Analysis Of Rikki-Tavi By Rudyard Kipling

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In Rikki-tikki-tavi, it states, “ This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathroom of the bungalow in Segowlee cantonment” (page 4). Have you ever done something that was dangerous but brave? The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that even if you are small you can do great things for those you love.
Rikki-tikki-tavi is a small but brave character in this story. “He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail, but quite like a weasel in his head and his habits. His eyes and the end of his restless nose were pink; he could scratch himself anywhere he pleased with any leg, front or back, that he chose to use; he could fluff up his tail till …show more content…

“‘Son of the big man that killed Nag’, she hissed, ‘stay still. I am not ready yet. Wait for a little. Keep very still, all you three! If you move, I strike, and if you do not move, I strike. Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag’”(page 26). The following lines demonstrate how Nagaina is determined to get revenge on Nag’s killer, Rikki but is thought to be the man. Nagaina goes against Rikki who is a small creature who does many big things, including going against someone as determined as Nagaina. “He was afraid for the minute; but it is impossible for a mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time, and though Rikki-tikki had never met a live cobra before, his mother had fed him on dead ones, and he knew that all a grown mongoose’s business in life was to fight and eat snakes”(page 8) Rikki-tikki-tavi is a mongoose that is courageous, strong and loyal like a human. These demonstrate how Rikki, a small mongoose, can do big deeds because he is loyal to those he cares about, courageous by defending loved ones, and strong enough to fight against a snake that is difficult to fight against. The author, Rudyard Kipling, uses personification in this story to help show that even if you are little you can do large deeds to protect those you

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