How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Line)
Quote #7
[Sea Catch] was scarred all over with the marks of savage fights, but he was always ready for just one fight more. (7.3)
Kotick's father is a brave seal, and never one to back down. Clearly his son inherits this characteristic, and then some.
Quote #8
"I am going to follow," [Kotick] said, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head as he shuffled along in the wake of the herd. (7.37)
If a bunch of your friends were blindly following some people to their death, what would you do? You might run the other direction and look for help, but Kotick just follows them to see what's going on. That's either brave or stupid, we're not sure which.
Quote #9
Elephants who were afraid always got hurt […] so before [Kala Nag] was twenty-five he gave up being afraid, and so he was the best-loved and the best-looked-after elephant in the service of the Government of India. (11.1)
We normally associate courage and bravery with doing something for someone else—saving a cat from a burning building, saving someone from drowning—but in this case, we see that Kala Nag the elephant let go of his fear for himself and himself alone. He wanted to live a better life, and that's best accomplished for an elephant by being unshakeable.