Tikki Tgii Movie And Movie Analysis - 836 Words

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Compare and Contrast) Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave mans eyes. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a story about a fight between the most feared snake in the garden- a King Cobra, and a mongoose who will not stand for his cruelty in a bungalow in India to protect the freedom of all the animals. An animated movie about the story was filmed and a novella was written to tell the story. There were many differences and similarities between the two stories, such as the food Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ate in the movie versus the novella, him having a war cry and a motto in the book, however, not a war cry, but a motto in the movie, and what Rikki-Tikki did while exploring the house in the book versus in the movie. First, in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,†¦show more content†¦According to the book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, â€Å"he could fluff up his tail till it looked like a bottlebrush, and his war cry as he scuttled through the long grass was Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!† (Kipling 143). The novella also states, â€Å" It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is Run and find out, and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.† (Kipling 144). However, in the movie beginning and throughout the book, Rikki-Tikki had no war cry, however he did have a motto. This proves that another difference between the Rikki-Tikki-Tavi movie and book is that in the book, Rikki had a war cry, but in the movie, Rikki had no war cry. The final difference between the movie and the book of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is that while Rikki-Tikki is exploring the bungalow of Segowlee, he does more in the book than in the movie. The book reads, â€Å" Then Rikki-tikki went out into the garden to see what was to be seen. It was a large garden, only half cultivated, with bushes, as big as summerhouses, of Marshal Niel roses; lime and orange trees; clumps of bamboos; and thickets of high grass.† (Kipling 145). The story also states, â€Å"He spent all that day roaming over the house. He nearly drowned himself in the bathtubs, put his nose into the ink on a writing table, and burnt it on the end of the big mans cigar, for he climbed up in the