Chapters 15 and 16 Summary

In Chapter 15, Sasha is able to get the banner and takes it to the main hall which is still deserted at the time. He unfurls the beautiful banner which contains the image of Stalin on a red background with golden fringe. At the end of the hall, is a plaster bust of Stalin. Sasha marches around the hall swirling the banner around. He hears the rumble of Soviet tanks rolling onto Red Square and the sounds of fighter planes up above. Sasha imagines himself joining in the big formation in the Square and talking to Stalin about his heroic father. Stalin is in a rage that his best officer had been arrested. He pictures the chaos in the streets from Stalin's anger. He loses his grasp on the banner pole. It goes crashing down and knocks the nose off Stalin's statue...