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Survival Theme Of Survival
In Rudyard Kipling's fiction story, "Rikki-tikki-tavi", the theme of survival is demonstrated through Rikki's actions during his many conflicts within the story. For example, Nag and Nagaina discuss that they should kill the family to raise their young Cobras,safely(28),Rikki-Tikki kills Nag in the bathroom to protect his family(29), Rikki-Tikki kills Nagaina to save Teddy (33).

Rudyard first introduces the idea survival in the scene where Nag and Nagaina discuss that they should kill the family to raise their young cobra eggs safely(28). Basically the Cobras are trying to get a place for their young Cobras to live safely and "Survive"because all animals need to survive. A quote from the book that helps with this theme is "When there were
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