Good Versus Evil
In the short story, ”Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, the theme is the idea of good versus evil. Theme is the central message of a story, or a general statement about human beings or life. A story without a theme is like a game without rules, it has no purpose. Theme is what gives a story meaning and impacts the reader, bringing about a better understanding of the story. In the theme, the protagonist of this story, Rikki-tikki, is the example of good. The antagonists of this story is the gruesome cobra family who represent the idea of evil. Although the idea, if you do something bad to someone else it will come back to haunt you, is also in the story, clearly the main theme is good versus evil. The author does a great …show more content…
One is that he is very protective of the friends and the family in which he lives. For example, the story states, ”Rikki-tikki had sprung, jumped on the snakes back, dropped his head between his forelegs, bitten as high up on the back as he could, and rolled away.” This shows how he attacked the the snakes to protect the family. He is also very courageous throughout the story. “As he made sure he would be banged to death, and for the honor of his family,” shows how willing he was to put himself in harms way for everyone he cares about. Rikki is also very loyal to his family. The story states, ”He saved our lives and Teddy’s life, she said to her husband. Just think, he saved all of our lives.” That is Teddy’s mother applauding Rikki for saving their lives. Rikki also demonstrates loyalty when he was banged around in the bathroom when fighting Nag. He was being banged as hard as a hammer banging a nail. Rikki-tikki has many other positive character qualities that shows you that his character represents …show more content…
She is very demanding and bosses her husband Nag around. In the rising action of the story Naginia says to Nag, “Go in quietly, and remember that the big man who killed Karet is the first one to bite.” Nagaina persuades her husband to go in and kill the people for her while she does nothing. Nagaina is also very threatening. She threatens to murder the people, ”stay still, I am not ready yet. Wait a little keep very still, all you three. If you move I strike, and if you don’t move I strike, Oh, foolish people who killed my Nag!” Nagaina is a horrible, selfish, and evil character in this story There is another possible theme which is, if you do something bad to someone else it will come back to haunt you. This is shown when the cobras ate tiny birds out of a nest, and at the end of the story all of the cobras end up dead. At the end of the story, “all of the cobras are dead.” Because the cobras ate little birds out of a nest and did other cruel things, the result was they all died by the end of the story. Even though I can see that if you do something bad to someone else it will come back to haunt you is a possible theme, good versus evil is still the main
In the short story, ”Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, the theme is the idea of good versus evil. Theme is the central message of a story, or a general statement about human beings or life. A story without a theme is like a game without rules, it has no purpose. Theme is what gives a story meaning and impacts the reader, bringing about a better understanding of the story. In the theme, the protagonist of this story, Rikki-tikki, is the example of good. The antagonists of this story is the gruesome cobra family who represent the idea of evil. Although the idea, if you do something bad to someone else it will come back to haunt you, is also in the story, clearly the main theme is good versus evil. The author does a great …show more content…
One is that he is very protective of the friends and the family in which he lives. For example, the story states, ”Rikki-tikki had sprung, jumped on the snakes back, dropped his head between his forelegs, bitten as high up on the back as he could, and rolled away.” This shows how he attacked the the snakes to protect the family. He is also very courageous throughout the story. “As he made sure he would be banged to death, and for the honor of his family,” shows how willing he was to put himself in harms way for everyone he cares about. Rikki is also very loyal to his family. The story states, ”He saved our lives and Teddy’s life, she said to her husband. Just think, he saved all of our lives.” That is Teddy’s mother applauding Rikki for saving their lives. Rikki also demonstrates loyalty when he was banged around in the bathroom when fighting Nag. He was being banged as hard as a hammer banging a nail. Rikki-tikki has many other positive character qualities that shows you that his character represents …show more content…
She is very demanding and bosses her husband Nag around. In the rising action of the story Naginia says to Nag, “Go in quietly, and remember that the big man who killed Karet is the first one to bite.” Nagaina persuades her husband to go in and kill the people for her while she does nothing. Nagaina is also very threatening. She threatens to murder the people, ”stay still, I am not ready yet. Wait a little keep very still, all you three. If you move I strike, and if you don’t move I strike, Oh, foolish people who killed my Nag!” Nagaina is a horrible, selfish, and evil character in this story There is another possible theme which is, if you do something bad to someone else it will come back to haunt you. This is shown when the cobras ate tiny birds out of a nest, and at the end of the story all of the cobras end up dead. At the end of the story, “all of the cobras are dead.” Because the cobras ate little birds out of a nest and did other cruel things, the result was they all died by the end of the story. Even though I can see that if you do something bad to someone else it will come back to haunt you is a possible theme, good versus evil is still the main