Lauren Oliver creates a world where love doesn’t exist in the exhilerating dystopian series Delirium. In Delirium, the main character Lena is scheduled to have a procedure to cure her from love, which is considered a disease. Lena understands the dangers of forbidden love put forth by the government, until she meets Alex. By the end of the novel, Lena finds out the cost of freedom. The second book in the Delirium series, Pandemonium shows the reader a new beginning for Lena, a beginning outside the walls of Portland, her home town. In the wilds, as they’re called Lena discovers freedom and emotional pain. She meets her new family and is forced to realize that if she is with the people of freedom, than she is against the government. Having read Pandemonium, I feel that Oliver has created a perfect analysis of what life would be like without love and emotion. A world where a police officer cracks a bat over your head without remorse for resisting or being near a boy. In the novel, love is evil and rules are a safety net. Pandemonium effectively sends a message that a world without love, although it is structured, isn’t necessarily free or safe. The novel is well-written and kept my attention throughout. …show more content…
I will admit, there were sections of the book that were predictable or cliché. But, overall the story took interesting turns and fed my imagination. The novel also portrays a world based on social status. Families that were suspected as disobeying the laws were seen as diseased and were moved to poor neighborhoods. The novel never mentioned that people were able to have trial before being thrown in jail over an asumption. Most of the families in the novel were poor and only the government figures were rich. I was able to understand the struggles of the characters and the society itself. I could make comparisons from the made up world in the series to real world