Bravery In The Mongoose Rikki

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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends” - J. K. Rowling.
We have always been taught that bravery is a very important thing to remember when facing something extremely scary and frightening.Well in this story you will find out how Rikki Tikki tavi uses bravery in certain moments in this story.

Rikki Tikki is a very determined character in this story.An example would be when he was fighting with the Kariat even when he knows it is dangerous. Rikki Tikki is able to fight the Karait and save Teddy because the family he was staying with gave him a lot of protection and care and he wants to to pay them back because they loved him so much.But even after fighting the Karait, Rikki
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The reason would be that Nagaina is a cobra and Rikki Tikki is a mongoose. They are natural born enemies which already gives them the enemy relationship between both of them. Nag has an evil plan to get rid of the mongoose by killing his whole family so he wouldn’t have anyone to take care of him and would have no family.This character trait is somewhat similar because they both have an evil plan to attack each other and kill both their families which was the only thing similar between them.Nagaina tries to kill Rikki Tikki’s family so he would be left alone and would also get his revenge.In the story you read about Nagaina plan to get rid of Rikki Tikki Tavi’s family. From that piece of information you directly know that Nagaina has a very evil and cowardly character trait. He especially shows his anger and evilness to Rikki Tikki since they are natural born enemies.The character traits of both Rikki Tikki Tavi and Nagaina is almost similar because they have the same type of envy and anger between both of them. They also are both very eager for revenge against each other.Therefore, with what I have said, the information proves that Nagaina is a very evil type of

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