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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…

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…

In the short story “Rikki-tikki-tavi”, by Rudyard kipling it talks about Rikki-tikki an intelligent and curious mongoose, and Nagiana a mischievous and perseverant cobra. The theme of the “Rikki-tikki-tavi” is you should protect your family even if you have to die for them. First of all, Rikki-tikki is an intelligent and curious mongoose in the story. For example, “Rikki-Tikki stole in by the masonry curb where the bath is put, he heard Nag and Nagaina whispering together outside in the…

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi By:Rudyard Kipling Theme is a big idea we take away form a story or a lesson. In the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, the theme is good versus evil. There is a lot of good versus evil in the story that is supported by the characters in the story. The protagonist is Rikki-tikki and the antagonist is Nag and Nagaina. Besides the theme good versus evil, some people might think that the theme is stand up for people that can't stand up for themselves. Some of the ways that…

Everyone Has Enemies In any story, theme would be the central idea. To find out what it is you have to look deep in the text very thoroughly. In the story Rikki-tikki-tavi, by Rudyard Kipling, 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…

him alive, and they focus on showing him the Law of the Jungle. They are all ready to battle for him. Akela, the lead wolf, administers the Free People even-handedly. Shere Khan utilizes his energy to seek after just his own particularly great and spook others. In "Kaa's Hunting," Baloo and Bagheera utilize handcuffing as a type of train, as per the Law of the Jungle. Despite the fact that they sleeve 7-year-old Mowgli delicately, their hits are hard for Mowgli. A story so centered…

“Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of 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…

Terk, short for Terkina, is Tarzan's best friend. She is a feisty, tomboyish ape. Many people mistake her as a male character because she is louder, assertive, and strong, which is something that society connects to the male gender. Because individuals are used to female characters being like Jane, people end up trying to conform Terk to the gender expectation of a female. It is interesting how many people may view Terk as being a male character because there are multiple indications in the…

animals for fun. Hurting animals is a cruel way of trying to get noticed and kidnapping someone just for weaving isn't a good idea. If the Monkey people wanted attention, they could have done other things like starting a little club or defend the jungle, but…

“Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear, but finding a way through it.” Mongoose are animals who are trained from birth to kill and eat snakes. If mongoose eat a lot of food, it makes them slower. When mongoose become angry, their eyes turn blood red. To kill snakes, mongoose must be able to bite them directly on the back of the head. The story and the movie, Rikki-tikki-tavi has much to compare and contrast. There are many similarities and differences in the…