How Does Rikki Tavi's Use Of Direct Characterization
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In the classic children's short story, “Rikki Tikki Tavi”, Rudyard Kipling describes his main character, Rikki Tikki, by using indirect characterization. As Rikki-Tikki person, as normal animal would just stare and be too intimidated by the snake to react to attacks by Nag. Throughout the story, Rudyard uses indirect characterization to skillfully describe his characters in the story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.enc ounters Nag for the first time, he stands up to Nag by saying “‘...marks or no marks, do you think it is right to eat fledglings out of a nest?’”(24-25). Rikki-Tikki demonstrates bravery and chivalry by trying to protect young birds. He is risking his life in order to protect birds that he hardly knows. In another part of the story,