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Rikk Tikki Movie And Movie Analysis

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“Rikk-tikki-tikki, the ivory-fanged, the hunter with eyeballs of flame!” sang Darzee.(Kipling 156) There is much to compare and contrast from the story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling. There is many similarities and differences in the characters, setting, and conflict for the book and the movie, Rikki-tikki-tavi. There is many similarities and differences in the characters. “They gave him a piece of raw meat.” (Kipling 144) In the book Teddy’s family gives Rikki raw meat. In the movie Teddy’s family gives Rikki bananas.(movie) “He was afraid for the minute;” (Kipling 146) In the book Rikki is only afraid for a minute. In the movie it shows Rikki being afraid for longer than a minute.(movie) “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity.”(Kipling 144) in the movie it also shows Rikki being curious.(movie) In both the movie and the book, Rikki is curious when he first arrives to Teddy’s home. “Rikki-tikki felt his eyes growing red” (Kipling 147) In the movie Rikki’s eyes also turn red when he is angry.(movie) In both the book and the movie one of rikki’s characteristics is his eyes turning red whenever he is angry. Some of the similarities and differences when in Rikki’s characteristic is eating bananas instead of raw meat, being afraid in the movie but not being afraid in the story, being curious when he got to Teddy’s house, and his red eyes. There are many similarities and differences in the

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