Rikki-tikki-tavi: The Right to be Proud In the story of Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling, the horrific fight to the death between a young mongoose, and a deadly gargantuan black snake with a mark on his back to prove that he was a king cobra was drawn-out, and took a long time to finish. So when the young mongoose, by the name of Rikki-tikki-tavi, killed the king cobra. He should have the right to be proud of himself. Afterall, he did kill the king of the garden, who everyone was terrified of. Rikki-tikki-tavi deserves the right to be proud for saving the garden of the most dreaded King cobra, Nag. A mongoose and a cobra aren’t known for being friends, actually, they are quite the opposite. At birth, the mongoose is destined to fight, and kill a snake, especially cobras. “Mongooses are largely immune to the venom of scorpions and snakes, although repeated stings or strikes may sicken and even kill them.”(mongoose facts) When a mongoose tries to kill a cobra, the mongoose jumps up onto the cobras …show more content…
Rikki-tikki proved that he had what it took, he killed Nag by himself so that everyone else around him will be safe. Rikki-tikki fought and won his first fight through bravery. On page 22, it says “and once I’m there, I must not let go. Then he jumped.” To jump onto a cobras back and not to let go shows how brave he is to do that for the people that he loves.
So when Rikki-tikki killed the king cobra, he should have the right to be proud of himself. When Rikki-tikki was fighting the cobra, not only was he brave, but he was also determined. In the book on page 22, it said “ and once I am there, I must not let go.” Rikki-tikki was determined to kill Nag so that his family and all of the innocent creatures will no longer be in harm’s way. So, in the end, Rikki should be proud that he worked so hard to make sure that the people that he loved were safe from the disastrous
“Rikki-tikki tavi” by Rudyard kipling Rikki- tikki tavi had a right to be proud of himself because he was going to defeat karit, nag, and nagaina the one who saved his family was a very brave and sneaky. Rikki-tikki tavi has the right to be proud, and brave of himself because he almost died in the flood on the summer day. The fight started by the cobras because they wanted the room so they tried to kill the family. The cobras were also trying to eat the eggs/ babies and Rikki-tikki was trying to stop the cobras from eating the baby eggs. On page 19 the author has Rikki-tikki say about nag “ Nag is dead- is dead -is dead- is dead”.
He wrapped himself around a bucket. Rikki-tikki jumped onto the back of his neck to paralyze him so that he could not strike at him. He had killed Nag. The resolution is when Nagaina had found out what happened to Nag. Rikki-tikki had destroyed all of the baby eggs but one.
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
(799)”. Rikki brags to Nagaina, Nag’s wife, that he was the only one who killed Nag. The father receives no credit for shooting the snake in two, but instead, Rikki gives it all to himself. He feels that if the father had not shot Nag, he would have died anyway due to his ferocious bite.
‘Oh look here! our mongoose is killing a snake!’This is important because this shows how he
Rikki Tikki is a challenging character in the story. He is a challenging character because in order for him to kill nagaina and nag he had to challenge them. What if he didn't challenge nag and nagaina, what would happen? the only reason rikki
To undertake a mission people undergo many tasks even if they are outrageous to complete their mission. People set goals to motivate themselves to complete the challenge that they are facing. For instance, Farah Ahemedi was so determined to survive that she climbed a mountain with a prosthetic leg on. John Steinbeck was so motivated to find the real beauty of places and cultures that he traveled across America to complete his goal that he set for himself. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi has mind settled on protecting Teddy and his family that he fought off any animals that imposed as any threat to the family.
Knock him down!”. This continuous targeting of Gene, mainly by Finny, makes it sensible that Gene would become reliant/revengeful. Therefore, if Gene were to dangerously act upon his emotions, he would kill his own
Gene in fact wanted to hurt his enemy, and reinforces his thoughts. He bears no qualms about the incident and becomes more sure of himself because of it “With unthinking sureness I moved out on the limb and jumped into the river, every trace of my fear of this forgotten”.(25) Gene knows he has destroyed his enemy. He evolves into sureness and calmness after the incident knowing he faces no competition. Gene now has only himself now, without Finny there is no fear.
Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. Rikki Tikki was brave when he, jumped and as his teeth met nags head, Rikki braced his back against the bulge of the red earthenware to hold down the head. This gave him just one second’s purchase,and he made the most of it by killing nag the cobra, (para#58). How the evidence demonstrates the character trait is that it shows the theme
Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. Rikki Tikki was brave when he, jumped and as his teeth met nags head, Rikki braced his back against the bulge of the red earthenware to
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
Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag!” (para. 84) This entails Nagaina’s loyalty towards her husband and shows how she would try to avenge him by killing Rikki Tikki in a dangerous battle. Nagaina is getting closer to Nag, even though he’s dead now, by trying to kill Rikki Tikki for his death and shows how Nagaina loves Nag even more because he got killed. This shows that Nagaina is getting closer to the one she loves which is Nag.
The Great Rikki Tikki As JK Rowling goes “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” Rikki Tikki Tavi was a brave young mongoose who went through a great deal of trouble, but he always stuck up for himself and the garden and his bravery showed upon his fights. He was washed away from his family and brought to a garden where he stood up for his new friends in the garden. He met many new people as well good and bad.
Therefore, Pi’s savagery leads him to have the determination to against the tiger, Richard