Compare And Contrast Tikki Tavi

As there are various similarities, there are differences as well. One being that in the book Rikki-tikki-tavi and Nag duel when they initially meet with the help of Nagaina(Book). This scene helps build up the rivalry of the snakes and Rikki-tikki. The scene provides a simpler way to see why Nag and Nagaina dislike the mongoose, along with other lines. “When the house is emptied of people, he (Rikki-tikki) will have to go away and the garden will be ours again.” (Kipling 150) Nag and Nagaina want power. Before Rikki-tikki was found and taken to live in the bungalow, the snakes had the animals bowing down to them. In the movie there was no duel and the understanding of the rivalry is gone. Rikki-tikki and the snakes hold a lousy relation, the snakes try to kill his family in order to get rid of him. Without the image of the creatures hostility the snakes

Rikki Tikki Tavi was a very brave soul, but he made some wrong decisions that made him act disrespectful. The snakes, Nag and Nagaina, caused a lot of disturbance that set Rikki off and made him act like he did. Rikki Tikki Tavi was a loyal upstanding character, but sometimes he acted in a very disrespectful manner. Rikki was a very disrespectful mongoose. Chuchundra, the musk-rat, was so scared to come out to the middle of the room because Rikki always threaten to bite him.

Many say that no movie can ever compare to a book, especially when the book concerned is a classic. Rudyard Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is an interesting short story concerning a mongoose rescued by an English family living in India. The mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, protects the family that saved his life from two cobras, Nag and Nagaina, that are terrorizing the garden surrounding the bungalow. Both the book and movie revolve around this struggle between mongoose and cobra, but there are certain details that can change the way the story is seen.

According to the story on page 64,after Teddy’s family revived him from the flood, the narrator states,”…every well-brought-up mongoose always hopes to be house mongoose someday…” This reveals that Rikki-Tikki was motivated to become part of the family because ,as a house mongoose, he would be able to protect his family from predators such as cobras. He could also repay Teddy’s family for taking him in. Later in the story, when the cobras Nag and Nagaina plotted to kill the family, Rikki-Tikki was scared, but he knew that he needed to protect the family. The text on page 68 states,” As angry as he was, Rikki-Tikki was very frightened as he saw the size of the big cobra.” This demonstrates that he was motivated by his feelings of loyalty to the family, that he willingly put himself in danger to protect

The story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is about the rivalry between Rikki, a small mongoose and Nag and Nagaina, two king cobras. A giant wave flushes Rikki out from his warm, cozy den and leaves him on the river bank near Teddy’s family’s garden. Rikki is taken in and cared for, by Teddy’s family. While exploring the garden he confronts two king cobras Nag and Nagaina. If Rikki does not kill the snakes, the garden creatures will fall prey to the cobras! This exciting story also became a motion picture movie. The story and the movie are similar in plot but contain some notable differences, including where Rikki finds Teddy in the bath and that Nagaina waits for one of

Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. The text states,”That bite paralyzed Karait, and Rikki-tikki was just going to eat him up from the tail, after the custom of his family at dinner, when he remembered that a full meal makes a slow mongoose, and if he wanted all his strength and quickness ready, he must keep himself thin.”) (para #34). This quote shows that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi cares for the family that saved him and is willing to risk his life for them. Rikki-Tikki is a very caring animal that wants to repay that family by protecting them. Also,

Rikki was found by a river soaking wet by Teddy, a boy who wanted to have a funeral for him, and his family. In both the story and movie he was describe cold and wet; also he was found in the dirt. The family decided to take him home to warm him up and get him something to eat. During the movie the big man, Teddy’s dad, picked Rikki up at the river holding him with his nose at the man’s finger tips, and Rikki’s tail passed his wrist. While in the story it is stated “the big man picked him up between finger and thumb.”( Kipling pg.143) there is a difference between the story and the movie. While the movie isn’t an exact replica there still are a lot of similarities. When the family decided to bring Rikki-Tikki in to dry the movie and story have a difference. The story said that “They wrapped him in cotton, and warmed him over a little fire.” (Kipling 143). Although the movie was close it showed Rikki in the cotton but he wasn’t placed over a small fire. Similarities are plentiful in the movie, but there are some differences to look up to.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one brave mongoose who had the courage to go up against the fiercest animals on the planet, Cobras. (Movie)(Kipling 143) The story took place in Segowlee Cantonment, India in a house’s garden where Darzy the bird and his wife, Chucundra the muskrat, and the deadly Cobras live. (Kipling 143) The Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was a mongoose who got washed away from his home and ended up with a new family. He would would end up coming across three snakes in the large garden and killing them. Cobras, are one of the most dangerous snakes in the world. You must be brave to fight a cobra if you are not you could be snatched up any moment. Nevertheless Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the book and the movie are the same story they have differences such as the Plot, characterization, and the conflict.

What motivates a person or character in text to undertake a mission. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is a fictional narrative that demonstrates that characters in text undertake a mission because of multiple motivations. The narrative begins by introducing the reader to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the human family, as well as the initial conflict of Rikki-Tikki being washed away from his mongoose family and ends up being adopted by the human family. Soon thereafter, Rikki-Tikki encounters the story’s most important conflict, battling the snakes, and while engaging in his mission to kill the snakes, Rikki killed Karait the dusty brown snakeling, Rikki then engaged in battle with Nag and won, Rikki lastly slaughtered Nagaina. The resolution

Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story.For instance, it was Rikki Tikki vs. Nag and his wife, Nagania, and Rikki struck at Nagania “ He bit indeed…….and didn’t run away.” (para29). This proves that Rikki is brave because he bit Nagania and he wasn’t even afraid of Nagana biting or hurting him.Rikki’s character trait helps make the thesis brave because if he was afraid of everything and didn’t have any courage no one would put brave as their thesis. Also, Rikki’s character traits were found in this quote “Rikki-Tikki did not care to follow them, for he did not feel sure that he could manage two snakes at once.” This quote proves that Rikki is brave because he states that he can take on two snakes if it means protecting his family. This

Rikki-tikki Tavi took place in India in the late 1800s. Rikki-tikki Tavi was a brave, little mongoose who killed copra’s and Karait a venomous snake and saved a family from the snakes. Darzee, the tail-bird, helped him, and Chuchundra, the musk-rat, who never came out into the middle gave him advice but Rikki did the real fighting. When Rikki-tikki was first trying to kill the copra he was scared, but then he remember that mongooses are known to fight and kill snakes. Rikki-tikki and the copras are natural enemies. Every time when Rikki-tikki would fight his eyes would turn red and fierce.

Rikki Tikki should be proud of himself because on page 15, Rikki Tikki said I have never seen a snake before in his whole life. When Rikki Tikki seen Nag, he said to Rikki Tikki did not have time for that.Then Rikki Tikki and jumped on Nag and killed him.When Rikki Tikki killed Nag his eyes were red . On page 16 Rikki Tikki eyes got red again and he Nagaina that came out of their house and see Rikki Tikki. On page 21 Rikki Tikki and Nagina were getting ready to fight and when the Nagina look at Rikki Tikki, his eyes were red again and that's when Nagina got a little scared and then Rikki Tikki got the Nagina and went into a hole and killed him.On page 16 Rikki Tikki saw another snake, his name was Karait. Karait said I'm death with

To begin with, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a brave mongoose and will do anything to protect his family. For example, the author states, “Tricked! Tricked! Tricked! Rikk-tck-tck!” chuckled Rikki-tikki. “The boy is safe, and it was I—I—I—that caught Nag by the hood last night in the bathroom” (para 96). Rikki risked his life to distract Nagaina by beckoning her away

The protagonist Rikki Tikki Tavi is a mongoose. He is with some humans that found him. Then the two antagonists are two black cobras whose names are Nag and Nagaina. These two cobras strike fear into all of the helpless animals.

Madison Davenport Hollison, ELA, Per. 5 R.T.T Foreshadowing Paragraph June, 7 2018 Foreshadowing in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” In “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Kipling used foreshadowing to create suspense. To show that Rikki, a mongoose, might lose the cobra battle Kipling foreshadowed by saying, “Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes”(Kipling 468).