Analysis

In this chapter, Hillenbrand again breaks away from Louie’s narrative, this time to relate the experience of Louie’s family and friends back home in America. While Louie lives in a physical, man-made hell, his family must endure an emotional hell. Their love for Louie binds them to his suffering, and his disappearance causes them fear and worry. They combat their emotional struggles with the only weapon at their disposal: hope.