Importance of Blanket

The Japanese require that the prisoners fold their blankets in a specific way and each of the prisoners comply with this each morning. Darky accidentally leaves his fold pointed incorrectly one morning and that leads to a beating. Darky is obviously seriously injured and he is beaten to death that evening. The incorrectly Folded Blanket haunts Jimmy Bigelow the rest of his life. As a father, he urges his children to fold their clothes in a specific way, believing that this will somehow save them from harm.