Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. -Morihei Ueshiba Like Ueshiba said Rikki had to stay loyal and fight the snakes for the family he loved; because they saved him and adopted him. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is an act of kindness can give give some people loyalty.
Rikki Tikki is a loyal character in this story. One Example is when the family saved Rikki he gave his love and saved them. This shows that his kind deed was for the families kind deed to him. They helped him in a good way and he helped them back. Another time where he was loyal is when he helps all the garden and kept out snakes. (Para 100 and 105) He stayed loyal and courageous to the family, even if that meant hurting himself. He could have left and more snakes would have came in and could hurt the family. So overall, I feel that Rikki Tikki was a courageous and loyal person.
Nagaina, another character in the story is menacing. Nagaina was mean and menacing, she wanted to kill the family just to have room for her babies. (para. 49 and 51). This proves that she doesn’t care about who she kills just for her own good.This…show more content… He gives them human traits so that you can think and feel how they feel.The personification proves the theme because when you can relate, you can have love and loyalty.Also when Kipling wrote in paragraph 33 when he showed that Rikki fought a more dangerous snake to help the family.This shows that Kipling used personification to help you relate to loyalty.Having personification also helps readers relate to the story and feel it more inside them.So this is how Kipling uses personification to show
