Dante's Inferno Summary Chapter 8

During his first six years in prison, Dantes initially turns to God. He keeps his self together with prayer, eventually he got depressed. He is so sick with grief and hopelessness that he finally decides to kill himself by not eating. Just when he’s about to die, he hears a scratching sound coming from the other side of his cell.
When the jailer comes to give him his dinner, Dantes places his dish in a spot where the jailer will be sure to step on it. The dish breaks and the jailer left the entire pot for Dantes. Dantes is able to use the handle of the pot to scrape the wall from his side. After hours of scraping he hears his neighbor’s voice. He then got through, and his neighbor went through the hole in the wall.
Dante’s neighbor tells him