Personification In Rikki Tavi
“Courage is knowing what not to fear. (Plato)” Support from loved ones can give you courage, and courage can give you insight on what not to fear. You will feel more confident when someone is there to help you, so you will be able to overcome your troubles. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that you can .
In the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the main character Rikki is a young and righteous mongoose who cares for equality among animals. As shown when Rikki-Tikki questions, ‘“Marks or no marks, do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest (para 25)?”’ The textual evidence shows that Rikki-Tikki did not tolerate Nag’s claim of superiority over the other animals in the garden. He …show more content…
An example of personification in the story is when Rikki says, “It must be the head,” he said at last, “the head above the hood; and when I am once there, I must not let go (para 57).” This shows the use of personification because the author uses the mongoose’s natural instinct to kill cobras and combines it with the text so that it seems as if Rikki-Tikki is thinking where to bite Nag. Another time when the author used personification is when the text states, “Darzee’s wife knew better than to do that, for a bird who looks at a snake’s eyes gets so frightened that she cannot move.” This supports the topic sentence because the author once again uses real live animal traits and applies it to the story in a way so that it seems as if Darzee’s wife has humanesque traits. This proves the theme to be true because if this had been a normal scene without personification, the bird (Darzee’s wife) would have just continued hopping away from Nagaina instead of contemplating on what to do. In conclusion, the author used personification so that the readers can digest the
In the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the main character Rikki is a young and righteous mongoose who cares for equality among animals. As shown when Rikki-Tikki questions, ‘“Marks or no marks, do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest (para 25)?”’ The textual evidence shows that Rikki-Tikki did not tolerate Nag’s claim of superiority over the other animals in the garden. He …show more content…
An example of personification in the story is when Rikki says, “It must be the head,” he said at last, “the head above the hood; and when I am once there, I must not let go (para 57).” This shows the use of personification because the author uses the mongoose’s natural instinct to kill cobras and combines it with the text so that it seems as if Rikki-Tikki is thinking where to bite Nag. Another time when the author used personification is when the text states, “Darzee’s wife knew better than to do that, for a bird who looks at a snake’s eyes gets so frightened that she cannot move.” This supports the topic sentence because the author once again uses real live animal traits and applies it to the story in a way so that it seems as if Darzee’s wife has humanesque traits. This proves the theme to be true because if this had been a normal scene without personification, the bird (Darzee’s wife) would have just continued hopping away from Nagaina instead of contemplating on what to do. In conclusion, the author used personification so that the readers can digest the