Defection and Moral Indignation

The chapter explores the speaker's childhood memories during World War II, detailing the shift in perception towards the US in Soviet propaganda. It delves into comparisons between life in the Soviet Union and the US, driving the speaker's defection due to moral outrage towards the Soviet regime's inhuman methods. The narrative also discusses the disparity in rights and freedoms between the two systems, emphasizing the speaker's admiration for India's culture as a catalyst for defection.