Loyalty in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Anonymous 8th Grade

Rudyard Kipling was born in India on December 30, 1865, and is the author of many influential and significant books, one of them being the short compelling story of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.” Kipling was a British author, poet, and Noble Prize laureate (1907) and wrote many famous stories. Alongside “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, Kipling is the author of many short stories and poems such as “The Jungle Book” (1894), Kim (1901), and If- (1910). One of his most popular books, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” is about the life of a courageously loyal mongoose who lost his home and later went to reside in the bungalow of an English family, where Rikki-Tikki describes his adventures while protecting the animals in the garden. Based on the context of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” the theme of the story is If you are loyal to others they will help you in return, and this theme is proven by Rikki-Tikki, Darzee’s Wife, and Chuchundra.

In “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” Rikki-Tikki is a recurring example of loyalty and how it benefits you in return. According to the aftermath of Nag’s death, “His father ran out with a stick, but by the time he came up, Karait had lunged out once too far, and Rikki-Tikki had sprung, jumped on the snake’s back, dropped his head far between his forelegs,...