Chapter 34-36 Summary

In Chapter 34, Oleg cannot sleep, so he walks the halls. He finds one of the older female orderlies, one who always does her job without complaining. She was exiled too, and lost her daughter. Her husband is in a camp, allowed two letters per year. She talks about the trials of raising a son in these circumstances. Oleg realizes his problems are not as bad as those of others.

In Chapter 35, Oleg is released from the hospital and takes the trolley into the town, where he wanders around, going from store to store, enjoying the freedom of his life. He expects great joys in this day, but ends up being depressed and confused at all of the stores and the things he cannot buy. He goes to the zoo, and is further depressed by all the animals in cages, with no...