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    Rikki Bravery

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    Culminating Writing I think rikki should be proud of himself because of his bravery, his wit, and his strength. He battled two Cobra’s, he distracted Nagaina, and he battled 3 snakes and never lost. I think he was brave because he single handedly fought two Cobra’s and destroyed the eggs. That is really hard for a young Mongoose like Rikki. Now that is real bravery. For an example in the story it says,”Rikki was plunged into the rat hole where Nag and her used to live.” on page 27.…

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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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    Comparison Of Tikki Tavi

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    Rikki-tikki-tavi “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” (Winston S. Churchill). In fact, muskrats are very courageous animals, because they have to hunt deadly snakes for their food. Muskrats are rodents that are native to North America, but they can be found in Europe, Asia, and South America. These very sociable animals are mostly active during the night, but they can be active during the day too. Rikki-tikki-tavi, is a very brave and…

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    The story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” by: Rudyard 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…

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    Tikki Tavi Cobras

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    Asian Elephant and can kill 50% of humans that it bites. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose who was washed away when a human family found him. He saves this family multiple times, and gains their trust. Mongooses are born to kill snakes but what Rikki-Tikki-Tavi did was absolutely amazing. There is a book and a movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Both of these stories are somewhat the same, but there are some differences. The problem in the Rikki-Tikki-Tavi book was cobras. There were two cobras named Nag…

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    losing it.” This is exactly what a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi did. This brave mongoose befriended a young boy named Timmy. While exploring the garden outside of Teddy’s bungalow, Rikki-Tikki kills many snakes that live in the garden. In the book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and the movie that is based on that book, there are similarities and differences in the setting, conflict, and characters. The setting in both the book and the movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a bungalow in Segowlee, India. The…

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    Analysis of a literary character The story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling tells how a courageous mongoose named Rikki-Tikki defeated two dangerous and vicious black cobras single-handily in a bungalow in India. At the beginning of the story, a human family adopted Rikki-Tikki after a summer flood washed him away from his burrow. Then while living with the family, Rikki-Tikki had discovered Nag and his wife, a pair of cobras who had been very dangerous to the animals in the garden.…

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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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    Tikki Tavi Theme Analysis

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    wondered what the theme of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is? Theme is the truth or central idea of a story that reveals life. The theme of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling is good triumphs over evil. The reason why the theme is good triumphs over evil is because Rikki-tikki was the protagonist trying to protect his family and the rest of the garden, while Nag along with Nagaina were the antagonist of this story trying to kill the family and others in the garden. As a result, Rikki-tikki defeated both…

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    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. However, in the story, it was the mother who said Rikki…

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