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Lena Haloway's Delirium Essay

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Delirium is a novel about a girl named Lena Haloway who lives in a world where love is both a sickness and a crime, medically called ‘delirium’. However, in this society, there’s a cure to save people from this infectious disease. When people turn 18, they get "cured”, by having a procedure done that removes a person’s capability of loving and showing emotion. From then on, their occupation, spouse, and number of kids is chosen for them. On the day of Lena's evaluation- the procedure that will decide everything about her future- the people who live outside of her society (called the Invalids) pulled in the evaluation room. While this is happening, she sees a boy watching her from the balcony, and he winks at her; and Lena can’t seem to get him out of her head. …show more content…

She’s scared of this because she doesn’t want to end up like her mom, who was destroyed by delirium. This causes her and Hana to start drifting apart, but not before Lena runs into Alex again at one of these illegal parties. However, when Alex tells her that he’s not really cured and actually from The Wilds, she freaks out and runs away from him. Lena tries to go back to being good and follow all the rules by not seeing Hana or Alex. But one night, the government regulators were raiding homes looking for signs of illegal activity; and this particular night Lena knows that Hana is going to be at yet another illegal party. Lena goes to warn Hana, although she ends up being too late, and she gets attacked by a regulator’s dog. Alex finds her and nurses her leg back to

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