Chapter Three

Chapter Three starts off pretty weird. Alik's health has gotten worse, and now is beginning to lose his vision. One of the visions he keeps seeing is a female figure sitting cross legged on the floor. After reading this I realized that Lyudmila writes a lot about relationships and is not afraid to write about nudity. For example the story opens up and talks about five women hanging out in a bedroom in their underwear. This chapter also opens up and talks about Aliks relationship with Irina. After finishing the book, one line from this chapter stands out the most me me. "God had sent them each other for their first love, and they were true and honest until the heavens rang."The chapter goes into further detail about how they first met, and shows how much they cared for each other. However the few words of the line have the most meaning to me. "until the heavens rang". Personally I am not that religious, but this line shows that the connection they have is still so strong and explains why Irina is still by his side.