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    cause so much pain and destruction. There were bird lovers in Hawaii, and they wanted the rats to go away from the fields. “The bird lovers ordered 73 Indian Mongooses from Jamaica. The plan that they hoped mongooses would help the rat population, failed miserably. The mongoose population grew and grew. Before you knew it, the mongooses devoured so many bird eggs, rodents, and reptiles”(8). The thing that experts fear of the future is Ecological catastrophe because these snakes can destroy…

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a young mongoose who washed up in a garden after a storm. He fought a “great war” to protect a small English family in an indian bungalow. Nag and Nagaina two fierce cobras who ruled this garden. Rikki fought and killed both of them along with their eggs. Rikki was protective, brave and curious while he was protecting the family and garden from the cobras. Rikki was very protective in the garden when he saves Teddy’s life from Kariat. Rikki saw Kariat creeping up on Teddy so…

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    Kipling, is a marvelous story about a brave knowledgeable mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi facing battles with a unpleasant cobra named Nagaina. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Nagaina both have well-made characteristics. They both fight to the death for their families. First of all Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a brave, knowledgeable, and tough mongoose who got washed out of his burrow when he was young. For example, he is brave, knowledgeable, and mongoose because he fight the villainous snake Nagaina for…

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    appetite so that he can’t eat his mate. In the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, there is a cobra named Nagaina. One day a mongoose is washed out due to a storm, and meets Nagaina and her husband Nag in the garden of a bungalow. Right away Nagaina knows that the mongoose Rikki can’t stay because venomous snakes and mongooses can’t live together because mongooses kill snakes particularly cobras. Two character traits of Nagain are protective and self-absorbed. Nagaina's main…

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    The book I read was called “The Library Card” written by Jerry Spinelli. The setting of the story was a cold November. There are four main characters in each four sections. The first section’s main character is Mongoose, (Jamie Hill) who is a 12 year old boy with a friend named Weasel, (Bobby Morgan). It takes place in a rural area. They are the first to find the library card. Brenda is the second section’s main character, who is addicted to television. This takes place in her house.…

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    sometimes people do not go exactly with what the book says. Rikki Tikki Tavi is a brave and heroic mongoose and the main character of the story, Rikki Tikki Tavi. He is the protagonist of the story and Nag is being the antagonist. Rikki had just arrived with people that have saved him. Nag and Nagaina are two rattlesnakes that live in the back garden and do not want a mongoose, living near them because mongooses kill snakes. the book, Rikki Tikki Tavi, and the movie have many similarities and…

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    Bravery, courageous behavior or character is the very definition of a certain mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi. The movie by Julie Ross, and the book written by Rudyard Kipling, altho similar have certain differences. In the movie and the book Rikki Tikki Tavi is washed out of his home during a flood. He is found by a family and warmed up. Rikki Tikki Tavi soon learns of the two formidable king cobras in the garden. The movie and the book have similarities between the characters, the setting, and the…

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    Pros And Cons Of Tikki

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    himself because the snakes are very wise, have very impressive physical abilities, and Rikki did not have much help from other animals. The first reason that Rikki should be proud of what he did, is that the cobras are very bright. They knew that the mongoose is bad for their little eggs and they knew how to get rid of him. ``But are you sure that there is anything to be gained by killing the people?''…

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    Rikki Tavi Theme Analysis

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    I know the theme of the story, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” is good triumphs over evil. Altogether, Rudyard Kipling did a great job showing that Rikki-Tikki is good while Nag and Nagaina are evil. I can show you good triumphs evil is the theme since the mongoose is good and wins while the cobras are wicked and dies. I know you could say the theme is face your fears, but I can prove you wrong. I know the theme of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is good triumphs over evil. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a wonderful character to…

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    away from his home. Rikki-tikki is found by a nice family that gets him back to normal conditions after being washed away from home. After this Rikki-tikki ends up killing one of the two cobras named Nag. It was an epic battle between this snake and mongoose, that it awoke the father of the family who shot the deadly cobra. The other cobra Nagania was furious about her husband’s death, so she planned to have revenge. Then Rikki-tikki and Nagania have a battle, but in the end Rikki-tikki put an…

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