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Analyzing Themes In The Story Rikki
So, In the story Rikki Tikki there is a lot of themes that people can think about. But in this essay, I will be explaining what the author theme is. In the story, the author’s theme is to protect your family at all costs. In the story, Rikki Tikki is overly protective in the story. The reason behind this is because in the story Rikki Tikki is attacked more than once. Nag, the king cobra, is also protective of its eggs. Well throughout the story Both Rikki Tikki and Nag both are attacked and both don’t really like each other. So there are many instances were Nag and Rikki Tikki is defensive. One, after Rikki Tikki threatened Nag, Nag got defensive about its eggs like I said before. Two, Nag also states, “If you let me

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