Good vs. Evil in Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Essay

In the story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, two evil cobras, Nag and Nagaina, want to kill the family that lives in the house next to their garden. A little mongoose named Rikki-tikki-tavi (Rikki) gets washed up into a bungalow garden by a flood. A little boy named Teddy finds him in the garden with his mother and they keep him. They feed him, and take care of him like their on child. One day while in the garden Rikki meets Darzee, while they are talking Nag and Nagaina tried to sneak up and kill Rikki, he would have died if Darzee’s wife hadn’t warned him. Another time a little brown snake, Karait, was going to bite Teddy, but Rikki killed him. Later on, Nag tried to sneak inside the house and kill the family, he decided he was

Rikki-tikki recognizes an almost hidden snake caused by it’s similar color of the ground that he hides upon. Dust snakes have as deadly of a bite as cobras and their small size comes as an advantage, allowing them to turn unexpectedly in any direction. The battle between the mongoose and snake is what begins the trust of Teddy’s father, and makes Rikki-tikki a savior in the family. This scene also leads to the death of the two other snakes, Nag and Nagaina by giving Rikki-tikki the confidence to battle the other snakes. Which allows the critters to feel safe at home.

“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” Winston Churchill. As this quote shows, wars are often depicted as glorious moments in the history of our world and are celebrated throughout history, from the conquests of the Roman Empire to Napoleons domination of Europe. However, in A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin shows from his perspective the Revolutionary War and creation of a new nation without romanticizing the situation. He shows realistically the daily hardships that soldiers had to face while fighting for their lives for their

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

This story resembles bravery in a little mongos named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. A mongos who saves a family and gets something in return. He protects this family with his life and always thinks of others first. Rikki is a fighting, protecting, and loving mongos who has killed many of snakes protecting this little boy named Teddy, and his family. In the story and movie there are many of similarities and differences, to do with the plot, setting, and characters, comparing the book and the movie Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Copious bullets, like that of torrential downpour, reign over the battlefield; a setting in which man created through dispute, engulfs each and every individual caught within it. Some are immediately spun into a downward spiral, while with others, it hits them in the midst -- even if they have built an immunity to war’s ways. Two fictional characters, both sharing a similar atmosphere, experience the true affects to war in their own ways. Although war never changes, the individuals do, no matter the situation. This is exemplified through the fictional tales, told by Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper,” as well as Tim O’Brien’s “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy,” and as the main characters are to each their own story, they bear contradistinction to one another in the aspect of war, personality, and the emotional reactions to war.

“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell is able to accomplish so many thing with so little lines-mainly through the use of metaphor and diction. It explains the terrors of wars in gruesome detail and explains the ways in which wars, in a sense “breed” and “birth” death. To some, this poem is seen as the ultimate poem of war, and rightly

In this book, Tim O’brien reveals all his experiences in detail about the war; as well as stories about his fellow soldiers, and makes a true, but over the top about them. He explains how he feels through stories that are difficult to clearly identify as “true.” This book has a lot of themes, death and violence is one of the major themes.

People think of the snakes as the hero’s and say that Rikki-Tikki is guilty, but, he is not. Many people think he is liable for his actions of killing the snakes and their babies. However, these actions saved the family and the future garden.

Since the beginning of time, humans have sought after power and control. It is human instinct to desire to be the undisputed champion, but when does it become a problem? Warfare has been practiced throughout civilization as a way to justify power. Though the orders come directly from one man, thousands of men and women pay the ultimate sacrifice. In Randall Jerrell’s “The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner”, Jarrell is commenting on the brutality of warfare. Not only does Jarrell address the tragedies of war, he also blames politics, war leaders, and the soldier’s acknowledgement of his duties. (Hill 6) With only five lines of text, his poems allows the reader to understand what a soldier can go through. With the use of Jerrell’s poem, The Vietnam War, and Brian Turner’s “Ameriki Jundee”, the truth of combat will be revealed.

Firstly, Rikki Tikki explored the family's garden. Although, he seemed to notice the animals there were not thriving there, they all seemed to be scared. There were large plants and trees he found that he described, " big as houses." While in the garden, he met a tailorbird, Darzee, and his wife. They explained to Rikki Tikki that their family, and the whole garden was in danger. A cobra couple, Nag and Nagaina, scour the garden day and night, eating everything that looks tasty to them, and ate one of Darzee's children. While they three were talking, Nag and Nagaina

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

In the poem Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred Lord Tennyson utilizes repetition, personification, and diction to present how it is to be in battle and how it can impact people. In this poem Tennyson explains how the Battle of Balaclava

Rikki knew "it was impossible for a mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time... and he knew that all a grown mongoose's business in life was to fight and eat snakes". Rikki never backs down from a snake fight and uses this trait to gain the trust of Teddy and his parents. Rikki even followed Nagaina into a rat hole to end the cobras, "she plunged into the rat-hole where she and Nag used to live, his little white teeth were clenched on her tail, and he went down with her -- and very few mongooses, however wise and old they may be, care to follow a cobra into its hole... Rikki-tikki never knew when it might open out and give Nagaina room to turn and strike at him. He held on savagely, and struck out his feet to act as brakes on the dark slope of the hot, moist earth."

Kim gives a vivid picture of the complexities in India under British rule. It shows the life of the bazaar mystics, of the natives, of the British military. There is a great deal of action and movement, for Kipling's vast canvas painted in full detail. The dialogue in the novel makes use of Indian phrases translated by the author, they give the flavor of native speech in India. They are also touches of the native behavior and shrewdness.