Rikki-Tavi, By Rudyard Kipling

Everyone Has Enemies
In any story, theme would be the central idea. To find out what it is you have to look deep in the text very thoroughly. In the story Rikki-tikki-tavi, by Rudyard Kipling, there could be several themes. It is obvious the theme is everyone has enemies. My interpretation of some people would be thinking of a total different theme. I can see how some people would think the main theme would be good versus evil, because the mongoose, Rikki, is good and the cobras, Nag and Nagaina, are evil. On the other hand, since my theme is everyone has enemies, there are quotes in the text that support my statement. The family has enemies, by Nag and Nagaina. This goes along with my thesis because the text proves Nagaina wants to kill the little boy, Teddy, by this quote, “She saw she had missed her chance of killing Teddy.” This tells me that she was planning to terminate Teddy by putting venomous poison into his body. Also, Nag did not want to kill …show more content…
You would be insane not to believe my theme! I know this is true because in the story, by Rudyard Kipling, he had introduced Rikki, the mongoose, and Nag and Nagaina, the two evil cobras. In the rising action of the story, Rikki and the cobras meet, and have disagreements with each other about the way each of them survive, like how Rikki is disappointed in Nag by eating the baby fledgeling out of the birds’ nest, when he should know Nag has to eat something to survive the crucial environment. This statement gives them a dislike to each other. I can compare this to reality because, there are bullies in my school who think they are better than others, but they’re not. Unfortunately, many kids have to suffer from enemies out in the world just like the characters in this story. The bullies in this story would be Nag and Nagaina, because they treat smaller animals rudely and differently in the garden. I know my theme is everyone has