The Cure is similar to the SAT. The Cure is a procedure and test through which people are cured of the "disease," love. It is given to anyone who has reached the age of eighteen. The Cure is given around the same dates every year, which is very similar to the SAT. The SAT dates are usually in October, November, December, January, March, May, and June.
Another similarity between the societies is listening devices. In the modern society, the government has implemented listening devices in communication. It listens for specific target works, such as bomb or Congress. This is paralleled in the society in Delirium:
Another similarity between the societies is listening devices. In the modern society, the government has implemented listening devices in communication. It listens for specific target works, such as bomb or Congress. This is paralleled in the society in Delirium:
"You have to learn that people are always listening. The first time I ever used the cell phone that my aunt and uncle share, I was surprised by the patchy interference that kept breaking up my conversation with Hana at random intervals, until my aunt explained that it was just the government's listening devices, which arbitrarily cut into cell phone calls, recording them, monitoring conversations for target words, like love, or Invalids, or sympathizer. No one in particular is targeted; it's all done randomly, to be fair. But it's almost worse that way."
The infected are seen as evil and gross, which is how we see terrorists in our society. This is shown in the scene after Lena is caught by regulators and is placed under house arrest.
" 'She was probably trying her hardest to conceal the signs,' the regulator cuts in. 'The infected often do.' I can practically hear the disgust in his voice when he pronounces the word infected, like he's actually saying cockroach, or terrorist.