Indian Cobras Book Vs Movie

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Cobras are awful reptiles, who can live in gardens. Indian cobras can become massive creatures, they can eat some of the little animals that help a garden grow. In the print version of a book and a movie, they can differ or be the same. Both of them can be very accurate in telling the story plot. These versions can be quite enjoyable and exciting. However, sometimes the plots of the stories don’t differ that much. In the printed version of Rikki-tikki-tavi the plot takes place in the summer in India. Rikki-tikki-tavi is washed away from his home. Rikki-tikki is found by a nice family that gets him back to normal conditions after being washed away from home. After this Rikki-tikki ends up killing one of the two cobras named Nag. It was an epic battle between this snake and mongoose, that it awoke the father of the family who shot the deadly cobra. The other cobra Nagania was furious about her husband’s death, so she planned to have revenge. Then Rikki-tikki and Nagania have a battle, but in the end Rikki-tikki put an end to Nagania. In the printed version of Rikki-tikki-tavi the plot happens in India, and the problem starts with him being washed away from home. Then once Rikki-tikki-tavi kills the first cobra, Nag, this is the climax. After the climax of kills Nag, the other …show more content…
In the video he is washed away for home, and then found by the nice, kind family that helps him get back his strength. Rikki-tikki-tavi was a brave little mongoose who killed the awful cobra, Nag, in the family’s bathroom. After Nag’s death his wife Nagania was very angry at the mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi. Nagania and Rikki-tikki have an awful battle together, but in the end the little mongoose finished her. Where in the printed version of Rikki-tikki-tavi the problem, climax, and resolution happen. All of this also happens in the video version of

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