Before this occurs, Hana, Lena’s best friend, is a rebel going to parties, staying out after curfew, which is basically everything expected of a rebellious teenager. She is terrified to break the rules and is just waiting until she is eighteen to get the cure. Lena, the protagonist, is a scared little girl who believes that love is a terrible disease because her mom was in love with someone. After they are cured and evaluated, girls and boys are matched accordingly to physical appearance and intelligence. To keep the genders separated the government made laws outlawing parties and listening to music about love. There are many laws in place to keep kids from falling in love such as the separation of the genders. Holmes, a scientist who worked for the government. Several years later, a mandatory cure for anyone over eighteen was put into place by Cormac T.

was in a complete disorder and a totalitarian government was put in place. This human emotion was considered a disease sixty-four years before the time of Delirium because the U.S. This story sets in a world where love, amor deliria nervosa, is forbidden and a disease. Delirium is a novel that will keep you at the edge the entire time, forcing you to forget your current reality and dive into a world of dystopia in America. Delirium is the second novel from Oliver and the first book in the dystopian trilogy. The characters, the plot and the setting itself are gifts from the author Lauren Oliver. If you ever need a book to read to escape from reality, this is one of my first recommendations.

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