Personification Of Tikki-Tavi

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Marilyn Monroe once said “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.” Have you done something so brave that you thought was really scary? In 3rd grade I had to make a speech in front of the whole school on a stage and I was stage frighten. I was tired of being scared so I brighten up and got brave enough to talk on the stage. I overcame my fears and I thought I was brave enough to do anything. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is about Rikki-Tikki-Tavi conquering his fears.

The main character in the story, Rikki-Tikki, is brave and a confidence animal. The story explains how” Rikki-Tikki fights Nag and Karait two cobra snakes that are deadly to protect the little boy “(page 11 & 14). This …show more content…

It gave him confidence in himself(page 9). This is an example because Rikki-Tikki an animal, thinks he can be confidence in himself just like a human. This personification proves the theme by him being confidence in himself even if he’s small. Another example is the author writes Rikki-tikki had a right to be proud of himself, but he did not grow too proud, and he kept that garden as a mongoose should keep it, with tooth and jump and spring and bite, till never a cobra dared show its head inside the walls(page 21). This is an example because Rikki-Tikki is relating to a human being proud of himself. This personification proves the theme by the author saying Rikki-Tikki was proud of himself because he overcame his fears. To sum up author Rudyard Kipling uses personification to help prove that anyone can be confidence and overcome their fears no matter what size, just believe in

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