As Mark Twain once said, “With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.” In the story, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rikki Tikki loves his family enough to protect them from a deadly cobra. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is protecting who you love takes courage.

Rikki Tikki is a courageous character in this story. To illustrate, “Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog—to and fro on the floor, up and down, and round in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cartwhipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against …show more content…
In one instance, “My husband lies on the rubbish heap this morning, but before night the boy in the house will lie very still.” (para 78) This entails, Nagaina loves her husband, Nag, enough to avenge him and try to kill Rikki Tikki and the family. Nagaina’s character traits are similar to Rikki Tikki’s character traits. She is courageous for trying to kill the family because, the big man could have killed her like he did to Nag. As proof, “Nagaina spun clear round, forgetting everything for the sake of the one egg; and Rikki-tikki saw Teddy’s father shoot out a big hand, catch Teddy by the shoulder, and drag him across the little table with the teacups, safe and out of reach of Nagaina.” This shows, Nagaina loves her last egg enough to forget about killing the family. Nagaina is loving like Rikki Tikki because, she wants the last of her three eggs to hatch and be safe. In summary, love and courage are two of Nagaina’s character …show more content…
She shows human feelings that animals may not be able to display. Nagaina takes courage and a chance to protect her eggs. The author uses anthropomorphism to show Rikki Tikki and Nagaina’s different character traits. In other words, Rikki Tikki and Nagaina’s character traits are shown using anthropomorphism.

Being able to protect the ones you love takes courage is the theme in the fictional story, Rikki-tikki-tavi, by Rudyard Kipling. Rikki Tikki gets saved by a loving family that he fights for and protects. Nagaina and Nag plot against Rikki Tikki and his family because they want the garden to themselves. Rikki Tikki is clever and kills Nagaina and Nag; leaving the garden peaceful and safe. In conclusion, this lesson applies to everyone by sending a message, that no matter who you are, it often requires more courage to even dare doing right than having fear of doing wrong, when protecting the one you