How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
And Wimbleweather tiptoed away to find some place where he could be miserable in peace and stepped on somebody's tail and somebody (they said afterward it was a fox) bit him. And so everyone was out of temper. (7.40)
One more example of tone as food for thought. Slapstick comedy in a war story? Not exactly Saving Private Ryan, is it?
Quote #5
"Yes, and a lot of good it has done my people, so far," snapped Nikabrik. "Who is sent on all the dangerous raids? The Dwarfs. Who goes short when the rations fail? The Dwarfs. Who—?"
"Lies! All lies!" said the Badger. (12.52-53)
Nikabrik's distortion of reality comes from his distorted take on history. True. But the hardships of war have a distorting effect themselves. In Narnia, war changes people and not necessarily for the better.
Quote #6
"I am sorry for Nikabrik," said Caspian, "though he hated me from the first moment he saw me. He had gone sour inside from long suffering and hating. If we had won quickly he might have become a good Dwarf in the days of peace. I don't know which of us killed him. I'm glad of that." (12.81)
To be fair, Caspian does take some time to contemplate the mental toll the war has on his fellow comrades and friends. But to be fair to our being fair, Nikabrik was painted as a barrel of bad apples from day one.