Has the people you love make you feel brave because they were in a dangerous situation? Well in the story, Rikki tikki has felt like this before. I know this from the reading on paragraph (32) Teddy came running down the path, Rikki-Tikki was ready to be petted. But just as Teddy was stooping, something wriggled a little in the dust and a tiny voice said: “Be careful. I am Death!” It was Karait. Has this feeling ever occur to you? The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that has the people you love make you feel brave?

Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. In fact “Then Rikki-Tikki came up and cried: “Turn round, Nagaina; turn and fight!” Paragraph 86. This shows that Rikki tikki is brave because he said to a cobra to fight him because he got his bravery due to his affection to his family. This shows that …show more content…
For instance “ Rikki-tikki was ready to be petted. But just as Teddy was stooping, something wriggled a little in the dust and a tiny voice said: “Be careful. I am Death!” It was Karait.” Paragraph 32. This shows that Rikki tikki is going to fight for the human this is an example of Anthropomorphism because wild animals can not show affection to humans. This anthropomorphism proves the theme because he is brave enough to fight a snake due to his love to his family being endangered. Also “As he held, he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure he would be banged to death, and for the honor of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked.” Paragraph 58. This is an example of anthropomorphism because he preferred to be found with his teeth locked, but he does not care because he is an animal. This proves the theme because he is fighting and he does not care if he loses his teeth because he is fighting for the family. Rudyard Kipling or the author uses anthropomorphism to demonstrate