Rikki-Tikki-Tavi from The Jungle Book Themes
Coming of Age
Rikki-tikki starts the story as a young and inexperienced mongoose, which this means he has only one place to go from there: up. Yes, like many coming of age stories, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is about a...
Man & the Natural World
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" shows man (and woman) in a really awkward place within the natural world. On the one hand, Teddy and his family are obviously super into nature. Teddy plays in the garden and the...
Good vs. Evil
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" comes down pretty hard on the whole good versus evil thing. In this corner, wearing his fur raised, we have the valiant, the fearless, the good Rikki-tikki. He fights to protect...
Courage & Bravery
Bravery sets Rikki-tikki apart from the other characters. Darzee isn't brave; he just cowers in his nest, hiding from Nag and Nagaina. Chuchundra isn't brave; he comes out at night to avoid danger....
Philosophical Viewpoints: Postcolonialism
Postcolonialism can be seen as a philosophy, a reconsideration of history, or a method of cultural studies. In short, it's a field with its work cut out for it. For our purposes, we can think of po...