A military recruit keeps his emotions hidden during intense training exercises, while instructors push the recruits to their limits using extreme methods.
Roland takes a three-mile walk to check out the state of the city, observing the chaos and dystopian society in place under the martyrs' control.
Roland observes as a family of refugees is subjected to dehumanizing treatment by authorities, including the forced dress up of a young girl and her separation from her family.
This passage describes how someone in a jail is able to use their sense of smell to get an idea of how many people are present and to sense any modifications in the others around them.