Favorite Character

My favorite character in literature is Lena Haloway from the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver.  I really like Lena because she changed greatly from the beginning of the book to the end.  In the beginning she wasn’t very confident and just did what everyone told her to do.  By the end of the book she was brave in strong.  For example, at the beginning she was just doing what everyone else told her was right, which was that love was a disease and you needed to get “cured” for it.  By the end of the story, she did what she thought was right when she fell in love with Alex and decided to not to get “cured.  I thought it was the bravest thing to do to go against what all of her friends, family, and the rest of society thought was right just so you can follow your own beliefs.  Most people would give into peer pressure, but Lena didn’t and that’s why I liked her so much.  Also, Lena showed how courageous she was when she decided to run away with Alex.  She knew that if she was caught she would most likely be put in jail or even killed.  Even knowing that, she still did it because she was in love with Alex.  At the beginning of the story she would never have even thought about going against the society or running away.  As you can see Lena grew so much as a character and became unbelievably brave.  For that reason Lena Haloway is my favorite literature character.