Passage 5

Passage: "'I don't care much for these nasty insinuations. A very suspicious nature all this betokeneth, my little brothers.'"

I thought this passage was significant for it truly characterizes Alex as a leader. He is a clever one to come up with a plan in one night to have alibis for a time period when his gang hospitalizes two innocent humans. It one, shows how important it is for them to hurt and terrorize the people of this city, otherwise they wouldn't have put so much effort into coming up with an alibi. Two, Alex is the only one to speak to the cops. He flips the situation around on the authorities, pretending as though they are wrong to ask or question these boys. Such a character with attitude, that displays no fear, reflects his leadership. He also refers to the others as his "little brothers." He finds himself above the rest, for they will clearly follow and listen to Alex.