Evil Is Punished And Good Is Rewarded In Rikki-Tavi

What is the theme of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?” Well, first of all, what is theme? Theme is the main argument or subject matter of a piece of text. This matter of text is about Rikki-Tikki and Nagaina. The wordsmith, Rudyard Kipling, made the short story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” be about the theme “Evil is punished and good is rewarded.” The topic is “Evil is punished and good is rewarded” because in the decreasing action, the antagonist, Nagaina, is punished with death. The protagonist, Rikki-Tikki, lives a life with his family, Teddy; his parents; his friends in the garden. Rikki-Tikki has been rewarded with a new family to keep with a new place to live. I can see why people would think that the main subject of this text is “Hard work can be rewarded”, but I guarantee I will prove it wrong. The main problem of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is “Evil is punished and good is rewarded” considering Rikki-Tikki is the selfless; courageous; loyal character in this story. Rikki-Tikki is protective; he ran into the snakehole to kill Nagaina for Teddy, Teddy’s parents, and his friends even if it meant to lose his own life. Rikki-Tikki is courageous; he jumped down the windowsill to kill Nag. Rikki-Tikki knew he had to go for …show more content…
I see how people see this thesis on how Rikki-Tikki worked very hard and was rewarded with all the snakes killed. Rikki-Tikki was also rewarded with a family and home to live in. Darzee’s wife also worked hard to help Rikki-Tikki, and now she doesn’t have to worry about his eggs being eaten by Nag nor Nagaina. Now this theme, “Hard work can be rewarded”, is incorrect by the reason of the snakes worked very hard to keep their eggs alive, but they and the eggs were killed. Chuchundra has always worked hard to try to go into the middle of the room, but he hasn’t the courage to, so he has never made it. That is why the theme “Hard work can be rewarded” is