Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," as a children's story, is designed both to entertain and to disseminate the values of virtuous behavior. Courage, one of the characteristics exhibited by the hero, Rikki-tikki-tavi, is one such virtue. Rikki, knowing that he has to kill Nag in order to protect the human family, is fearful of the cobra's size and strength, but his fear is trumped by his own courage, and he succeeds in killing the snake. He is rewarded for his courage by being deemed a hero and given a permanent place in the home of the humans. The virtue of courage is further emphasized by the story's portrayal of shameful cowardliness; Chuchundra, the fearful muskrat who "never had spirit enough to run out into the middle of the room" is unable to overcome
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.
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 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.
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
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
Cobras with their deathly bite, intimidating hood, and their upright posture. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a story about a mongoose who is rescued by a boy and his family after there was a flood. He protects this family from two king cobras named Nag and Nagaina. This is told in a short story by Rudyard Kipling and it's also a movie. After reading and watching this story, there are more similarities than differences in the characters of the birds, the snakes, and the muskrat.
Muhammed Ali stated that “He who is not courageous enough to take risks in life will accomplish nothing in life.” It was gutsy of Rikki-Tikki to fight to fight the snakes Nag and Nagaina because they are one of the most deadly creatures in the Bungalow. There is a huge variety of similarities throughout the book and the movie such as the characters, setting and conflict.
Rikki-tikki- tavi is an interesting story about a muskrat and his battles. There are two different versions of the story, the movie and the book. Each have some things differently than the other, but they mostly have the same story that is known. Also, both have the story of Rikki-tikki’s fights and adventures. For each part of the story they either did or did not have the characters, setting, and con similar to one another.
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
Imagine having a little mongoose right by your side all your life to protect you from all of the huge, monstrous cobras. Teddy’s parents were happy that Rikki was able to protect Teddy from Nag and Nagaina.The book form of Rikki Tikki Tavi is written by: Rudyard Kipling. Movies and books of the same kind/title have their own ways of making things, and are almost always different from each other. The book and the movie are different from each other because in the movie, it shows Teddy in the bathtub, when Rikki gets picked up after the flood and the mom said to Teddy that Rikki isn’t really dead instead of the father saying it as in the movie, and finally because when Nagaina went into the hole, Rikki Tikki tried so hard not to go into the hole where as in the book, Rikki didn’t care and just followed into the hole after Nagaina. There are many differences in
Rikki flushed out from his warm and cozy den by the wave which left him on the bank by Teddy’s family’s garden; he faces two king cobras Nag and Nagaina. If he does not kill them his new friends will die. The story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling and the book Rikki which with great painstaking care, became a motion picture movie. The story and the movie are similar but there are some differences, some are that Rikki finds Teddy in the bath another is that Nagaina is not wrapped around Teddy’s chair. The similarities happen with, to the characters, the setting, and the conflict.
“This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment” (Rudyard Kipling). A character that is the same is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a smart little mongoose. Rikki-Tikki is the protagonist. He is the protector of the garden, and the house. Rikki-Tikki was found in the dirt by the father and the son, they fed him and then made friends with him. He kills three snakes. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, killed a Karait and two Black Cobras, Nag, and Nagina. He kills the Karait when they were in the garden. He kills a Black Cobras in the snake's hole. He kiles another Black Cobra when he was on his nightly walk around the house. when they were in the bathroom. The mother said,” He’s saved our lives’ and Teddy's life, he’s saved all of our lives”
This proves that Rikki Tikki is courageous because he bites Karait even though he is super fast. This character trait helps demonstrate that it takes courage to protect the ones you love because he has courage to even try to fight Karait. In addition, As he held, he closed his jaws
Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story.In the story, Nag was hiding in the bathroom to kill the husband and Rikki risked his life killing Nag to save the husband.(para 58)The example shows that Rikki was brave enough to fight Nag so he could save the father.His bravery in this example shows that he loved the father and he didn’t want him to get hurt so he risked his life-fighting Nag.Karait was going to bite Teddy so Rikki came in and fought Karait not knowing if he would survive and killed Karait saving Teddy.(para 34)For this reason it shows Rikki’s courage because he didn’t know if was gonna survive after fighting Karait he just wanted to save Teddy.His love for Teddy made his bravery come out and that made
Teddy and his family had Rikki for quite some time, and he was curious around the house. In the movie right before bed Teddy was taking a bath Rikki was climbing on the side of it and fell into the tub. This is a similarity of both the story and the movie. One difference is written in the story that “Rikki nearly drowned himself in the bathtub, put his nose into ink on a writing table, and burnt it on the end of the big man’s cigar.” (Kipling 144). The movie didn’t show any of this it hadn’t been shown. One night when the cobra couple nag and nagaina were talking outside of the house they were planning on killing the family so Rikki would go away and leave the