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Things I learned about Lolita:
1. It's funny! (well, parts of it are funny, in a dark way. Parts of it are awful, and parts of it are sad.)
2. Humbert Humbert is the character's pseudonym.
3. Lolita is a nickname that only Humbert Humbert uses; her full name is Delores, called variously Delores, Dolly, Lola, and Lo.
4. I can read a book from the POV of a sick, depraved, twisted, egotistical, psychopathic asshole, and actually ENJOY the book. And I can even sympathize with him a tiny bit. I felt ver ...more
1. It's funny! (well, parts of it are funny, in a dark way. Parts of it are awful, and parts of it are sad.)
2. Humbert Humbert is the character's pseudonym.
3. Lolita is a nickname that only Humbert Humbert uses; her full name is Delores, called variously Delores, Dolly, Lola, and Lo.
4. I can read a book from the POV of a sick, depraved, twisted, egotistical, psychopathic asshole, and actually ENJOY the book. And I can even sympathize with him a tiny bit. I felt ver ...more
Underneath the eloquence a shocking description about an immoral passion of a monster. Whatever Humbert Humbert claims, his twisted picture of the girl isn't reality. He's filling in the gaps himself and imagining something there is not, forcing the reader to see Lo with his eyes. How much of the story is actually true? The writing is superb, it's only hinting the surroundings but tells us so much. Nabokov's use of words and allusions is in fact so brilliant, that you can't help but have this co
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That if a character is developed well you will love them despite their shortcomings.
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