“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.” -Omar N. Bradley. Comparable to Rikki Tikki, you need to have bravery to do something for the ones you care for. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is strong companionship can give you the courage to do anything for the ones you love. Rikki Tikki is a courageous character in this story. For example, it is impossible for a mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time (para 24). This shows Rikki Tikki has lots of courage in almost anything that is important. He cannot be frightened. This means he has the courage he needs to be brave. Also, Rikki-tikki felt his eyes growing red and hot (when a mongoose’s eyes grow red, he is angry), …show more content…
As proof, Rikki Tikki jumps out of the way of her when she tries to sneak up on him from behind (para 29). Of course, Nagaina thought she had caught him, because she thinks she is all that. This trait is different than Rikki Tikki because Rikki Tikki is pretty humble, even though he does amazing things. Secondly, “We are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon bed hatch (as they may tomorrow), our children will need room and quiet.” (para 51). This shows that Nagaina thinks that they need to whole garden to themselves. She is being arrogant because she constantly has a sense of self-importance. To sum up, Nagaina is arrogant, so she wants the garden to her and her children only, unlike Rikki, who is trying to help his new family stay where they …show more content…
In one case, She fluttered in front of Nagaina by the rubbish heap and cried out, “Oh, my wing is broken! The boy in the house threw a stone at me and broke it.” Then she fluttered more desperately than ever (para 75). This shows how Darzee’s wife is pretending to be hurt, so she can distract Nagaina from her eggs. Darzee’s wife has developed a companionship with Rikki Tikki, so she wants to help him even though it puts her in danger. Plus, as he held, he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure he would be banged to death, and for the honor of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked. (para 58). This implies that Rikki Tikki wants to honor his family. He has the courage to try to do something incredibly dangerous to protect Teddy and his family. Finally, Kipling uses anthropomorphism to show that with courage you can do practically anything for your loved ones. With courage and lots of companionship, you can do anything to protect your companions. In conclusion, Rikki Tikki is courageous, humble, and brave. Nagaina is arrogant and has lots of self importance. Anthropomorphism is used to show that with courage you can do whatever you need to protect the ones you care about. Even in real life you can use your courage to protect your loved ones from physical or emotional
Rikki Tikki Tavi “Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in power of love.” This a quote written by Morihei Ueshiba which represents the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, in which Rikki Tikki shows how much he cares about Darzee and Teddy and their families by fighting Nag, Nagaina, and Karait to protect them.
Give me the last of my eggs, and I will go away and never come back,” she said, lowering her hood. This is important because this shows how nagaina was trying to kill teddy and his family for revenge. But when Rikki came with an egg she lost it and pleated for it. his is also important because even though she didn’t show a little bit of braveness she still tried to be when fighting Rikki. Evidence of Nagaina’s character traits (pg.27).Again and again and again she struck, and each time her head came with a whack on the matting of the veranda
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
It’s important to know what drives people to take risks, but people do crazy, often dangerous, things when they undertake a mission. For example, Farah Ahmedi climbed a mountain on a prosthetic leg to reach to reach freedom. Rikki-Tikki Tavi wanted to protect Teddy, Teddy’s family, and the animals from the back yard. Aengus wanted to find his true love in the wild. These characters had different reasons for doing what they did.
Rikki ´s determination has helped his family out of harm and safe in their home. Bravery is what helped Rikki the most “Rikki-Tikki had sprung, jumped on the snake’s back, dropped his head far between his forelegs, bitten as high up the back as he could get hold, and rolled away.” ( Kipling, 127) This brought out his inner courage to go out and fight a 5 foot cobra and think he’s going to come back
Argumentative Essay Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Theme is the main idea we take away from a story after reading it; it demonstrates a moral or lesson of the story and the story may be direct or often indirect. In the story,” Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling, the distinct theme is stand up for what is right. Rikki stood up for what was right by him not giving up and he kept going to make sure that everyone was protected. He was going to assassinate Nag and Nagaina because they were bullying the other animals, Nagaina stood up for what she felt was right by protecting her family and attempting assassination Rikki because he threatened her family's future and happiness. Although, the obvious claim is stand up for what is right other people might think that the theme is courage.
I wanted you to see something about her. 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
RIkki-Tikki loved the family so much he risked his life multiple times to protect them. When Nagaina got into the veranda during breakfast,
Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain,without fear but with bravery. Bravery is not only when to be without fear but it is also to know when to take a life and when not to take a life that is what it means to be brave. Guy Montag shows bravery when he kills Beatty and the mechanical hound when he knows he will be hunted. Guy Montag first shows courage in Fahrenheit 451 when he talks to Clarisse about how to change when no else will. “Montag places his hand on the woman's elbow and says, 'You can come with me. '”
In the short story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” Rudyard Kipling talks about a courageous but mean mongoose named Rikki-tikki-tavi and a sinister and smart snake named Nagaina. Also the theme of the story is about the importance of family. First, Rikki is a brave bully, he was washed away from his home to the humans that he lives with now. ”marks or no marks, do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest?”(Kipling 8).
Courage is one of the themes that is described throughout this story. Courage is strength in the face of grief or pain. Some examples are when she had to survive after her tribe was gone and when her first dog, Rontu, died. She had to fight wild animals and hunt for food without any help. After all of these things, she still had the strength of courage to move on.
Courage is being scared up to death, and saddling up anyway. The Mongoose is part of the 14 genera of the family Herpestidae and are very social and are native to southern Eurasia and mainland Africa. The Mongoose and the cobra are deadly enemies and fight to the death. The book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the movie are related and unrelated in different ways. They are similar and different in the setting, characters, and how Rikki-Tikki kills the snakes.
The author describes the act of courage when Rikki-Tikki fights the cobras. Rudyard Kipling shows Rikki-Tikki's courage when, " Rikki-Tikki knew better than to waste time in starring. He jumped up in the air as high as he could go, and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nags wicked wife. " This shows that Rikki is smart and not afraid of of a fight.
These events and people show cowardice in To Kill a Mockingbird. Courage and cowardice is an important trait in a person. It shows who will stand up for people and who will sit by and be bystanders. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, courage and cowardice shows
Jem had the conception that courage was a “manly man”, a man that was tough and could fight. However, using Ms. Dubose as an example, she explained a new type of courage to Jem. Ms. Dubose knew that her struggle was close to impossible to win, as many people failed to break addictions, yet she still tried to fight it, and winning at the end. The courage to do so was considered, by Atticus, real courage. This was also demonstrated by Liu Xiaobo.