Tikki Mongoose Analysis

The main character Rikki-tikki, a mongoose, is a brave fighter. The story shows that Rikki-tikki fights a snake named Karait to protect a little boy, even though Karait’s bite could be more deadly than a king cobra’s (para 33). This shows that Rikki-tikki would sacrifice himself to save the little boy’s life. This also shows that Rikki was brave enough to save the little boy’s life from something as dangerous as a king cobra. Rikki-tikki followed Nagaina into her rat hole where Nag and Nagaina used to live, Rikki, still biting on the tail, knew that very few mongoose no matter how wise and old they were, cared to follow a snake into its hole (para 96). This line is important because Rikki-tikki was brave enough to follow Nagaina into her house,