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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 20:46:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd say delirium too. Governments can get pretty crazy, and it wouldn't be so unrealistic for one to start regulating things like love.
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Post by janet on Nov 3, 2014 20:47:19 GMT -5
that's true... love does drive people crazy, it's like that Jim Carrey movie where they erase their memories
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 20:47:46 GMT -5
Ok. Let me go get a good one.. Brb.
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Post by angie on Nov 3, 2014 20:48:05 GMT -5
Agree, i think Delirum is the most likely of the three to really happen! As she was describing how love is like a sickness, I was thinking, "ya, I totally get that...!"
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Post by janet on Nov 3, 2014 20:49:30 GMT -5
i think we all had the sickness in our 20s
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 20:51:58 GMT -5
Lena longs for the promise of "the cure", which she describes as "the chance to be reborn: newer, fresher, better. Healed and whole and perfect again." If, given the chance, would you want to be cured? What are some reasons a person might want to be cured?
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Post by clacoolclub on Nov 3, 2014 20:54:10 GMT -5
Where did you find questions or did you make them up?
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Post by angie on Nov 3, 2014 20:54:12 GMT -5
Well I could understand someone wanting to be "cured" after a heartbreak
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Post by janet on Nov 3, 2014 20:55:12 GMT -5
well i guess your hormones wouldn't distract you ever, I guess you would be more productive. However you wouldn't have any friends
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 20:55:59 GMT -5
I found the questions by searching "Delirium, book club questions" ☺️ They're not mine.
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Post by angie on Nov 3, 2014 20:58:09 GMT -5
I really liked that the author talked about how the relationship between lena and hana would change after the cure. because it wasn't only about romantic love - it was about friendship love too.
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Post by clacoolclub on Nov 3, 2014 20:58:19 GMT -5
I can understand wanting to be cured after a heartbreak too.
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 20:58:58 GMT -5
I do think the perfect match idea was interesting. It definitely eliminates the dating headaches and clashes/compromises of different personality types.
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Post by clacoolclub on Nov 3, 2014 20:59:13 GMT -5
It was strange that everyone was so ok with know you would have different interests after the cure
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Post by clacoolclub on Nov 3, 2014 21:00:11 GMT -5
How do you parent without love? The children can still feel love.
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:01:00 GMT -5
That's true J and A. Friendships would also change. That part was sad to me. That even tough they'd retain the memories of growing up together, they would loose the feeling that went along with the memories. It seems that May have more of an impact on an 18 year old than romantic love.
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Post by janet on Nov 3, 2014 21:01:52 GMT -5
i don't like the idea of matching because there was definitely a social class divide... you can never achieve that much more than your parents.
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:02:16 GMT -5
I think that the children would feel the absence of love. Because they still had it but the parent didn't. Although the parent may have more logic and reason when dealing with a kid. The cure would also take away the anger, no?
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Post by angie on Nov 3, 2014 21:02:19 GMT -5
It kinda talked about family love - like how her sister checked in on her b/c she was "supposed to" not really b/c she loved lena. i guess the parents were the same way with the kids. i think it talked about how parents didnt hug and stuff like that
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Post by clacoolclub on Nov 3, 2014 21:02:47 GMT -5
It was interesting that her Aunt (I think it was her aunt) had fell in love, but got cured. Then would hang out with her ex-love and her best friend that were paired.
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:04:34 GMT -5
Oh yeah... Awkward!
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:04:51 GMT -5
(In real life)
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:05:36 GMT -5
I found it interesting that the cure was so accepted, and there was not more rebellion.
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Post by janet on Nov 3, 2014 21:05:50 GMT -5
it's funny that jealousy disappears too
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:06:41 GMT -5
New question...
Before the evaluations, an unhappy Hana says that if her government really wanted people, to be happy, "they'd let us pick". What do you think of the idea of having a pre-determined, worry-free life planned out for you?
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:07:19 GMT -5
PS. The wine is really good Angie.  |
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Post by angie on Nov 3, 2014 21:07:31 GMT -5
it was accepted b/c they were brainwashed! but it does seem like more people would have fallen in love before 18. highschoolers are raging bags of hormones, right?!
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Post by angie on Nov 3, 2014 21:08:15 GMT -5
ya, it's a good wine |
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Post by clacoolclub on Nov 3, 2014 21:09:17 GMT -5
I think they lived in a bubble. More rebellion then they knew
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Post by Carisa on Nov 3, 2014 21:10:31 GMT -5
True. In any society or group where people try to brainwash others, there are always those that it doesn't work on.
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