“Words are, of course, are the most powerful drug used by mankind” -Rudyard Kipling Rikki-tikki Tavi was a brave, little mongoose who has a right to be proud of himself. So maybe in the literature it sound a little violent when killing the snakes but he did save the family from the venomous snakes. A mongoose is a carnivore that feeds on eggs, birds and especially copras. While he was fighting the copras he had a little help from his friends Darzee and Chuchundra. Darzee is a tail-bird is the one
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Sinem KELEŞ THE CONCEPT OF IDENDTITY IN ‘KİM’ About the Writer of the ‘KİM’ and the novel Rudyard Kipling, writer of the novel, is a British writer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He acquired great fame with his novel which is notable for detailed depiction of the culture and people of India. It is described as a picaresque novel in which the adventures of the main characters are told. Kim is an orphan son of a British soldier. One day, he meets
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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
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industrialization. Industrialized countries had a greater political power (military), more money, and a high standard of living for it's people, and with this came an influential power over other weaker, underdeveloped countries. In document 6, Rudyard Kipling (in his poem, “The White Man's Burden”) described imperialism from a social standpoint, saying that it was the duty of the white race to send their best men (“send forth the best ye breed”) to teach the weak countries/people to become a better
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Jerome is a great story-teller with a strong sense of humor. One reason for his popularity was his different and new way of representation which differed from the books written by authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson , Arthur Cannon Doyle , Rudyard Kipling and other popular authors. We are going to analyse an extract from the book "Three men in a boat". Here we see the story about three friends, who stopped at village called Sonning. Then they decided to stay there for the night, so they had
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the classic British "stiff upper lip." It is a didactic poem in the form of a dramatic monologue from the father. The three main ideas behind the poem defining a man are: Patience, Determination and risk-taking. The poem was written in 1895 by Rudyard Kipling, the same time as the Jameson Raid happened in South Africa against Paul Kruger’s Transvaal republic. He states in his 1937 autobiography that this war was the main drive behind writing this poem. We can infer from this that the poem was written
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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
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(even though I am never getting on another roller coaster in my life). But Rikki is way more than I am, fighting his two mortal enemies and winning. Rikki is also very curious in paragraph 5. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is … Bravery can solve a lot of problems. Rikki Tikki is a __brave____ character in this story. Rikki is brave in this sentence“He was afraid for the minute; but it is impossible for a mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time, and
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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
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The 5 'W's - Who, What, Where, When and Why - is a great tool that helps get pertinent information out for discussion. From the [poem] from Rudyard Kipling's "The Elephant's Child" which opens with: I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. Who - Who does the problem affect? Specific groups, organizations, customers, etc. What - What are the boundaries of the problem, e.g. organizational, work flow, geographic
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