Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."
"Rikki-tikki, you are not going to eat her eggs?”
"Not eat exactly; no. Darzee, if you have a grain of sense you will fly off to the stables and pretend that your wing is broken, and let Nagaina chase you away to this bush. I must get to the melon-bed, and if I went there now she'd see me.”
Darzee was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head; and just because he knew that Nagaina's children were born in eggs like his own, he didn't think at first that it was fair to kill them.
What role does Darzee play in the story?
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His small body provides a contrast to Rikki-tikki’s large form.
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We can understand the role of Darzee by reading the excerpt as follows.
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From reading the given excerpt, we can understand the following about Darzee -
- He is a little bird with wings and a small, relapsing brain.
- Thus, he has a very short attention span, and so, can’t have more than 1 thought at a time.
- His kids were born in eggs, and he knew well that Nagaina’s kids were, too.
- He knew the pain of birthing via eggs, and thus, found it cruel and unfair to kill Nagaina’s kids.
- Darzee, although feather-brained, is very compassionate and empathetic.
- Darzee also didn’t wish to pretend just to trick Nagaina into believing that his wing was broken.
- Darzee is also very naive, considering the fact that Rikki-Tikki had to explain every bit of the plan to him.
- Thus, Darzee was supposed to help Rikki-Tikki in distracting Nagaina, while Rikki-Tikki eats up Nagaina's children (in the eggs).
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