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* [[The Evils of Free Will]]: The book starts with Lena about to be evaluated, mentally and physically, by a team of civil servants who will determine which career she is suited for and what sort of boy she should marry (she'll have to choose from among four boys).
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Alex, Lena's {{spoiler|first}} love interest.
* [[Extraverted Nerd]]: Brian Scharff, although he does have a brief sympathetic moment. He's skinny, unattractive, a [[
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Lena, several times.
* [[Distressed Dude]]: Julian.
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* [[The Great Escape]]: {{spoiler|Both Mrs. Haloway and, with Alex's help, Lena herself escaping from her own home just before she's "cured".}}
** {{spoiler|In ''Pandemonium'', Lena and Julian escape from the Scavengers.}}
* [[Green
* [[Heel Realization]]: {{spoiler|When a party Hana and Lena are attending is brutally raided by the police, Lena is shocked into realizing that if their supposed "protectors" are this cruel, then many things she has been raised to believe might be wrong as well.}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|It's insisting that Lena climb the border fence ahead of him that causes Alex to be shot by the guards.}}
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* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: In-universe, a(n officially) nonromantic version. Hana and Lena use their Portmanteau Friendship Name, "Halena", to pump each other up before races and exams.
* [[POV Sequel]]: The online-exclusive novella, ''Hana'', retells parts of ''Delirium'' from Hana's perspective. It includes [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|''Hana'' was the one who alerted the authorities to Alex and Lena's relationship}}.
* [[Precision F
* [[Propaganda Machine]]: All those "love is evil" texts quoted at the beginning of each chapter.
* {{spoiler|[[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]: Alex, in ''Pandemonium''.}}
* [[Romantic Two
* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: When Lena and Alex visit the Crypts, the combined maximum-security prison and mental institution, they find {{spoiler|Lena's mother's empty room with LOVE written all over the walls along with a keepsake from Lena's father.}}
* [[Run for The Border]]: {{spoiler|Alex and Lena. She makes it out; he doesn't.}}
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** And {{spoiler|Averted}} in the sequel, where {{spoiler|Alex shows up alive at the end. Really, who ''didn't'' see that coming}}?
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: The reasoning for curing every citizen of the ability to love as soon as they turn eighteen and sometimes even before that. This is deconstructed over the course of the novel as more social flaws are exposed.
* [[Wham Line]]: In ''Hana'': {{spoiler|[[Green
* [[Wild Teen Party]]: They're illegal, but they happen anyway.
* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Lena's monologue at the end mostly subverts this, as she's ''not'' really anyone special and admits it, but somehow manages to play it straight at the same time.
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