Challenger deep summary and study guide

Caden understands that there are two worlds — one that is real, and one that is real in his mind. Over the past several months, Caden has slowly lost his grip on reality, unable to focus on anything, constantly needing to walk, believing a kid at school wants to kill him, and being visited by a pirate Captain.

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The Captain forms the backbone of the illness for Caden, in which a pirate-like world is created wherein the Captain seeks to explore Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Marianas Trench, the deepest area in the world. The Captain says there is no telling how deep it goes. Caden agrees to go on this expedition, which signals his descent into illness.

Caden feels outside himself, existing both in his mentally-constructed world, reality, and sometimes a blend of both. The Captain of the expedition is accompanied by a security parrot, a mental mirror for Dr. It is Dr. Poirot who comes to treat Caden at Seaview. All of the crewmembers onboard that Caden encounters are mirror images of the patients he meets at Seaview.

As the weeks pass, Poirot and Carlyle work to get to the heart of whatever illness Caden has contracted through medication and through therapy.