Delirium By Lauren Oliver

Delirium is a dystopian novel about Lena Haloway a 17 year old girl, who falls in love in a society where love is seen as a disease. The author Lauren Oliver is an American author of a few New York Times bestselling YA novels. For my project I have created a playlist that represents the major points in the novel. I picked this novel because I enjoy books that are set in the future and with female protagonists. Delirium shows the theme of person vs. society when Lena falls in love with Alex. In this future version of Portland love a very illegal thing and could be punishable by death. Lena and Alex have to face all of society to try and keep their love.
My first song choice is “Worth Fighting For” by, Katy McAllister, which represents
“Anything that's worth havin'. Sure enough worth fighting for. Quittin's out of the question. When it gets tough, gotta fight some more.” is a lyric from Cole’s song and it shows determination to make love work even when it may not be easy, but it is worth it in the long run. Both Alex and Lena want to make it work and in the end love prevails in its strongest form, agape love. Alex shows his love for Lena when he gives up his life so that Lena can have her own life free from Portland’s
society. To do this I analyzed the book as I read it and went more in depth then I have before when reading any book. The process started out with fully understanding person vs. society and then went to creating a playlist that featured the main points in this novel. Overall the process was very smooth, however time consuming and mentally challenging in the sense of trying to find songs that represent the story accurately. From this story I learned the importance of understanding that you need to live your own life as you wish not as some else wants you to live it. One last thing to leave you with, “You have to understand. I am no one special. I am just a single girl. I am five feet two inches tall and I am in-between in every way. But I have a secret. You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist. And there are many of us out there, more than you think. People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal against hope, and without fear...They cannot take it.”(Oliver,