Movie Essay : Similarities And Differences Of Tikki-Tavi

Rikki-tikki-tavi was willing to risk his life for his family and others around him. Though Rikki Tikki is small animal, that doesn’t mean he can’t do big things that could change and save lives. The love in his heart is too big to be contained, so his love expresses itself by making him courageous and brave for his family. In society people tend to underestimate animals like Rikki but he is a guardian angel watching over the home of his family. Rikki Tikki Tavi is a hero in the story. He killed the cobra snakes to protect his family of birds from the whispers of death.

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

Nagaina in “Rikki-TIkki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling is a story about a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. This story is about Rikki facing his worst enemies, Nag and Nagaina. Nag and Nagaina are cobras. Nagaina is one of the baddest cobras Rikki has ever faced, and when Nagaina threatens his family things get crazy! Nagaina is very evil, is a killer and she is a unpredictable!

Angry as he was, Rikki-Tikki was very frightened when he saw the size of the big cobra...then he jumped…[and] braced his back against the bulge of the red earthenware to hold down the head”(Kipling 68-69). This proves that Rikki-Tikki was brave enough to at least try to fight Nag and try to kill him, which he did. Then, Rikki-Tikki tried completing the task by killing Nagaina, but, “he went down with her [into the snake hole]-and very few mongooses, however wise and old they may be, care to follow a cobra into its hole”(Kipling 73). In the quote, Rikki-Tikki tried to follow Nagaina but ended up going into the snake hole with her, but he still got rid of her in the snake hole. Rikki-Tikki ended up learning that bravery and determination will help you reach your goals.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Mongoose fight snakes, many snakes, but in this story, a little mongoose fights two King Cobras. Rikki Tikki, the little mongoose, defeats two King Cobras, Nag and Nagaina, that try to harm the family that is cared for by Rikki Tikki. Rikki Tikki was found by them because he was washed up by a storm and fell into a river. Both of these stories have an amazing perspective of a story. However, they are different to each other in some cases.

One way he did this was when he found out the cobras’ plan to kill his family. When he found out, he went to wait in the bathroom to intervene in their plan. He knew this was dangerous. Did he care? No! Another time when Rikki-Tikki was smart and courageous was when he killed the baby snakes because he knew they would grow up to be dangerous. He was being smart by killing them now instead of waiting for them to grow up and cause more problems. When Rikki-Tikki killed Nagaina, he took a very huge risk by following her into a snake hole. This is very dangerous for a mongoose because you never know when it might open out and give the snake room to strike. He knew that this had to be done, so he followed her in anyways. Rikki-Tikki emerged from the snake hole triumphantly and the snakes were defeated. He was very loyal to his family and would do anything to keep them

Rikki-Tikki was a strong mongoose that wasn’t afraid of anything not even snakes. The movie and the story Rikki-tikki had many things that weren’t the same which made them very different. RikkiTikki was faced with challenges which made his journey difficult. In the end Rikki Tikki kills both of the snakes and is called a hero. Rikki did not do all of this on his own, but he had the help of some of his friends along the way which also made his journey fun and interesting. Chuchundra gave Rikki advice, while Nag and Nagina would try and test him. Rikki also had help from Darzee. Darzee helped by fighting the two snakes or giving him positives feedback like calling him a hero. There are many similarities and differences with the characters,setting, and the conflict of both the story and the movie.

“Bravery is the capacity to to perform properly even when scared half to death,”(Omner M. Bradly) A Mongoose is part of the Herpestidae family who are carnivores. A Mongoose generally spends its time killing unwanted snakes. One of the most dangerous snakes that the mongoose hunts is the King Cobra. The King Cobra is the most dangerous cobras and also one of the most dangerous snakes. The book “Rikki Tikki-Tavi” and the movie “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” have many similarities and differences which include, the characters, the setting, and the resolution.

Rikki-Tikki was trying to kill the snakes and protect Teddy’s family because they saved him. Rikki-Tikki was found on a roadside ditch about to die, so Teddy’s family took care of him. As a result, Rikki-Tikki wants to help them. In “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, written by Rudyard Kipling, it says, “They wrapped him in a cotton wool and warmed him over a fire until he sneezed and opened his eyes.”Rikki-Tikki was near death, so teddy’s family saved him. In paragraph 111, it says,”til never a cobra dared show his head inside the walls.”Rikki-Tikki killed the snakes and kept his friends and Teddy’s family safe.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a very interesting story with a powerful mongoose and a few wicked cobras. With this story the mongoose, known as Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, goes through a tremendous amount of change. This small mongoose with a feisty heart is the hero to many of the other characters in this story. As for the villains in this wondrous tale, they get to be escorted to death by the hero. The main setting is in wonderful garden that is ruled over by our villains. All the creatures fear the powerful rulers, except for the amazing Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. WHich will be explained later.