Compare and Contrast Rikki-tikki-tavi, he went from being just another curious mongoose, to a lifesaving hero. Written by Rudyard Kipling, Rikki--tikki-tavi was animated into a film. Both the book and movie are rather very similar. The book and movie started as Rikki-tikki was rescued, to making friends, and killing cobras. With only small differences, the characters, setting, and conflict, were the same in both the book and animated film. Starting with characters, everyone stayed the same in the movie. Everyone of them had the same roles, looks, and personality as described in the book. And there were no new characters added in. As the characters stayed the same, some characters had switched places in the film’s scenes .In the book it was