“Those who break the rules are scum, but those who leave their friends behind are worse than scum!” -Obito Uchiha. This relates to Rikki Tikki saving his friends and family instead of leaving them to die. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is do something others can't do for themselves. Rikki Tikki is a brave and courageous character in this story. For example, we see this when he follows Nagaina into her hole knowing that she had a better chance of killing him there. (para. 96)This shows that, he would do anything to save save his family and friends and that he is brave. He does something no one else could do when he kills Nag and Nagaina when his friends couldn't. also, when he kills