Rikki-tikki-tavi The story starts off by introducing the main character‚ which is a mongoose named Rikki-tikki. Rikki-tikki is also the protagonist of the story. The antagonist or enemy was the two cobras whose names were Nag and Nagaina who were not the nicest in the bunch. Rikki was washed away from his family in a giant storm and ended up by a bungalow in India in the late 1800’s.. In this bungalow lived the family Rikki was destined to protect. The family included Teddy‚ who was the son‚ and
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when Rikki is found by Teddy and his family. Rikki is revived by the father after having been swept up by a flood and losing consciousness. Had Teddy not been curious enough to wander about and find the seemingly dead mongoose or tell his parents that he had found a ‘dead’ mongoose‚ Rikki would not have gotten revived by Teddy’s father and would have surely been devoured or attacked by a snake or some other animal while he lay unconscious on the ground. Teddy’s curiosity helped to save Rikki’s life
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the cobra attacks‚ it spread its hood when it’s in threatened or it is attacking its prey. In the movie Rikki Tikki‚ the snake finds every way to find and kill the mongoose and the family that save the mongoose. That show that the snake is very aggressive and wicked‚ the reason cause it to be that aggressive is most likely that mongoose think snakes as their
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The Clever Rikki-Tikki By Mónica Azpeitia The short story‚ Rikki-Tikki-Tavi‚ by Rudyard Kipling‚ is about a mongoose named Rikki. In the story‚ Rikki succeeds in saving his owner Teddy‚ and Teddy’s parents from the dangers of two ferocious cobras. Rikki is able to do this by being very clever. First of all‚ Rikki Tikki is a clever mongoose because knew how to get rid of Nagaina’s eggs and save his family. For example‚ this is displayed when Rikki has Darzee’s wife pretend
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In the story‚ “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling; a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki lived in a borrow but one day a high summer flood washed him and his family out of it. Sometime later he woke up hearing a boy saying “here’s a dead mongoose‚ let’s have a funeral.”‚ his mother said‚ “no let’s take him inside and dry him-him perhaps he is not dead.”Next‚ the warmed him and gave him a little bit of food. After that‚ he decided to stay at the house and find out more. All night Rikki-Tikki checked out
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Mongooses all share similar traits. Mongooses burrow into the ground to keep cool during the hot African weather. Each of the species are also hetertrophs and they eat a variety of small animals and plants. The yellow mongoose‚ white-tailed mongoose‚ and the ring-tailed mongoose are all found in Africa and share many similar adaptations such as burrowing and the ability to mark their territory and protect themselves from predators by using a gland. Yellow mongooses are a species in the herpestidae
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suricatta The meerkat‚ Suricata suricatta‚ is a miniature mammal belonging to the mongoose family. They belong to the order Carnivora‚ and they are classified in their own family the Herpestidae. They were formerly included within the Viverridae‚ a very old carnivore family that includes civets and genets. (Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2013) Mongooses have long bodies‚ four short legs‚ and long tails. Many kinds of mongooses live alone while others live in small groups. Meerkats live together in large
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personality is one that can not be trusted. Throughout the story‚ she shows that she is smart‚ dangerous‚ and protective. At the beginning of the story‚ Nagaina shows her smarts. She and Nag are known for being clever and quick. She gives Rikki‚ (a mongoose taken in by the family in the bungalow) a scare with her clever team up with Nag when ‘’He jumped into the air as high as he could go‚ and just under him wizzed the head of Nag’s wicked wife. She had crept up behind him as he was talking‚ to make
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characterization to show how a character is described. We understand characters in literature by paying attention to what they say‚ what they do‚ and how other characters react to them. The story‚ "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi‚" by Rudyard Kipling‚ is the story of how a mongoose‚ Rikki-Tikki‚ is taken into the home of a family living under a big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment. While exploring their garden‚ he comes across two tailorbirds‚ Darzee and his wife. Darzee and his wife explain that when one of their babies had
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“Not necessity‚ not desire - no‚ the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health‚ food‚ a place to live‚ entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.” This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche describes Nagaina from the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” to the point. She was power hungry‚ which is what made her a demon. Nagaina planned to kill everyone in the bungalow‚ just for power‚ but is power really worth more than
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