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Who Is Nagaina In Riki-Tikki Tavi

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The story of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is an amazing story written by, Rudyard Kipling. The story stars a mongoose, named Rikki-tikki, and a married couple of cobras. Their names are Nag and Nagaina. Nagaina, in the story, is the brains of the plan for getting rid of Rikki-tikki and his family. I am going to talk about Nagaina and why I think she is protective, quick and cruel. First, Nagina showed how she is very protective when Rikki-Tikki comes sprinting back to the veranda with an egg in his mouth saying “look at your eggs Nagaina, in the melon bed near the wall. Go and look, Nagaina!”(25). With that said, “Nagaina spun clear round forgetting everything for the sake of the one egg”(25). This clearly shows that she is very protective because she

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