“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.” “Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.” “Literacy is a way to know others” As time pass, many people has many ways to describe literacy. Many of us like it and many of us don’t. Many of us think it is corruptive and many think it’s honorable, but my opinion of would be literacy is totally different than others. I think of literacy as a source, what teaches us to learn how to live and go on. I think this
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This story is about a mongoose named Rikki Tikki, who was swept away from his family.Even if he didn't have a family teddy and his family welcomed him into their home.He met new companies named Darzee and his wife.He also made enemies called Nag and Nagina who he battled and won.He vowed to keep the garden safe from anyone dared to give it harm.Transition: Connect what was used to hook the reader with the theme statement you are about to make.The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by
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Introduction: J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote, “If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.” In the story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was a mongoose who developed a special bond with the humans who saved his life and took him in. He showed gratitude for all they have done by being the a loyal friend. Because of the loyalty, Rikki risked his life to fight and defeat the three snakes that threatened his friend’s lives. Rikki-tikki is a lot like this because he shows his loyalty to his family
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In “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” Riki tiki and Nag struggle to fight each other. Rikki-tikki-tavi decides to fight Nag and move in with the people that found him. Nag and Nagaina are cobras with vicious tempers. The characters all have different personalities, and the narrator switches between the point of view of Nag, Nagaina, and Ricki Tiki. One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch.
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The Legendary Life of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling was one of the greatest writers of all time. He was a gifted writer and a huge celebrity, and has provided us with countless writings that will continue to be enjoyed by future generations. There are two perspectives when it comes to Kipling’s canonization; those that believe based solely on his writing abilities think he should be canonized, and those who saw him as an only an outspoken political figure do not. The questions surrounding his
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Rikki Tikki is a courageous character in this story.On paragraph 33 it says,” Rikki-Rikki's eyes grew red again, and he danced up to Karait with the peculiar rocking, swaying motion that he had inherited from his family.” this shows how courageous Rikki Tikki is. Rikki Tikki Tavi courage is very well shown with the example.Rikki Tikki Tavi’s action when he was getting ready for anything to come shows how courageous he isOn paragraph 96 says,”It was dark in the hole, and Rikki-Tikki never knew when
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“The boy is safe, and it was I I I, that caught Nag by the hood last night in the bathroom.” Why is the bravery of Rikki Tikki affective to the story? The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is “ Love brings out the bravery inside of you.” Rikki Tikki is a very brave character in this story. An example is , “H’m!” said Rikki-tikki, “that is very sad , but I am a stranger here , who is Nag?”(para #21). This is demonstrates Rikki Tikki’s character traits because
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Skeleton Key, opens with two men, Carlo and Marc, flying to meet with General Alexo Sarov in Cayo Esqueleto (Spanish for "Skeleton Key"), a fictional island just off of Cuba to exchange a kilogram of Uranium for money the general has promised them. However, when Sarov reveals he needs to raise it, the two threaten to call the American Intelligence if the money isn't received in three days. Taking this as a threat, Sarov turns the runway lights off when the two go to leave, then turns a set of lights
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In the story Rikki Tikki Tavi a mongoose saves a family from two terrible snakes, Nag and Nagina. The family took him in after they found him on the side of the road, so for repayment Rikki got rid of the snakes for them. Rikki was a honorable and respectable individual, but he acted in a disrespectful manner sometimes in the story. First of all, Rikki Tikki was very rude to Darzee and his wife for hardly even doing anything. Rikki said,” If I could get up to your nest, I’d roll all of your babies
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JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling The stories of Jungle Book are stories told in the third person by a narrator, as one might tell bedtime stories to children. Only in "The White Seal" and "Servants of the Queen," is the narrator actually mentioned, and then he is not identified. The reader gets the sense of a wise older narrator, one who is intimately familiar with Colonial Indian and the jungle therein, but not of it, as a British colonial officer would be. The narrator, for the most part, is impartial
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