Main Theme in Delirium

   Simple to say, the main theme in Delirium is love. Once you turn 18, you will never love anyone or anything again. No love for family, friends, boyfriends/girlfriends. You wont love anything, not even something as little as a sport.  It’s what the entire book is based off of; there would be no book without love. I can agree that in most books with the main theme of love… are pretty awful. This book is not just a sappy love story though. Action, betrayal and love. All incorporated in one book. The theme of love is shown throughout the whole book. 

    An example from the beginning of the book is, “The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.”(1.12) This is how Lena feels about love in the beginning of the book. For Lena, she thought love was bad before she actuallu truly experienced it. The theme of love is shown in the middle of the book by,  “The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing—all classic Phase One signs of deliria. But I don't care. If pneumonia felt this good I'd stand out in the snow in the winter with bare feet and no coat on, or march into the hospital and kiss pneumonia patients.”(15.21) The theme of love has evolved. Lena now could not live without love. It shows that people need each other’s love; it’s just how the world is. An example from the end of the book that shows the theme of love is, “Without love, there could also be no hate: without hate, no violence. Hate isn't the most dangerous thing [...] indifference is.” Lena realizes that love has its downside because without love there is no hate. She also realizes that love is the only way to true happiness, which kind of relates to Fahrenheit. They are both about a journey to true happiness. Those quotes show how the theme of love has evolved throughout the book.