“Courage is knowing what not to fear. (Plato)” Support from loved ones can give you courage‚ and courage can give you insight on what not to fear. You will feel more confident when someone is there to help you‚ so you will be able to overcome your troubles. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that you can . In the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi‚ the main character Rikki is a young and righteous mongoose who cares for equality among animals. As shown when Rikki-Tikki
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Nagaina is a cobra in the story ‘’Rikki-tikki-tavi‚’’ by Rudyard Kipling. She is married to Nag and they are the two main antagonists in the story. She lives in the garden of a bungalow in India. Her 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)
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In “Rikki-tikki-tavi‚” Rikki and the humans struggle to keep the snakes out. Rikki-tikki-tavi decides to kill them. Rikki-tikki wants to keep Nag out of the garden and bungalow because he is trying to kill the humans that saved Rikki’s life. Rikki-tikki-tavi had a near death experience and the humans of a garden and bungalow found him. Teddy‚ the son‚ thought he was dead but his father picked him up and took him home anyway. The family gave him a bath and fed him. It turned out that Rikki was actually
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The story is about a mongoose that is washed up on the side of a family’s house and is taken in. The name of this mongoose was Rikki-Tikki who comes against enemies in the garden of the house was take into. Eventually this mongoose ends up killing three snakes. I Believe when killing the first snake he felt proud. Rikki protected his “owner” Teddy. He had the right to be proud of himself after saving a life. The family was also very proud for saving their son. (pg. 21) The next snake that Rikki
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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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Have you ever wondered what a story with both animals and humans would be like if the animals were more humanlike? Well‚ wonder no more as I explain the qualities and values of two main animal characters. I will be talking about Rikki and Nagaina’s qualities. I will also compare and contrast them. First of all‚ I will look at their similarities. Rikki and Nagaina both are more humanlike than the human characters and they both play bigger roles. The two characters both care for their own families
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The Jungle book is a collection of stories by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were published in the year 1894. The jungle book contains seven short stories‚ the first three about Mowgli‚ while the remaining four focus on different protagonist. Summary On the night of a big hunt‚ Father Wolf and Mother Wolf discover a man’s cub in the bushes‚ abandoned and naked. Mother Wolf immediately decides she will raise him as one of her own cubs. Shere Khan the tiger believes the child
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“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
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One theme that is present in the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling is that being curious can often save your life or the lives of others. This theme‚ while not stated definitely in the text‚ is prominent throughout. This theme first presents itself in the first part of the story‚ 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
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Rikki-tikki-tavi In the story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” written by Rudyard Kipling‚ Nag the cobra‚ is the antagonist of the story. Nag and his wife Nagaina lived in India where they were King and Queen of the garden behind a bungalow. In the bungalow lived a family of four‚ a boy‚ a mom‚ a dad and their pet Rikki-tikki‚ a mongoose. Throughout the story‚ Nag constructs a plan to get rid of Rikki-tikki and the family. Additionally‚ Nag proves to be a protector‚ a killer‚ and a secretive character. In
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