Rikki Courage Theme

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love” quote from Ovid. For example, I was a shy and quiet kid in the past. After my friend was constantly bullied by other kids I found the courage to stand up for her. The story says “Teddy’s mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he had saved Teddy from death” (para 34). From the result of that, Rikki saved Teddy from the dangerous Karait. Due to this action, does this prove that Rikki Tikki loves Teddy and his family? From Rikki defending his family, this means that the theme is standing up for the ones you love shows courage. Rikki Tikki is courageous and selfless a character in this story. For example to his courageousness Rikki-tikki came up and
The story says, “If you move, I strike, and if you do not move, I strike. Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag!” (para 84). Nagaina, the wicked snake, in this quote, because she says no matter what, she’ll kill Teddy if his parents move or not move. She’s saying that she won’t hesitate on any move they make. Nagaina is like Rikki because she’s planning to kill Teddy’s family to get revenge for her love Nag. She’s willing to find her courage and get her things together just so she can feel better about her passing of her loved one. It also says, “Nagaina spun clear round, forgetting everything for the sake of the one egg (para 91). “Give me the egg, Rikki-tikki. Give me the last of my eggs, and I will go away and never come back,” she said, lowering her hood. (para 93). These quotes prove that Nagaina is desperate for the last egg because even though she planned to kill Teddy for revenge, she dropped her opportunity to get that egg back. Nagaina even tried to convince Rikki by saying she’ll never come back, even though she wanted to take the garden. Nagaina’s desperation is different from Rikki’s character traits because in the story there’s no proof about Rikki being desperate in any kind of way. Nagaina being desperate for her last egg means that she’s standing up for what she loves and had the courage to sacrifice all her plans of having the garden. This shows that Nagaina, the
Here’s an example of personification: Without waiting for breakfast, Rikki-tikki ran to the thorn bush, where Darzee was singing a song of triumph at the top of his voice (para 61). “Nag is dead—is dead—is dead!” sang Darzee (para 63). This is personification because, in real life, animals do not sing out of happiness or relief. Animals do not sing at all. This proves the theme because Nag being dead, Darzee won’t be afraid anymore around the garden. It’s one last thing to not worry about. He gets to protect his beloved eggs without fear. Furthermore, the story stated “Give me the egg, Rikki-tikki. Give me the last of my eggs, and I will go away and never come back,” she said, lowering her hood (para 93). In a real life situation, if you were an animal in the wild, and someone had your baby in their possession, you would do anything in your ability to get it back. Real animals would not try to talk and convince the animal to give them their own back. Real animals would fight their enemy for their property. This proves the theme because Nagaina wants what she loves back and she had the courage to sacrifice her plans of being “queen of the garden”. This shows how Rudyard Kipling demonstrates how the character traits in the animals are