Personification is one of the many tools writes use to creative a successful story. Personification is when an animal or plant, etc. has human qualities or characteristics like in "Rikki-tikki-tavi". Rudyard Kipling is one of those authors that used personification. He used personification in many of his stories like in Rikki-tikki-tavi, The Jungle Book, and The Second Jungle Book. Some of the most extraordinary stories include personification.
"Hi", said the Little Red Hen. "Hello", said Mr. Cat. Did you find something wrong in the last two sentences? If you said that hens and cats don't speak English to each other or at all you are correct. Those two sentences are examples of personification. In the story Rikki-tikki-tavi, you see Rikki-tikki having a light conversation with Darzee. Rikki-tikki was also eavesdropping on Nag and Nagaina which is another sign of personification. In addition, animals using our languages to talk to each other are one form of personification.
The Jungle Book includes the use of personification. In the Jungle Book, an Indian boy is raised by wolves. Now think about it. Do you really find boys in India being raised by wolves? No, I say (and if I'm wrong, I'll ask my friend Kirandeep if wolves really do raise boys in India when she returns from India)! That's one way creative authors use personification. For Rudyard Kipling he gave the wolves human qualities by making the wolves parents for a young Indian boy. Personification comes in many different and creative ways.
Have you ever seen Alice in Wonderland? Did you notice the part when the flowers began to move and talk? Plants don't just pop out of the ground and walk away. As one can see, this is another example of personification. The author can give qualities to the plants in their story to jump out of the soil and begin to dance if they wanted to. The
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