# Plague of Pythons — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Plague of Pythons by Frederik Pohl.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/i.md): Chandler's trial for rape and assault is held in a high school auditorium. The prosecution presents evidence of his brutal attack on Peggy Flershem and attempted assault on Mrs. Porter. Chandler, who claims temporary pan
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/ii.md): Chandler, on trial for rape committed during a possession, reflects on his innocence and the hypocrisy of a society where many guilty individuals walk free. His lawyer advises him that a possession defense is futile beca
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/iii.md): Chandler awakens in a freight car with a burned hand and a branded 'H' on his forehead, having escaped after being attacked by Ellen Braisted and others. The train stops unexpectedly, and Chandler suspects the engineer i
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/iv.md): Chandler, having survived the destruction of the Orphalese compound, is captured by the cult and bound on stage. Walter leads a meeting using Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet' to explain possession and guilt. Meg recounts ho
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/v.md): Chandler, possessed by an Exec, is forced to travel from Los Angeles to Hawaii. Along the way, he experiences moments of freedom when his possessor is distracted by a copy of Gibran's The Prophet. He is ultimately delive

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_of_pythons_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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