Part I, Chapter 46, Great Expectations Summary and Analysis

In Part I, Chapter 46, Ginzburg's health improves slowly, as does Julia's. Julia becomes very optimistic that they will be released; Ginzburg is very pessimistic about their future. One day, as Ginzburg and Julia are walking in the courtyard, they see a small flower that has managed to bloom between two slabs of asphalt. A prison guard nicknamed Worm sees it, and destroys it.

Ginzburg and others are given medical exams, and then they are brought before Vulturidze for a meeting. Their sentences have been revised; they are now to be sent to labor camps.

Over time, Ginzburg and Julia begin to improve their health, and during one of their walks, they see a beautiful little flower which has managed to grow between two pieces of asphalt. The flower is quickly destroyed, so as...