Rudyard Kipling's Rikki The Hero

This story called “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is a story about a boy that almost gets killed by a snake called “Nagaina”, and a mongoose saves him multiple times! The author of this story is Rudyard Kipling, the person you would probably think of! He wrote a story called “Jungle Book”. Nagaina is a terrorizing snake! Nagaina is the evil snake that is trying to kill Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the boy!

RIKKI TIKKI TAVI The short by rudyard kipling is about a brave mongoose named RIKKI TIKKI TAVI. RIKKI TIKKI TAVI is willing to risk his life to protect his family. Rikki fights the evil and mean NAG and NAGAINA. He fights two snakes that want to get rid of him.

Rikki-tikki-tavi is washed away from his mongoose family by a summer flood and humans save him. A human family saves him. He defends Teddy and his parents, who are humans, from cobras that are very dangerous at the bite. The “Rikki-tikki-tavi” movie and book of “Rikki-tikki-tavi” are similar and different because Rikki-tikki destroys Nagaina’s eggs, Teddy gives Rikki-tikki a treat, and Darzee sings his songs about Rikki-tikki’s triumphant

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.(Lee 112)

In “The Warrior’s Heart” by Eric Greitens the reader is shown many examples of perseverance and courage. Some examples are the final kung fu test, boxing, drown proofing, and hell week. For example in the final kung fu test the shifu was placing a sword to the throats of the students. Eric did not want to do this because he was afraid he would fail and the sword would wound him. However Eric conquered the fear and passed the test, this shows courage because most people would back out but Eric did not.

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.

Courage doesn 't just help you it can also help other people around you too. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor uses Cassie Logan as an example of courage, although she has faced many rough and harsh times she has used courage to overcome them. Cassie faces many challenges but some of the ones that stood out to me were, standing up to the teacher when Little Man did not want his book because of the condition that it was in, standing up for herself at the Mercantile when she was not waited on, and T.J when he was not being so nice to Cassie and the Loganś. Cassie was a very smart and intelligent person. She always wanted to know what was going on because she wanted to know if there was something that she could do to help.

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

Prathana karki Block 4th Ms.bose How TKAMB teaches about courage? Courage is an attribute of good character that makes us worthy of respect. From the Bible to made-up stories; very old stories to Hollywood movies,our culture is rich with excellent stories of courage for the greater good. From David fighting Goliath in the Bible, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz who gathers the courage to face the witch, to Harry Potter and stars war, kids are raised on a diet of heroic and motivational stories. History books tell colorful stories of social advocators, such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King , who chose to stand out against terribly unfair treatment at great personal risk.

This loyalty and love for his family led to this act of bravery on Rikki’s part. Furthermore,

Courage is not something easily won with guns or money. It takes motivation and determination to have courage. It’s something that compelles one to go forth even if forward is two steps

Another factor that made Salva more brave was when he had to watch his uncle be killed. This was very hard for Salva especially after his friend Marial died. Marial was a young boy that Salva met in one of the groups he joined. Marial also had no idea where the rest of his family went and him and Salva bonded over that. After Marial was killed by a lion Salva was devastated because Marial was like the only family that Salva had.

These two ideas fit together by showing different ways courage can be portrayed. All in all, the characters of the book learn that you must try something and be courageous to know you can't do

Rikki was pulled under by Naganias strength. She was slamming Rikki against the rocks, but Rikki wasn’t going to give up, he held on with all his might. All of sudden, there was a cold breeze near Rikki and then rock came tumbling and whacking Rikki off Naganias tail.

Through the novel various characters show great courage to save the Siberian tigers. Michal the protagonist shows great courage as he attempts to accomplish the task his father was unable to. Another character that shows great courage is Tania especially when she enters the dangerous RATS compound. Casper shows great courage when he sacrifices himself in order to save the tigers.