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Two-Chunk Academic Essay Rough Draft. To get through life, you will need to be strong enough to stand alone. Be smart enough to know when you need help, also be sure to ask for it. Remember, do not pray for an easy life, since life will always be hard, pray for the strength to go through a difficult one. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is, when it comes to having to fight someone bigger, and maybe physically stronger than you, it's all about how much heart you have, and how much you put into what you are doing. Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. Rikki Tikki was brave when he, jumped and as his teeth met nags head, Rikki braced his back against the bulge of the red earthenware to …show more content…

For example when he uses the term his little eyes like hot coals. He also he says Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment (para#31). The term “his little eyes like hot coals,” mean when a mongoose’s eyes grow red, he is angry. Personification proves the theme by showing, that when you give up on something, maybe a fight you won’t win if you don’t try, you have to put all you effort into what you are doing. To begin with, in the story the author gives some personification in about each paragraph. For example, when a mongoose fights the snake and happens to get bitten, he runs off and eats some herb that cures him.(para#32). Another example would be when Rikki-tikki said he was too well bred to bite or scratch(para#36). The evidence is an example of personification, because it shows animals and other things that don’t talk and the author makes it look like they were human. This personification proves the theme by showing every time Rikki Tikki has to fight, and there is personification, it shows that he won’t give up, he’ll fight as long as he can. Always be plucky, because you can do whatever you want, you just have to put your mind to

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