chapter 2 : blaise and jude and carmelita from rosalinds journal one must take the story back to the 1980 's in order to understand why blaise ended up in jail twice , why he had encountered such loneliness and tragedy on those acres the city was supposed to build to but did not , and why now , out of jail and apparently clean and sober , so much depends on him straightening up and not succumbing to certain old temptations .