Skeleton Crew Chapter Summary & Analysis - Paranoid: A Chant & The Raft Summary

Paranoid: A Chant & The Raft Summary

"Paranoid: A Chant" is written from the pages of a diary by a paranoid narrator who believes that there is a conspiracy against him. The opening to the narration states that there is a man outside the door, smoking a cigarette. It then shifts to random moments of hypertensive hallucinations. The narrator believes that the CIA and FBI want him dead. He packs himself in ice to avoid infrared cameras. He concludes the excerpt by returning to the man in the trench coat outside and reiterating that he is not able to go outside.

In "The Raft", four college students decide to relive their summer moments by going for a swim in October to the raft in the middle of Cascade Lake where they spent most of their younger days. Deke, Randy, Rachel and LaVerne dive into the water. Deke reaches the raft first, but as...
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