Lauren Oliver Pandemonium

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Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver is about a future in which love is illegal and seen as immoral. In the novel, every citizen at the age of eighteen must have a medical procedure. This procedure’s purpose is to wipe away any feelings of love, lust, desire and in some cases satisfaction. I believe some people in this current time that have been through tragedy of some sort, may wish to have feelings of pain and love extinguished. However, John Lennon disagrees; he believes that in life “all you need is love”. Many people believe that a world without love would be unbearable and I am one of those people.
It wasn’t until June 26th, 2015 that same sex couples were allowed to be married in the United States. Up until this date some may say that same

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