How Does Rikki Have The Right To Build A Mongoose?

The author of the short story, Rikki-tikki-tavi, is Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-tikki is a mongoose. A mongoose is like a little in in his features, but like a weasel with their habits. Throughout the story, Rikki-tikki defends the family from predators. Rikki also defends his new animal friends. He, though he was scared, fought heroically two cobras and a snakeling. Rikki had some help, but otherwise he faced the predators alone. Rikki-tikki has the right to be proud.
Some background information is that this takes place during the 1800s during summer. The setting is the family’s house and garden in India. Rikki-tikki and the snakes are natural enemies. The story starts out with Rikki being washed out of his burrow and the family rescues him. while Rikki is exploring, he comes across Nag and Nagaina. They fight a lot and eventually it comes to the point where he kills Karait, a snaking, and Nag. Nagaina tries to have revenge on the family because she thinks that they killed Nag, her husband, This leads up to Rikki-tikki and her fighting each other, Eventually, he kills Nagaina.
Rikki-tikki, though he was frightened, did not cower. He bravely faced his fears to protect the family. In the story Rikki thinks that Rikki-tikki was at first frightened. It

says,” He was afraid for the minute.” (pg. 18) He brushes of his fear and asks boldly,” Well, marks or no marks, do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest?” (pg.19) Rikki-tikki defends his new animal friends. Rikki did not leave his new animal friends; he stood his ground.
Rikki-tikki fights Karait and saves Teddy’s life. He heroically fights and kills Karait. Rikki also doesn’t think of just himself. It says on page 20, “Karait struck out, Rikki jumped sideways and tried to run in, but the wicked little dusty gray head lashed within a fraction of his shoulder, and he had to jump over the body, and the head followed his heels close,” Rikki fought with all his might to defend Teddy. Rikki is protective of the people he cares about and in order to save Teddy, he had to kill Karait.
Rikki-tikki fought Nag and his wife, Nagaina, and killed them to protect the family and his new animal friends.

” Darzee, the tailorbird, helped him, Chuchundra, the muskrat, who never comes out into the middle of the floor but always creeps around the wall, gave him advice; but Rikki-tikki did the real fighting.” (pg. 16) Rikki find the troublesome snakes plotting against the family after talking to Chuchundra and kills Nag, even though he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog. ( pg. 22) He was truly valiant. Rikki-tikki faces Nagaina, who was more of a challenge. When he is faced with going into Nagaina’s hole, where no one dare ventures, but he doesn’t hesitate to go in. He bravely goes in and kills

her.
Rikki-tikki was violent. He killed Karait, Nagaina, Nag, and threatened to harm Chuchundra. However, Rikki-tikki was protecting the family and his animal friends. He had to kill the cobras and the snakeling because they wanted to harm the people he cares about. It is natural for some to defend the people they care about. He threatened to harm Chuchundra, but Chuchundra was withholding information that could affect if someone he cares for could be hurt. Rikki only his his method of violence to kill those predators if the benefit from it was good and help those he cared for survive.
To sum it up, Rikki-tikki is a hero and deserves to be proud of himself. Even though he hasn’t known them long, he defends the family and his animal friends with all his might from the predators. He, though he was scared, he brushes off his fear and doesn’t run away. He fought heroically Nag and Nagaina. He also fought Karait. Rikki had some help from his friends, but otherwise he faced the predators alone. Rikki was valiant and caring. Therefore, Rikk-tikki has the right to be proud of himself.