...Bridget Boyle Johanson Eng 105-39 23, February 2015 The Jungle Book Disney has the ability to make children out of adults and turn old stories in to movies that are memorable for all. From Snow White to Frozen, Disney has been capturing audience’s attention no matter what age group. One of the most notable films is the Jungle Book. The Jungle Book is an amazing story that takes viewer through the life of Mowgli who was a boy that was raised by wolves. The young boy must leave from his wolf family in order to escape the man-eating tiger named Shere Khan. With the Indian boy's fellow companions Bagheera and Baloo the audience experiences a great and positive story, fun songs, amazing animations for the time, and characters that will always be closed to the heart. The Disney version of Rudyard Kipling’s novel takes the audience to experience a great story and makes it into a family friendly animated movie. The story of a young Indian boy named Mowgli, who is a little boy that was separated from his village and was saved by his wolf father from the evil tiger Shere Khan. The boy was raised as a wolf and about 10 years later he grew up and learned that he couldn’t stay because soon Shere Khan would find him. Mowgli teams up with his panther friend Bagheera who will help him journey back to his village. On the way back the two protagonists run into another man-eating beast, Kaa the snake. Both Bagheera and Mowgli eventually meet up with a fun and loving bear named...
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...JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling The stories of Jungle Book are stories told in the third person by a narrator, as one might tell bedtime stories to children. Only in "The White Seal" and "Servants of the Queen," is the narrator actually mentioned, and then he is not identified. The reader gets the sense of a wise older narrator, one who is intimately familiar with Colonial Indian and the jungle therein, but not of it, as a British colonial officer would be. The narrator, for the most part, is impartial and allows the stories' characters to tell the story. Only occasionally does he interject, such as at the end of "Tiger, Tiger," when he tells us that the rest of Mowgli's story is a story for grownups. This is also true at the beginning of the "White Seal," where the narrator tells us of the winter wren that originally told him the story. The narrator does not share his opinion of the story and the characters' actions. The reader is left to draw his own conclusion. Kipling is a product of his 19th century British colonial experiences, and the British/ Native and Indian caste class differences are alluded to in several of the stories. In "Toomai of the Elephants," the reader is told that Big Toomai works for the government, but it is to Petersen Sahib, a white man, that he reports. Additionally, whereas Petersen's interaction with the boy, Little Toomai, is undoubtedly well meant, it still carries a vaguely condescending tone. This difference is also evident in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi...
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...The Legendary Life of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling was one of the greatest writers of all time. He was a gifted writer and a huge celebrity, and has provided us with countless writings that will continue to be enjoyed by future generations. There are two perspectives when it comes to Kipling’s canonization; those that believe based solely on his writing abilities think he should be canonized, and those who saw him as an only an outspoken political figure do not. The questions surrounding his use of a swastika show him to be a possible Nazi sympathizer and curve his support of canonization. The purpose of this research paper is to provide the insight and the facts to support the stature of his writing abilities, and to prove that on the merit of his writing alone, he is a true literary canon. Despite his political incorrectness, he should be considered a talented and remarkable author based solely on his literary creativity. Kipling was born in December of 1965 in Bombay, British India; which is now known as Mumbai, India. He was an English poet, short story writer and novelist (Wikipedia). He was born to Lockwood and Alice Kipling, who were both highly respected people in their time. Kipling was in love with India and the people that inhabited it. Some of Kipling’s earliest and fondest memories are of him and his sister Alice’s trips to the bustling fruit market with their nanny, or her telling them Indian nursery rhymes and stories before their nap in the tropical afternoon...
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...Rikki’s Admirable Qualities Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story written by Rudyard Kipling. The story is about a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi who is adopted by a British family who are living in a house in India. He was adopted not only to be a pet for the family, but to also protect the family from the dangerous snakes that live in India’s jungles. Rikki speaks to the other animals that live in the family garden and is warned of two very dangerous cobras, Nag and Nagaina. These cobras are angry at the family for moving into an area which they used to dominate. Rikki ends up killing both of these cobras and saving the family’s lives on multiple occasions. (Kipling) Rikki has many admirable qualities that were present during the story, these included his loyalty towards the family and his courage. Rudyard Kipling was an English writer, who wrote short stories poetry and novels. Most of his stories were based in the country of India, due to the fact that he was born in Bombay India. Some of his most memorable works were “The Jungle book”, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, “Just So Stories”, “Kim”, and his poem “Mandalay”. Kipling was a very well known author in England in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It was once said by literary critic Douglas Kerr that “"He [Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial...
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...4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page i THE JUNGLE BOOK In the hills of Southern India a baby lies warm and safe in a cave. He lies among wolf-cubs, next to Mother Wolf’s side, and he is not afraid. Outside the cave Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, roars angrily, wanting to kill. ‘No!’ says Mother Wolf. ‘The man’s cub belongs to me. He will live, to run with the other wolves, to be my son. And I will call him Mowgli.’ The years pass, and Mowgli the man’s cub grows up with the wolves. He learns the Law of the Jungle from his teachers, Baloo the old brown bear and Bagheera the black panther. He has many adventures, and many friends among the animals of the jungle. But he still has an enemy. Shere Khan the tiger has not forgotten. He waits for the day when he can catch the man’s cub – and kill him. 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page ii 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page iii OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Classics The Jungle Book Stage 2 (700 headwords) Series Editor: Jennifer Bassett Founder Editor: Tricia Hedge Activities Editors: Jennifer Bassett and Alison Baxter 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page iv 4790642 Jungle Book 13/1/07 07:50 Page v RUDYARD KIPLING The Jungle Book Retold by Ralph Mowat Illustrated by Kanako Damerum and Yuzuru Takasaki OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 4790642 Jungle Book 24/11/06 11:45 Page vi Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University...
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...“Now,” said the big man (he was an Englishman who had just moved into the bungalow), “don’t frighten him, and we’ll see what he’ll do.” The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. Kindness can turn into loyalty. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is, “the kindness of others creates loyalty.” Rikki Tikki is a loyal character in this story. In one instance, Rikki saved Teddy’s life when the venomous snake Karait (para 34). The family took Rikki in and he returned the favor by saving their only son from Karait. Rikki’s loyalty to the family saved them from Karait, Nag, and Nagaina. Furthermore, Rikki took on a king cobra which could kill him with one strike so he could save the family (para. 94).Rikki-tikki saved the family again from another venomous snake while risking his life in the process. The kindness of the family when they took Rikki in made him loyal to them. Since Rikki is a loyal character, he saved the family which in turn they gave him a roof over his head. Nagaina, another character in the story is loving. In one instance, Nagaina wanted to get revenge for her husband’s death by killing the big man’s son (para. 84). Nagaina loved her husband so much that she would do anything to get revenge.This shows how much she loved Nag which portrays her character trait. Moreover, Nagaina would have done anything to get her last egg from Rikki, who killed all of her other eggs...
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...Rikki-tikki is a brave and curious character in this story. For instance, “Rikki-tikki did the real fighting.” (para. 1) Therefore, this citation shows that Rikki-tikki is brave enough to fight. Since Rikki-tikki is quite brave it relates to the theme is because the theme is “Bravery pays off.” As evidence, “Come and fight with me.” (para. 92) Furthermore, this demonstrates that he is brave enough to challenge and fight the opponent. He fought with bravery and won which paid off by saving his loved ones. In conclusion, Rikki-tikki has a very brave and curious personality. Nagaina, another character in the story is cruel. For instance, “‘Now I have Nagaina to settle with, and she will be worse than five Nags, and there’s no knowing when the eggs she spoke of will hatch.” (para. 60) In addition, the citation explains how cruel Nagaina is by comparing her to her spouse. Nagaina’s cruel personality is similar with Rikki-tikki and his personality because when he requested to fight he said it with a mean attitude. To demonstrate, “‘You warned Rikki-tikki when I would have killed him. Indeed and truly, you’ve chosen a bad place to be lame in.’” (para. 76) Additionally, this displays that she was planning on hurting Rikki-tikki. Rikki-tikki was plotting against Nagaina to injure her which means they are somewhat similar. In summary, Nagaina is a cruel character in Rikki-tikki-tavi which was written by Rudyard Kipling. The author Rudyard Kipling, uses anthropomorphism in this story...
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... Nelson Mandela once said, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” In Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the author writes about how Rikki-tikki had the courage to stand up to his feared enemy while defending his family members and friends. The theme of the fictional story by Rudyard Kipling is that people (or animals, in this case) are willing to do anything to protect those they love. Rikki-tikki is a courageous and cautious mongoose in the story. For example, Rikki-tikki is fearless when he was doing a much more dangerous thing than fighting Nag, for Karait is so small and can turn so quickly that unless Rikki-tikki bit him close to the back of the head, he would get the return stroke in his eye or his lip (para. 33). For this reason, Rikki-tikki risked his life to save Teddy from the dangerous snake, Karait. The little mongoose set aside any fear towards Karait and attacked him, ignoring any dangerous consequences which made him bold. In addition, Rikki-tikki was tentative after killing the antagonists, so 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. (para. 105). As you can see, Rikki-tikki was discreet after getting rid of all the cobras, so he watched over the garden in case another snake would come and harm his family. He sincerely cared for his new family, so...
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...The theme of the fictional story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that love can make you feel the need to protect the ones you love. “It’s not the size of dog in the fight, it’s the size of fight in the dog.” Again, the thesis of the story Rikki Tikki Tavi is that love can bring out protection for those you love. Rikki Tikki is a loving and protective character in this story. For example, Rikki Tikki was outside with Teddy when a small and dangerous snake, Karait came from the ground and was getting ready to fight with Rikki Tikki, but Rikki Tikki had fought Karait back to protect Teddy because he loved him. (para 33 and 34) From this example, it shows how Rikki Tikki was being protective over someone he loved. This example shows how Rikki Tikki was being brave enough to kill Karait for someone he loved. In addition, Rikki Tikki and Nag were in the bathroom fighting because Nag was going to attempt to kill the big man and Alice but, Rikki Tikki fought off Nag to protect the big man and Alice. (para 58). From this paragraph, Rikki Tikki was being protective by fighting Nag so he wouldn’t kill the family that lived in the little house. This example proves the thesis because Rikki Tikki was being protective over Teddy, the big man, and Alice. Thus, in the story, Rikki Tikki is a loving and protective character. Nagaina, another character in the story is atrocious and protective. For example, when Nagaina had first seen Rikki Tikki with Nag, she had attempted to try and...
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...‘’My favorite words are possibilities, opportunities, and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.’’Mario Testino This applies to the theme because Rikki was a curious creature, and since he was a curious creature he had the opportunity to kill the snakes.This gave him the possibility to save Teddy’s family. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ,by Rudyard Kipling, is curiosity can save the people you love. Rikki is a curious, character in the story. To begin with, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s curiosity helped him discover the snakes in the garden “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose because he is eaten up from nose to...
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...Theme is the subject of talk in a fictional piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition. In the story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling,the author shows the theme bullies can be overcome. It is clear that there are innocent bungalow animals. Therefore there are bullies in the bungalow too. Of course the bullies Nag, Nagaina, and Karait think they can't be beat and attack anyone they think are in their way. For example, the cobras were trying to kill Rikki by coming from behind while the other one was in front of him. Nag killed a baby bird that fell out of the nest. Karait also said he was death to Rikki. In addition Karait thought he already was going to win the battle, because he is really powerful and Rikki is still young....
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...Mongooses are fighting cobras. This is the world that mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi lives in. Rikki has to protect his human family from cobras in Rudyard Kipling’s fictional apologue. The main character in this story is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Rikki is a mongoose who lives in a warm, moist garden near jungles in India, with poisonous snakes all around. He lives in a human family who appreciates having him around. His job is to kill snakes and protect his human family, and he is confident in his ability to kill snakes. Rikki is washed onto a walkway where a boy and father find him and bring him to their house. After being tended to after the heavy rain, Rikki heads out to see the new garden he was brought to. He runs into a bird who is sad because...
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...This story is about a mongoose named Rikki Tikki, who was swept away from his family.Even if he didn't have a family teddy and his family welcomed him into their home.He met new companies named Darzee and his wife.He also made enemies called Nag and Nagina who he battled and won.He vowed to keep the garden safe from anyone dared to give it harm.Transition: Connect what was used to hook the reader with the theme statement you are about to make.The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is …Being brave protecting the ones you love TS Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. As he held, he closed his jaws tighter and tighter for the honor of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked. para#58.It...
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...Introduction: J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote, “If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.” In the story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was a mongoose who developed a special bond with the humans who saved his life and took him in. He showed gratitude for all they have done by being the a loyal friend. Because of the loyalty, Rikki risked his life to fight and defeat the three snakes that threatened his friend’s lives. Rikki-tikki is a lot like this because he shows his loyalty to his family throughout the story courageously fighting the antagonists Karit, Nag, and Nagaina. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is Those who are loyal are the ones who defend the ones who they love Paragraph 2 Rikki...
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... In “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” Riki tiki and Nag struggle to fight each other. Rikki-tikki-tavi decides to fight Nag and move in with the people that found him. Nag and Nagaina are cobras with vicious tempers. The characters all have different personalities, and the narrator switches between the point of view of Nag, Nagaina, and Ricki Tiki. One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch. There are so many different point of views of Ricki Tiki. He found a little wisp of grass floating there, and clung to it ‘till he lost his senses. When he woke up, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very groggy. A big man picked him up between his finger and thumb and said he was not dead but half choked so the people that found him took him into the house. They wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, when he got warmer he woke up. It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. He looked at the cotton wool, decided that it was not good to eat, ran all round the table, sat up, put his fur in order, scratched himself, and jumped on the small boy's shoulder. Rikki-tikki looked down between the boy's collar and neck, sniffed at his ear, and climbed down to the floor, where Riki-Tiki...
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