Critical Analysis page 244

Nag and Nagaina are husband and wife.

Answer: Nagaina plans to attack the family, which makes Rikki-Tikki determined to kill the snakes.

Answer: Nagaina’s plan makes her a villain because she plans to kill innocent people simply so she can rule the garden.

Darzee’s gossip helps explain who the characters are and provides humor and suspense.

Answer: Rikki-Tikki’s approach to life is effective, because he thinks seriously about consequences before taking action or making claims.

Answer: “Rikki-Tik ki-Tavi” is a great story because it is suspenseful and exciting. It has a hero, and its villains are evil.

Answer: (Support your answer.)

c. Share your responses with a partner. Then discuss how looking at someone else’s responses did or did not change your evaluation.

Answer: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi destroy Nagaina’s eggs even though the snakes within the eggs have done nothing to Rikki, so they are innocent victims.

Answer: Teddy and his family suffer from the conflict by being threatened and terrified by the snakes and worrying about Rikki.