City of Thieves Kolya Description

Throughout the story, the author describes both of the main characters in depth, but i think that he describes Kolya the best. A quote that describes one of the main characters, Kolya, is, "Cannibals and Nazis didn't make Kolya nervous, but the threat of embarrassment did - the possibility that a stranger might laugh at the lines he'd written." I think this would be one of the best quotes in the whole book to describe Kolya. What this quote says about him is that he isn't intimidated by people who others would think are scary. What he is scared of is being embarrassed by the public. You dont find this out until later in the book but Kolya is plans to write a book after the war is over and he is pretty much writing out the lines in his head. He recites these lines to Lev, but just to be safe he makes up a fake author who has written the non-existent book The Courtyard Hound. Kolya plans to publish this book and make it real so he is basically listening to Lev's feedback without being judged. He did all of this so he wouldnt be embarrassed while handling Nazis and cannibals without fear.