Requiem Analysis

In Lauren Oliver’s Requiem, Invalid Lena discovers that living in the Wilds is arduous. Lena’s former lover, Alex, reappears into her life and everything is changing. Hana, Lena’s best friend, has been cured and begins to think about Lena; even though she is not supposed to. She thinks about Alex too, and how she told on them before she was cured. Hana almost feels guilty about it, but the cure does not allow her to. Lena’s group of Invalids runs from regulators and scavengers. As a result, they slowly lose access to food, people, and shelter. Since there is no time to talk, Alex and Lena barely speak, and there is a lot of tension between them. Lena still has feelings for Alex, and her current lover, Julian, notices this but does not really say anything. Soon enough, Lena and her group comes up with a plan to annihilate the regulators. The plan does not go very well and many lives are lost. To add onto that, Lena finds out that one of her friends’, Lu, has become a traitor and gotten cured. She almost kills Lu, because she finds out that Lu’s been working with people from the other side of the wall.
The new plan consists of tearing down the wall in Portland. This takes a lot of Invalids, but they do believe it will work out. When Lena gets to Portland with her group, they split up and she goes to look for her family. On the way, Lena is stopped by Hana and she takes her to her fiancés house to talk. Hana asks Lena questions about her life and the Wilds, confesses about telling on her and Alex, and tells her where her family is staying. Lena gets a little angry, but then she has to remind herself that this is not the same Hana she grew up with; she is different now. Lena explains to Hana that a bomb has been placed in the house and will go off any minute. As a result, Hana tells Lena to run before she gets caught, and Hana runs shortly after to avoid the