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Rikki-Tavi: Comparing The Movie And The Book
While watching Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, or reading, many people have questions about the difference between the movie and the book. This essay, hopefully, will answer some of those questions. The author of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is Rudyard Kipling. The story starts with a flood that washed a mongoose out of his home. A family kindly takes him in, knowing he was cold and hungry. The mongoose helps to protect the family, and himself, from two evil snakes, who is trying to become Queen and King of the garden once more. There are many similarities and a few differences between the book and the movie such as, characters, setting, and conflict. There are many similarities in the book and the movie about the characters. In the book and the movie, Rikki’s eyes
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