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 * **Synopsis of __Delirium__ by Lauren Oliver**

This book is a dystopian novel that depicts the future as a reality similar to our own with the exception that love is now considered a dangerous disease that needs to be cured. The main character is a teenage girl on the verge of getting her "cure" operation when she begins to question the "validity"--as people are labeled either valid or invalid--of the society's values and practices.

Although this book is obviously dealing with the idea of love and the "problems" it can cause, the author's social critique will most likely have to do with government control. The invasive "cure" is essentially a surgery that causes a specific type of brain damage, which mutes the impulsion part of the brain. When people act on impulses, they are more likely to commit crimes or harm others, sometimes maliciously, other times selfishly. Adulterers are frequently secretive about their affairs precisely because they do not want to hurt the people they are in a relationship with, but nonetheless, their actions are selfish. Others engage in liaisons solely for the adrenaline rush of "getting away with it" or deceiving another--the intent of which is clearly more spiteful. At the heart of either situation is the heart: love. (Or at least infatuation, an emotion associated with love). Ultimately, if society didn't have to worry about love--how much love parents provide, staying faithful to lovers, or even the love of a lifestyle--then the population in general would be much safer, as crime would be less prevalent. How a society achieves such a utopian existence begs a lot questions: How willing are the subjects of the surgery? Do people have free will? What happens if you do love? And ultimately, what is the point of living without love? Oliver will undoubtedly base the plot around some of the glaring issues the society poses. ||

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 * Passage Context:** This excerpt is from the first two pages of the novel. It introduces the main character as a compliant citizen, and it establishes what the expectations are for society. The author is cleverly weaving the foundation for this altered reality into her characterization of the dystopian protagonist.