Rikki Tikki showed his bravery by being confident, daring, and fearless. By being confident Rikki Tikki was able to stand up against Nag and Nagaina who were plotting against him, and were trying to kill his friends. He was able to protect by fighting the snakes and having all of the ideas of fighting in his mind before he was going to attack. He was quick on his feet when others tried to hurt him which helped him see what kind of tricks they were trying on him. Rikki Tikki was also daring. He would jump into battle to protect the humans in any case. For example when he was fighting Nagaina, she had slithered into the hole. Rikki Tikki immediately followed because he knew if he did not kill her now, she would eventually come back and then
Rikki has to fight two cobras, Nag and Nagaina, to protect his garden and Teddy. He is frightened of them because they are stronger and bigger than he is, but he overcomes his fear and fights them anyway.xNag and Nagaina are the antagonists. They make a plan to kill Rikki-Tikki-Tavi because they feel he is disrupting their
Jasper Jones In Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey, the main theme is courage. This is demonstrated throughout the text, that bravery is demonstrated not by being heroic instead it is by standing up for oneself or others, especially when there may be a great risk. The three characters that represent bravery the most are Charlie Bucktin, Jasper Jones and Jeffrey Lu. Jasper and Jeffrey are subjected to violence and racism by the parochial town of Corrigan while Charlie is bullied because he is intelligent and academically successful.
As proof the author states, “Rikki-tikki came up and cried: ‘Turn round, Nagaina; turn and fight!’” (para 86). This shows that Rikki Tikki is brave because he is willing to fight Nagaina, the deadly cobra, to protect his family. Rikki Tikki’s character trait demonstrates the thesis because his bravery was able to save the little boy when he was in danger. In addition, “His little
Cause and Effect Tris and Four go through Four's fear landscape, Four had four fears, fear of heights, confinement, killing innocent people, and getting beat up by Marcus. The first fear they went through was the fear of heights due to fear of falling and dying as that is what some dauntless leaders do to secretly kill an initiates. The second fear they went through was the fear of confinement. Also the reason why he was scared of confinement was because he probably had some fears left as his dad locked him in a closet for a punishment.
In the story it shows that Rikki is a brave mongoose who fight snakes. In the story it quotes “the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed”. If Rikki fought a war single handedly he is truly a brave mongoose. Rikki-tikki fought the snakes that everyone feared. Both of these statements prove that Rikki-tikki is brave.
Although being brave is something mostly heard in the news and in magazines like about a guy saving a cat from a burning window, John shows bravery everyday because of how his past affects him in the
Tituba had the courage to say no to the Devil and be loyal to Reverend Paris. Tituba wants to be free and go back home and she also demonstrates her courage by showing her confidence in Barbados. Tituba makes it her goal to be free and go back and she was never scared to tell people what she wanted. Giles was one of the most courageous characters. Giles died by being pressed by rocks and he did it with the intent of being altruistic and giving to his sons.
Rikki-Tikki and Nagiania have traits in common including intelligence. Nagiania shows that when she is mad at Rikki-Tikki and the people, “Keep still!” she said if you move I strike if you don't move I strike”. Rikki shows intelligence when he is trying to figure out where to kill Nag,”Now if I fight him here Nagiania will know and if I fight him on the open floor the odds are in his favor”. Rikki-Tikki and Nagiania have traits in common
A final example of Shane's courage is when he decides to confront Fletcher and his hired gunfighting outlaw, Wilson. He knows about Wilson's reputation of being a quickdraw, but he does not back down. Truly Shane never shows fear in dangerous situations and always acts with
One example of her bravery was when she tried to hide her stamp album from the red guards. Another example was when thin-face was searching for the letter and ji-li put in her cat’s litter box. Ji-Li is brave for this because she is trying to keep what is her’s or her family's and she is not afraid of anyone that shows bravery. Ji-Li is also very affectionate in many ways like she is loving and caring. One example of her being affectionate is when her mother started talking about where her siblings would live if anything happened to her or grandmother and she said that she will take care of them .
In his book, The Lakota Way, Joseph M. Marshall III describes bravery as “Facing the possibility, and sometimes the probability, of death and great bodily harm as without a doubt one of the most daunting realities any human being can confront.” Bravery was essential to the survival of the early people of the Lakota Nation. It takes bravery even today to trek through life and to be successful. There are many ways for people to be brave today. Of the twelve Lakota virtues described by Marshall, bravery was most important in the survival of his people.
The Bravery of the Little Rock Nine “It was” she said “the longest block I ever walked in my whole life.” The Little Rock Nine, used continued effort to achieve difficulties they faced. They had a strong feeling about something they wanted to do, and they accomplished this by not giving up and pushing forward. The Nine students used perseverance, passion, and bravery to become the first black students to go to an all-white school in 1957.
He was very brave throughout the
“Chains” is a book that follows the journey of a 13 year old african american girl named Isabel and her younger sister Ruth, the book follows the genre of historical fiction and it was written by Laurie Halse Anderson. One of many characters in this book that continue to carry the theme of bravery is Isabel she demonstrates this because she does everything her master wants her to do, she takes big risks which could get her in big trouble, and during all of this mess she still takes care of her little sister Ruth. In this part of the book Isabel is sneaking out during the night to the Patriot army Headquarters to share with them that Mr. Lockton and his men want to kill General Washington. “I tiptoed back through the house and slipped outside,
Bravery is a quality most American have. Girl in Translation is a great novel written by Jean Kwok. The novel is about a girl named Kimberly and how she moved to the United States. She moved with her mother to America because Kimberly Aunt Paula said she was going the take care of them. When Kimberly arrived at Aunt Paula house, Kimberly realize that Aunt Paula is lying about taking care of them.