3.2 Alex Sheathes
Alex is the main male character in the novel Delirium. Through ‘Alex’ character the conflicts have began to appear in the novel. Alex is a 19-years-old
man. Physically Alex is a man who is quite charming. Oliver 2011: 58 says, A boy with caramel-colored skin and hair thats a golden brown color, like autumn
leaves getting ready to fall. In accordance with applicable regulations in Portland, all citizens who have
passed the age of 18 years should and must follow the evaluation in order to do the healing and anticipating Deliria Amor Nervosa. Usually, the people who have
done the evaluation have a mark or distinctive characteristics which has been given by the officer. Oliver 2011:60 says, I see the Unmistakable sign of
someone who is cured: the mark of the procedure, a three-pronged needle used exclusively for immobilizing the patient so that the cure can be administered.
Portland citizens assume that the sketch is like badges of honor. For those who have been cured, long hair is something to be avoided because it can cover
these wrinkles. The women also have to cut their hair carefully. Due to the existence of those strokes will be free with a curfew in force in Portland.
Alex is also someone who is passionate person, he has passed the days by work and college. Through laboratory activities as a guard, Alex can see Lena
from a distance. Oliver 2011:139 says, I worked at the Grind last semester in Square monument. I used to see you all the time.
That is time when Alex starts to like Lena. Alex often sees Lena every afternoon run around The Statue of Governor. According to Alex, Lena is not an
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ordinary woman, Lena is beautiful and so interesting. Alex also often pays attention to Lena who always grasps the hand of the statue of the governor just
like shaking hands when she has acrosses the street. Until one day Alex leaves a little note in The Governors hands Statue and hopes that Lena will read it
someday. Oliver 2011:141 says, I left a note for you one time. In the Governors fist. You know ... Lena?
Then for a few moments after that, Alex has met Lena resting in Back Bay after running that afternoon. Alex realizes that her feelings for Lena is feeling
very banned in Portland, that is: Love. In the end, after next meeting, Alex ventured to tell his feelings to Lena. Alex does not expect much for the time, for
him, to know about his feelings Lena is just enough. Oliver 2011:176 says, I like you, okay?? Thats it. Thats all. I like you.
Alex is actually a person who does not like the rules. Although according to the sign three strokes behind the ears Alex, Alex is someone who has been cured
but Alex still likes freedom and The wild is outside Portland, a place where love is not something which is forbidden. The wild is also a gathering place where people
who oppose the evaluation and healing. The wild bounded by an iron fence electrified ready to shock those who tried to run away and out of Portland toward
to The Wild. Oliver 2011:163 says, None of these, no walls to run into. No eyes, freedom and space. Place to stretch out. I still think about The Wilds. Alex
is also very wants Portland can be free place like The Wild. The biggest secret from Alex is that Alex is not a person who has been
cured as long as it looks from the sign behind the ear. Oliver 2011:166 says, Im
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telling you, I was never cured. Never paired or match or anything, I was never even evaluated.
Alex looks so normal, he has not been suspicious. He also follows the regulations. Alex looks like someone who has been cured properly. But besides
that, Alex is an invalid undercover investigator who has been cured like. Oliver 2011:169 says, Theres no way for anyone to know that Alex is an Invalid. I did
not know. He looks normal, has scar in the right place. Because a great feeling to Lena, Alex decides to tell the whole biggest
secret of his life. Alex does this because he believes and falls in love with Lena. Oliver 2011:227 says, I was born in the Wilds, my mother died right after-
words: My father is dead. He never knows he had a son. A son is me. I lived there for the first part of my life. Just kind of bounce around, all the other. Invalid took
care of me together like a community things. After the big secret is revealed, it does not change the love feeling of both.
Alex still loves Lena and vice versa. He is a person who can make Lena being comfort, though Alex is just a person who has disguised invalid. Oliver
2011:260 says, Alex is good listener, too, and can stay silent for hours while i tell him about growing up in Carols house. Besides, Alex remains a charming
man for Lena. Alex is a man who teaches Lena that romantic love is beautiful and should
not be prevented and avoided. Even in the most gripping Alex can even be a sedative for Lena and Lena assured that everything will be alright. Oliver
2011:277 says, Alex can tell how frightened I am. He leans forward and
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fumbles for a moment, trying to find my ear and than skim my earlobe. Its going to be okay, he whispers and I fell slightly betters. Nothing bad will happen when
Im with Alex. Because of love that has blossomed between Alex and Lena, they agree to
keep it even if Love is a big ban in Portland. Then Alex also intends to bring Lena out of Portland toward the Wild because it is a place for all those who oppose the
regulations in Portland. In the Wild, Alex has promised that they can live together without have to hide from regulators or investigators who have been threatening
their existence when being met. Oliver 2011:332 says, Lena, you do not have to do anything. We could run away together to The Wilds. Just go ad never come
back. Only ---- Lena, we could not ever come back. You know that, alright? Theyd kill us both, or lock us forever ... but Lena, we could do it.
In the end, Alex must risk himself for Lena’s love to appropriate on the border of Portland and Wildlife. On the day that has been designated them as the
day of their freedom to run to the Wild, Alex has died at the hands of the regulators who are trying to capture Alex and Lena.
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