rather get her last egg than killing Teddy and forgetting everything about her plan on kill the humans. This also shows that she would protect her family rather than getting them all killed by her and her evil plans. Furthermore, “Rikki-tikki put his paws one on each side of the egg, and his eyes were blood-red. ‘What price for a snake’s egg? For young cobra? For the last--the very