“They say that the cure for Love will make me happy and safe

forever. And I’ve always believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, I’d rather be infected with love for the tiniest

sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie.”

DeliriumBy: Lauren Oliver

“Oliver’s artfully detailed prose reveals, brick by brick, the sturdy dramatic foundation of an initially implausible premise…. The abrupt ending leaves enough unanswered questions to set breathless readers up for volume two of this trilogy.”

"Oliver writes beautifully, with well-measured mastery. The references to The Book of Shhh and The Safety, Health and Happiness Handbook, 12th edition, are exquisitely artful touches."

Lauren Oliver• Born in 1982• Lives in Brooklyn, New York• Graduated from NYU (New York University)

with an MFA in creative writing• Known for her young adult books

Setting

• Future Florida• Government is completely in control• Peak of rebellion• love is considered a disease• People are cured from the disease at age 18• You are paired for marriage and assigned a

number of children

Love = DiseaseDeliria

Symptoms

Loss of apetite

Lack of focus

Romeo and Juliet for

health class

It is ILLEGAL to say “love”

DEATH

Characters

• Lena (Magdelena)• Hanna• Alex• Gracie• Rachel• Brian Scharff• Aunt Carol• Annabel

Lena (Magdelena)

• Grew up in Portland, Maine• Father died from Cancer• Mother “committed suicide” when Lena was 6• She lives with her aunt Carol• Can’t wait to be cured• Doesn’t use her own last name because

Halloway is a pitied last name

Lena’s Mother (Annabel)

• Was cured 3 times but it never worked• Didn’t want to be cured again• Committed suicide • Used to love her children• Used to sing to them• Pretended to be cured• Used to do everything that an uncured would

do secretly

Hanna• Lena’s best friend• Richer than Lena• Beautiful• Doesn’t want to be cured• Rebels against the governement• Influences Lena• Listens to illegal music• Breaks curfew• Dreams about going to the Wilds

Alex

• A boy who works at the evaluation center• Actually an Invalid• 19 years old• He can love• Faked the scars from the operation• Isn’t matched

Plot• Lena is 17 years old• She cant wait for the cure• She has a best friend named Hanna who is turning against

the governement• During her evalution, she meets boy• His name is Alex and he works at the evaluation center• She decides to meet him almost everyday at the beach• They fall in love• He tells her that he is an invalid • Lena gets matched• Alex says he thinks he knows where her mother is

Theme

• We take love for grantedPeople say they wish love doesn’t existWe wouldn’t realise how important it is until its

gone we don’t realise what life would be like

without it• The government is in control

Symbolic of the power that the government hasThey are so powerful they can take away our

emotions

MY OPINION

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