The Blurred Line Between Truth and Lie - 1200 Words

The Blurred Line Between Truth and Lie Delirium by Lauren Oliver is a dark and alluring novel that wanders back and forth between the blurred lines of truth and lie. The main character--Lena, falls in love in a dystopian society where love is seen as a disease, amor deliria nervosa. â€Å"On your eighteenth birthday...you will get cured and will be happy forever...† â€Å"it is the deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t...†(pg.4) While the hallucinated world in Lauren Oliver’s Delirium seems vacuous and impractical, Xizhou is a mirror-image of the concealed brutality behind both government systems. To understand Delirium, readers must sense the emotion of opposing to the governments, the†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Choosing a spouse can be the single most important decision in life. Therefore, as a parent I have to make decision for my child† said Mrs Yang an antique shop owner. However, it is all a lie. A 20 years old is a transition to handle his or her own life and the parents chooses their child’s spouse to keep their child close to them. The parent often chooses a close neighbor or friend to keep their child inside their sight. According to the local residence, 90% of the young adults today often feel a burning rage inside their lungs after they have been paired. They often cry and scream for days and night. Youngsters often know as a fact that their parent set a path of their future for selfish purposes, yet also understand that their parent is their â€Å"government† of some sort. Despite the determined sensation of rebellion burning inside young adults is both Xizhou and Delirium, both virtual and physical borders fabricated through concocted government controls restrains the number of actions taken by young adults. Portland is the home of Lena or at least once the home of Lena. It is enclosed by a circle of fence that are told to be electrified. The government notify the citizens that the electronic fence is used to restrict unwanted animals to disturb their life. However, the electronic fence have two purposes that are hidden and untold. To limit the infected citizens from running away andShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Eriksson s Article The Ways We Lie 941 Words   |  4 Pagesa good lie like a white lie or a bad lie like being delusional. She backs up her definitions of lies with examples from her own life to teach you about them. She ends by saying that lies shouldn’t be accepted anymore or we’ll all get so used to it that itâ⠂¬â„¢ll become the social norm, she says â€Å"Our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible to us as water is to a fish.† (Ericsson, Stephanie. 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