What Is The Theme Of Tikki-Tavi

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The obvious theme of Rikki-tikki-tavi

A theme is a big idea we take out of a story after reading it, we suggest that is what we think the author’s purpose of writing the story was about. The story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is about a mongoose and two cobras that are very vicious to one another. They are as vicious as a big man with an axe that can kill you fast with one swing, like Rikki-tikki with one bite. The theme in this story is everybody can be courageous even though they are afraid. I can observe why others may think that the theme could be good vs. evil, but it is obviously everybody can be courageous and still be afraid.
The protagonist, Rikki-tikki-tavi, and the antagonists, Nag and Nagaina, both posses courage, as well as fear. Example one of how the.protagonist is courageous and still yet afraid is when Rikki-tikki was wanting to protect Teddy’s family and he was afraid that Nagaina would hurt him because he got a hold of one of her babies . “ You will leave …show more content…

When the snakes stand tall and they want to try and strike either at the protagonist or Teddy’s family Rikki-tikki will not let them. He is small but he can be stronger when he wants to, just because you are small does not mean you cannot accomplish big things. Rikki-tikki is as small as a newborn baby, but he can handle things well when he wants to. This is an example of how that is possible when you are small. When the protagonist was talking to one of the antagonists he was totally distracted and he did not know that they had a plan of the other antagonist sneaking up on him and was going to strike. Although Rikki-tikki was distracted, he did not fall for it, he leaped into the air as high as he could and he jumped above both of them and as soon as he hit the ground he went inside away from the cobras. When you are small you can do great things, you can be courageous and still be

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