Chapter 5, Part 2 Summary

Yakov has been moved to a bigger prison to await his trial. Things go very badly for him here as well. Yakov is quite a celebrity criminal, and all the dingy prison workers come to threaten him and sneer at him. The prison is filthy, filled with garbage and rot everywhere. He is placed in a crowded holding cell to await either trial or movement to another prison. Yakov sits in the corner of the cell, alone, and thinks about his dismal situation.

Chapter 5, Part 2 Analysis

This section transitions Yakov into a new horrible environment. There are little hints of negativity to come, foreshadowed by the descriptions of garbage and decay throughout the prison facility. The fact that all the employees take special care to degrade Yakov speaks of maltreatment to come.