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    Riki Tiki Tavi Riki Tiki Tavi’s story is very exciting and adventurous. Riki Tiki is a young but very brave mongoose and is an assassin that kills snakes. He is also known as Riki Tiki the valiant the brave. According to Darzee. The Title of the story and movie is Riki-tiki-tavi and is by Rudyard Kipling. In class we compared the differences and similarities of the movie and story. There are many similarities and small differences in the story and the movie. The director sure did a good job…

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    Nagiana In Rikki Davi

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    “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is a short story written by Rudyard Kipling. It's about love, family, and a smart mongoose and a sneaky cobra that fights Rikki. First, Rikki has a lot of human characteristics like logic and valience. Rikki got mad after he heard Nagiana say, “ When there isn't anyone in the bungalow, did we have a mongoose in the garden.” Rikki has human intelligence to determine Nagiana's plan to kill his family that is human, and is very mad. His anger want to kill them both, Nag and…

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    Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self (Queen Latifah). Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a story about a brave mongoose staying true to his heritage and fighting cobras. The Rikki-Tikki-Tavi story and movie have much in common, but there are also many differences. The characters acted slightly different in the story than in the movie. The person who said Rikki might not have been dead in the story was different from in the movie. In the movie, it was the father who had said Rikki was not dead.…

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Ophiophagus hannah and Herpestidae are the scientific names for cobras and mongoose. Cobras typically weigh 6kg and a king cobra can be up to 18 feet. Mongoose, depending on their type can be from 4.4 to 12 pounds, and can grow up to 1.9 feet. But despite their little size, these little creatures are fearless. They are born & raised to fight cobras. And that it just what Rikki-Tikki-Tavi did. The topics being covered in this essay will be the book’s problem, climax, & solution…

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    Rikki-Tavi

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that shows a struggle between a confident and brave mongoose named Rikki Tikki and an intelligent and savage cobra named Nagiana. The theme of the story is the importance of protecting your family. First Rikki Tikki is a wise and brave mongoose that has human qualities. For example, “ Rikki knew better to waste time in starring. He jumped up in the air as high as he could” (Kipling 9). This proves that Rikki is wise…

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    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…

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    Tikki Tavi Theme Essay

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi is the story of a young mongoose who protects his adopted family from snakes in their garden.The theme of this story is that sometimes protecting the ones you love is more important than doing what’s right in the law and for you.This Theme presents itself in 3 different ways in the story.When Rikki Tikki endangered himselff trying to save the humans.When he killed the snake’s babies, and his actions all through the story or his thoughts. One way the Theme presents itself is…

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    Rikki's Mongoe

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    In a story in India there was a mongoose who was brave and curious. There was also Nagina which was scared and evil. The theme of the story is to protect your family. First of all,Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose lives with his adopted family in a bungalow and is going to fight a snake. He is very curious in the story it states ,“If Teddy doesn’t pick him up by the tail or try to put him in a cage he’ll run in and out of the house all day long.’’(Kipling 3)This is showing how if they do not…

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    Rikki Character Analysis

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    can be found in animals as well. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that courage comes from loyalty to the people you care about. Rikki Tikki is a brave and inquisitive character in the story. Even though he’s a mongoose, Rikki Tikki is courageous and loyal to those he cares about, which is shown when he distracts Nagaina before she can kill Teddy. (para 90-91) If he wasn’t as brave as he was, he would’ve run away out of fear of Nagaina. Instead, he stands…

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    things that are in this text. In the story Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling the theme is love can make people brave. Throughout the story they show love and bravery. Can you all relate to this because I can. Rikki Tikki is a brave little mongoose in the story. In the text it states, “Then he jumped. His head was lying a little clear of the water jar under the curve of it his teeth just met.” (para.58) This shows the character trait bravery because he fought Nag an animal bigger…

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