Character Analysis Of Vicki-Tikki Tavi - 1727 Words

What motivates a person or character in text to undertake a mission. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is a fictional narrative that demonstrates that characters in text undertake a mission because of multiple motivations. The narrative begins by introducing the reader to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the human family, as well as the initial conflict of Rikki-Tikki being washed away from his mongoose family and ends up being adopted by the human family. Soon thereafter, Rikki-Tikki encounters the story’s most important conflict, battling the snakes, and while engaging in his mission to kill the snakes, Rikki killed Karait the dusty brown snakeling, Rikki then engaged in battle with Nag and won, Rikki lastly slaughtered Nagaina. The resolution†¦show more content†¦An example of this from another text called David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is that when Steerforth shows protection and love for David that David quickly responds with loyalty and admiration which is like how Rikki Tikki responded to the family when they protected him. Yet another quote from the story that demonstrates that Rikki Tikki Tavi is motivated to destroy the snakes because he is giving love and protection back to the adoptive human family is when the text states, â€Å"They took him into the house, and a big man picked him up between his finger and thumb and said he was not dead but half choked. So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed.† The 4 specific parts that show the family’s love are when they took him into the house, when the big mank held him, when they warmed him over a little fire, and when they wrapped him in cotton. When they took him into the house this shows love because only people with love in their heart will take a wild animal into their house, also when the Big man picked up Rikki this shows immense trust and love because he is willing to love and protect an animal that he h as just met, when the family wrap him in cotton and warm him over a little fire they show protection and love for Rikki because they have