Paragraph 2: In Rikki Tikki Tavi the theme is protection of family. The story starts off when a wild mongoose named Rikki is rescued by a man and his family(23). Now Rikki has a family to protect, then Rikki faces Karait and Karait is killed. On pg 29 Rikki kills Nag because Rikki heard Nag whispering to Nagaina "Go in quietly and remember that the big man is the first one to bite". That's how Nag died Rikki knew that they were going to try and kill the family.…
Unbroken Book to Movie Speech Unbroken is an intense, emotional book that is completely real. It takes place in the beginning of World War 2, a very hard time for everyone. The book takes you through Loui Zeppelin's whole life, starting when he was only a little boy to when he is 80 years old. No one can even imagine what Zeppelin had to go through, getting stuck in a boat for over a month, being imprisoned and tortured by the japanese and having to be a bombardier in a very unpredictable military plane. The book is written very well, was also liked by many people.…
Curiosity causes Rikki-tikki to explore the garden. Rikki-tikki also says “There are more things to find out about in this house than all my family could find out in all their lives. I shall certainly stay and find out.” Rikki-tikki does stay and explore the bungalow and its garden, and encounters Nag. To defeat this powerful snake he needs to be…
The central conflict in this story is Rikki vs. snakes. Rikki fights snakes throughout the entire story. Rikki kills Karait a snake, who calls himself death. When Rikki hears Nag and Nagaina plotting and planning to kill Teddy and his parents, Rikki becomes their defense. Rikki protects them from harm.…
Characters in the novels can sometimes seem flat and fake. Tomi-Kun is the main character of the book House of the Red Fish. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor his dad was out in the sea, fishing and was immediately in a war camp. By only his mom and sister he had found out a way to help. Tomi was a loyal,kind,brave,outgoing, and smart.…
Rikki-tikki-tavi The short story, “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, is a story about a brave mongoose and an intelligent snake that both try to protect their families. Both Nagaina and Rikki are brave and determine when it comes to protecting their families. ing intelligent because she knows if she can get rid of the humans she will also get rid of Rikki.…
SBD/TP-Whether Atticus is standing up for what is right, or taking one shot that might not hit the target, there is no denying that he is brave. A1-One day Scout (Atticus’ daughter) comes home from school and tells Atticus about Cecil Jacobs, (boy who goes to school with Scout) calling him a “nigger lover”(75). A2-Whenever Scout asks her dad why he chooses to defend a black man, Atticus tells her, “The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again”(75). A3- This proves how brave Atticus is because Scout and Jem (Scout’s brother) mean the world to him and he would never want to cause them any harm.…
1. The book Prisoner B-3087 was based on the time period during the holocaust. An example of this in the book was in chapter nine. “ The Nazis snatched me up one day when I was at work .I was still working at the tailor shop in Krakow ,hoping that it would save me from deportation.”…
This week I read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and I am finished. It has to be the best book I have ever read. The story centers on the recollections of the main character, Kvothe. Kvothe tells his life story to a traveling scribe who records it. Kvothe is a famous arcanist and is a prime figure in the history of the world.…
People are able to succeed in a mission by having a single-minded devotion to their goal. Aengus wanted to find the girl he fell in love with. Ernesto Galarza wanted to become an American but still retain his Mexican heritage. Annie Johnson started her own business so that she could support her children and not have others care for them. Aengus wanted to find love while Galarza and Johnson wanted to survive desperate circumstances; however all three shared the ability to endure hardship.…
In most literary works, authors generally use the five aspects of the quest as a basis for plot structure; take for example Conor in Neal Shushterman’s novel, Unwind, which his journey closely follows the characteristics of the quest. A quest in literature has five main aspects: a questor, a place to go, a stated reason to venture, challenges along the way, and a real reason to go there.…
When someone undertakes a mission they have a long term goal in mind that they want to accomplish. These long term goals that they have set for themselves are used to get motivated and instead of doing something without knowing what the purpose is they have a guide to lead them to their goal. The three characters I have chosen stay motivated because they have people in their lives that have helped them and that they wanted to make proud. People are driven to undertake missions because many feel that they want to repay the people that supported them by making them proud.…
What drives a person to undertake a mission might be to go do new things .They might also undertake a mission because they want to prove a point that they can do anything that is possible .They also just might be brave and have courage to do other things in their life .These three characters undertook a mission to get freedom ,to show they were brave or just took risk like Farah Ahmedi ,Ernesto ,Aengus all of these three people did something for a purpose .All these people did something to get what they wanted and here are what drove them to undertake a mission .…
Determination of a Mission Determination is one of the main keys to undertaking a mission. The characters, Farah Ahmedi, Walt Masters, and Buck prove that it is, despite all the struggles and difficulties. Farah Ahmedi, who wrote "Escape from Afghanistan", undertook the mission of getting out of Afghanistan because of the war. Walt Masters, from "The King of Mazy May", mission was to protect Loren Hall's claim from claim jumpers. Buck, from "The Call of the Wild", undertook the mission of defeating Spitz and becoming the lead dog.…
Pojman relates Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” to Hobbes’s “Leviathan” by explaining why morality is important and what happens when it doesn’t exist. Pojman uses two quotes when relating the authors account of morality. The first one is a quote made by Piggy. Piggy asked the question “Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill” (Golding). The second quote is from the book, Leviathan.…