“The motto of all the mongoose family is, ‘ Run and find out’, and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.” said Rudyard Kipling, the author of Rikki-tikki-tavi. Mongooses are very curious and love to play with other mongooses as well as humans. Real life mongooses are much like Rikki-tikki-tavi. They are playful yet sly. They are sensitive yet frightful. The film and the story are very similar yet different still. Many of these similarities and differences include the characters, setting, and the conflict in the two mediums.
There are many, many characters in the story and film, including the famous Rikki-tikki-tavi. He was the bravest of them all. He was similar in the movie as in the book. According to Rikki-tikki-tavi, the story,