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    What is the theme of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?” Well, first of all, what is theme? Theme is the main argument or subject matter of a piece of text. This matter of text is about Rikki-Tikki and Nagaina. The wordsmith, Rudyard Kipling, made the short story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” be about the theme “Evil is punished and good is rewarded.” The topic is “Evil is punished and good is rewarded” because in the decreasing action, the antagonist, Nagaina, is punished with death. The protagonist, Rikki-Tikki, lives…

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    Rikki Tavi Book Analysis

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    The story of Rikki Tikki Tavi helps readers to understand the basis of good and evil. Rikki Tikki, a mongoose living with a family in India, forms a rivalry with a pair of snakes who terrorize their garden. Some readers believe our main character and “hero” of the story to be the bad guy, despite what the story makes him out to seem. Despite these beliefs, however, I believe that Rikki is inherently good, and that what he did was with good intention. As explained, these readers believe that Nag…

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    Tikki-Tavi

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    “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Argumentative Essay In the short story, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, the theme is clearly good versus evil. The snakes Nag and Nagaina represent the evil in this theme. They show atrociousness and selfishness by trying to kill the the nice family to gain control of the whole garden. Most of the story is about the conflict between Rikki and the two snakes. Throughout the story I thought of certain traits for the characters. I feel that Nagaina is very threatening…

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    Every story has a theme, or a central idea. The theme of the book,“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, is “Good triumphs over evil.” In this case, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who represents good, defeats the cobras, who represent evil. Rikki, the mongoose, and the garden animals triumphed over Karait, a venomous, yet small, snake, and Nag and Nagaina, the king cobras. Another possible theme of this short story is “Knowledge can help us prepare for the future.” I am certain I can prove this inaccurate.…

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    One day after Nag and Nagaina had been defeated, Rikki-Tikki Tavi was sleeping on the ground and Darzee was singing and flying through the sky. “Ooooh, im free, im free” Darzee sang. “ No more enemies, Im free, im free” he continuously sang. While he was flying over Nag and Nagaina's nest, he had noticed a broken egg. He flew down to see with a smooth landing right above it on the tree. He heard something slithering near the bushes under him. He peaked over to see what it was and freaked out…

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    In the story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” the three main topics we talk about are Rikki tikki,Nagaina, and last the theme of the whole story. First, Rikki-tikki has many human characteristics. For instance, “I didn’t so you must tell me, quick, Chuchundra or i’ll bite you”(Kipling 14). Even though Rikki-tikki is courageous he is still very aggressive at times with other animals. Instead of speaking nicely to the mouse he threatens chuchundra. Not including all the parts where Rikki-tikki is mean he is…

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    Determination doesn’t have an off-season. The Other Side of the Sky, The Song of the Wandering Aengus, and Barrio Boy all show their path of determination. In The Other Side of the Sky; Farah Ahmedi is determined to get her mother out of Afghanistan. In The Song of the Wandering Aengus; Aengus was determined after he saw a beautiful woman. In Barrio Boy; Ernesto is determined to learn English by his teacher beauty. The first text is a true story called Barrio Boy, Ernesto is learning the…

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    Have you ever went face to face with the Western Diamondback rattlesnake. Well this snake has the size that’ll cross your eyes, its heat sensing pit will make you throw a fit, it lives in places that’ll make you make strange faces. This snake has a maximum size of 7 ft. It also has precautions that can detect animals. They also hunt for homes. Do you know the actual body type/size of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. Well for one thing sure they are heavy bodied snakes. The common size of…

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    What helps characters in the missions they go on?The characters in the stories have to be determined to complete the mission.In the stories Rikki-tikki-tavi and New directions the antagonists have a mission the drive to complete. In the story Rikki-tikki-tavi Rikki´s problem was to rid the garden of the 2 snakes nag and nagaina.In the story Rikki was determind when going aginst nag.Here is a quote from the story to prove my claim ¨Now if I kill him here,nagaina will know,and if I fight him…

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    “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet!”- Jhumpa Lahiri, September 2003. Welcome to this podcast! Today’s podcast will prove everyone that believes the movie narrated by Orson Wells, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is more effective than the novel written by Rudyard Kipling. “This is the story of the great war that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi fought single-handed,” For long now the book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi has always been more desirable than the movie. Most people would think that the…

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