How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Pay heed, young Saint Crispin," he added, glaring at me with eyes that seemed to glint, "a bear has two natures. Sweet and gentle. If he becomes irritated, he turns into a vicious brute. So I beg you to consider the two sides of my nature." (19.61)
Here Bear emphasizes his power over Crispin: Crispin better not annoy him, or things could go very badly.
Quote #5
"Since you are a wolf's head, you might as well have some fangs. It could prove necessary."
It was hard to know what upset me more: the weapon; the handling of it; the idea that I might need it; or that I was in such danger that I'd have no choice but to use it. (32.9-10)
Crispin may be nervous about learning to handle a weapon, but Bear has a point: Without a weapon, he's dead meat. With one, at least he has a chance against those who are out to get him.
Quote #6
But now the market town of Great Wexly loomed before us, as if it had sprung from the ground. Its brown stone walls were immense, stretching away for as far as I could see.
"Where do those walls go?" I asked, for I had never seen anything so vast.
"They surround the town in a great circle," Bear said.
"Why a circle?"
"To keep all enemies out." Then after a pause he added, "And in." (33.25-29)
Here's another example of power through architecture, a common means of expressing power in the 14th century, and a practical one, too, given the realities of constant warfare. A wall gives the people of a city some means of self-defense.