Compare And Contrast Essay: Rikki Tavi

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Rikki Tikki Tavi Compare and Contrast Essay

Mongooses are cobra prey in any situation, but they will also eat bunnies, frogs, eggs, and rats. (Cobras: All you need to know or www.cobras.org) In this piece of literature, Many things have similarities and many things don’t. To compare things you need to use your five senses, and that is how this essay comes along by reading a book and watching a movie.. Many differences came along in the beginning and end. There are many similarities amongst the characters, setting and conflict in many ways. The main characters in the movie and book are Rikki Tikki Tavi, The mongoose, Nag, One of the cobras, Nagaina, Nags wife another cobra, and Darzi the bird. As the story and book progress thongs

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