The Jungle Book 2 Essays

  • Analyzing Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'

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    Introduction The Jungle Book is about a boy who grows up in the jungle. He is taught the law of the jungle and how to live like animals do. He grows up in his life learning like the animals do and does not know a lot on how humans act. He lives a good life and even accomplishes a task that no other animal could do. The Jungle Book teaches many stories on how animals overcome their problems in life and how they act while trying to overcome their problems. Kipling, Pg. 2-188 Topic 1 One day, when

  • Character Analysis: The Magic School Bus Rides Again

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    Often times throughout elementary and middle school, my science classes would watch The Magic School Bus. I absolutely loved watching episodes of this show because I thought it was entertaining and educational. When searching for a show to watch for this assignment, I came across the title The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Since I was very intruded and reminded of my childhood, this is the show I chose. The Magic School Bus Rides Again is a Netflix original, so I streamed it online and watched.

  • A Midsummer's Night Dream And The Odyssey Comparison

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    Every story is different; however, they can share similar qualities. Stories can be powerful as the characters experience mirrors similar pathways to ourselves. For instance, obstacles or unknown events and how they find a way for it to resolve can look like our own. A great story contains many different elements. A Midsummer’s Night Dream and The Odyssey are two exciting stories that share similarities and differences. Three important elements between these stories are the conflict between the characters

  • Tikki Tavi Quotes

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a brave hero in the story by Rudyard Kipling that is smaller than other people and animals but he’s not any different. Rikki is as curious as any other animal and he fights for other people that can’t and when he first got flooded away by a flood and moved away from his family he was wet and he had nowhere to go but a british family helped him. He liked to wander around and go smell the roses and sleep and eat he didn’t want to eat to much so he wouldn’t be so slow so when

  • Tikki Tavi Character Analysis

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    Rikki-Tikki is the name of the character I will be analysing from the short story called “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”. The author’s name is Joseph Rudyard Kipling. He said, “[Books] were among the most important affairs in the world…. I had found out, too, that one could take a pen and set down what one thought and that nobody accused one of ‘showing off’ by doing so” (29). He made Rikki-Tikki a brave, curious, and valiant character that played the role of a hero by saving the garden and his new family from

  • 's Metamorphose In Rikki Tavi By Rudyard Kipling

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose that is washed out of his hole by a flood and found by an English family. This family takes him in as their own and lets him live with them in their bungalow. He is the good guy or protagonist in the story. This mongoose has the same name as the story written about him by the author, Rudyard Kipling. Throughout this tale Rikki proves himself to be brave, heroic, and quick. First, Rikki shows himself to be brave when he stops Nagaina from fleeing with the last of her

  • Rikki Tavi Character Analysis

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi is a mongoose that was taken away by a flash flood. After the flood a family took him in by the warm fire to live with them in a bungalow. The author's name that wrote “Rikki Tikki Tavi” is Rudyard Kipling. “Rikki Tikki Tavi” is the name of the story. Rikki is safe,fast,and a hero. First, Rikki shows how cautious he is when Teddy’s dad and mother are at his door. Teddy’s dad says “Teddy’s safer with that little beast than if he had a bloodhound to watch him”(18). Teddy is

  • How To Characterize Rikki Davi

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    This story is called Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. I would like to talk about the main character, Rikki Tikki Tavi. Rikki is a young mongoose that was carried from a flood to a strange and dangerous garden. Rikki soon discovers the secrets of the garden, Nag and Nagaina, who are awful cobras, who want to be king and queen of the garden. Rikki soon discovers that a family needs his help to keep the predators away. Rikki fights for the family to keep them safe. Rikki’s eyes light up red as he

  • Who Is Rikki-Helpful Or Harmful?

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    In the story Rikki-tikki-tavi, by Rudyard Kipling. Nag a big quick snake will fight some enemies that he will have some trouble with, “he looked at Rikki-tikki with the wicked snake’s eyes” (18). Nag is evil, agile, but also dangerous and he will show that. Firstly, Nag is an Evil snake, he ate one of the baby birds that fell out of Darzee’s nest and Darzee and her husband were sitting on the branch crying. “We are miserable” said darzee “One of our babies fell out of the nest and nag ate him….”(18)

  • Nagaina Compare And Contrast Rikki And The Cobras

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    In the story, Rikki- Tikki- Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, a young mongoose is washed away from his family because a flood. A young boy named Teddy finds him in his backyard located in Segowlee Cantonment, India. The family decides to keep Rikki- Tikki as a pet. While Rikki- Tikki was exploring, he encounters two cobras, Nag and Nagaina. As conflicts arise between Rikki- Tikki and the cobras, the reader is able to recognize key traits in the two characters. Rikki- Tikki shows that he is loyal, smart,

  • Rikki Tavi

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. Rikki Tikki Tavi, the protagonist of this story, is a curious young mongoose. In this story Rikki learns to be very brave, and that he must fight a great war to save his family. This story begins In a rainforest in India where Rikki was caught in a terrible flash flood and nearly drowned. Rikki was rescued by a kind English family who nursed him back to health. Rikki quickly felt love for this family. When the mongoose was back to full health

  • 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

  • Nigaina's Determination In Brikki Tavi

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    “Rikki-tikki-tavi” is a book about a mongoose written by Rudyard Kipling, a human. During this story Rikki-tikki-tavi uses his fast reflexes to eliminate the snakes and be considered a hero. He proves himself to be determined, brave, and protecting while killing snakes, obviously, because who doesn't prove themselves by killing snakes. At first Rikki proves his determination in extermination while he kills Nag in the bathroom. While he held onto Nags fragile neck “he closed his jaws tighter, for

  • How Does Nigaina Characterize Rikki Tavi?

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story written by Rudyard Kipling set in Colonial India. It tells of a feud between a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and two snakes named Nag and Nagaina. The story represents the battle that goes on between good and evil powers. The two snakes prove to be a threat to the family that adopted Rikki, so he quickly jumps into action. His actions were justifiable, as well as instinctive. Some people believe that Nag and Nagaina are the victims of the story, but they are the

  • Rikki Tavi Theme

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    To begin with, theme is what the author is trying to convey in their writing. It is what they want you to take away from a story. In a way it is like a lesson that you are learning. In the story “Rikki- Tikki- Tavi”, there clearly is a theme. There seems to be some sort of question as to what the message of this story is. I can’t apprehend why there is a question. I mean how could I when Mr. Kipling states it so clearly? I am one hundred percent sure that the theme of this story is Good Triumphs

  • Quotes From The Graveyard Book

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    In The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, Bod is a child in danger of a man who killed his family and is only protected in the graveyard. Bod grows up in a graveyard, raised by ghosts of various times. He was never let into the outside world which only made him more longing to see it. Bod is different in the sense that his life and upbringing is different from others, which shaped him into a somebody much different from everyone else; he was also ambitious in the sense that he has big dreams to travel

  • Compare And Contrast Tikki Tavi

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi A cobra is a dangerous snake with a lethal bite. There are many similarities and differences between movies and stories, this essay will talk about the differences and similarities of the story and movie Rikki Tikki Tavi. These differences and similarities include the characters, setting, and conflict. Many times movie makers take things out of the original story to make the movie the way they want it. The only problem with taking out and adding things in is it can make it much

  • Compare And Contrast Riki-Tikki Tavi

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    Unlike Farah Ahmedi, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi wasn't forced to undertake mission, but he chose to do it.  In "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was was a young mongoose who, after a flood washed him away from his family, was found by a new family.  This new, loving family was, fortunately, Teddy and his parents.  These parents actually at first thought that Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was going to be misbehaved, but ended up adoring him and becoming a big motivation for him.  Another motivation

  • Rikki Tavi Sparknotes

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    Rikki Tikki Tavi is a short story it was published in 1894 but what is the story all about? The story of Rikki Tikki Tavi is about a mongoose who one day got washed out of his burrow where he lived with his mother and father kicking and clucking down a roadside ditch and he found a wisp of grass laying there so he hung on till he lost his senses. then Rikki Tikki Tavi was found in the hot sun but a small boy named teddy saw him and thought he was dead and was going to have a funeral for him

  • Loyalty In Rikki-Tavi By Rudyard Kipling

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    ”When people show loyalty to you, you take care of those who are with you. It's how it goes with everything. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn't stay loyal to you, they don't stay your friend for very long” -John Cena, is a quote that speaks about loyalty.This quote about loyalty connects to the theme of Rikki Tikki Tavi.The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is loyalty can cause people to take a chance for those you love and care