Grace C: Lolita Blog

Hi guys, welcome back to my fourth post! In this post, I'm going to be discussing the reason that I think Lolita , though a pretty mature and disturbing book as a whole, would make a good book to use on an AP exam and why it is of sufficient "literary merit." (Spoiler alert: March fourth's post, a.k.a. my final post, is going to bee about the meaning of Lolita  as a whole; I'm putting it off to give myself more time to digest the book I've just finished). Previously on Lolita , as you may or may not remember, Lolita finally escaped her stepfather with another man. After this, our crazy [in love] friend Humbert retraces his and Lolita's steps to literally all of the hundreds of hotels and motels the two of them stayed in  to see if he can figure out her current whereabouts. That's in bold to stress how intent Humbert is on getting Lolita back and the lengths he'll go to do just that. As he does this, he figures out all the fake names Lolita'...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to my undoubtedly much-awaited third blog post about  Lolita , starring the infamous Humbert Humbert and his nymphet. In this sickening yet still weirdly fascinating section of reading, Humbert committed some more completely atrocious deeds (when you think it can't get any worse, it does) and further attempts to convince his readers of his actions being justified and normal for him. Throughout this blog post, I'm going to talk about some of the recurring motifs in the book that have had plenty of time to develop throughout the three-quarters of the book that I have read so far. As always, I'll start off with some plot summary. Humbert and Lolita travel around in their usual fashion, but Lolita is getting bold with flirting with other men/boys and Humbert really doesn't like it. The interesting thing about that is that he claims that Lolita hurts him by doing this, but the only reason that he really cares about her happiness in return i...

Lolita : Characters Hi again, I'm back! I'm sure everyone is dying to hear about our own Humbert Humbert some more, so I'll cut right to the chase: this time, I'm going to be talking about the major characters in Lolita and  the roles they play in the book, and I'm also going to do my best to provide some insight into these characters. Like last time, I'll start off with some plot summary (and trust me, you're going to want to hear this). Humbert talks about his marriage with Charlotte Haze (Lolita's mom), and he grows more and more annoyed and angry as she continues to belittle her daughter Lo, of whom she's not a very big fan because of her attitude and unruliness. Humbert, obviously, has zero interest in Charlotte as a woman, but she is completely and utterly in love with him and tries very hard to be a good wife to him. When Charlotte expresses her wish that Lo go to boarding school, on the one hand tearing her away from Humbert and on the...

Lolita : Style Hello!! My name is Grace, and in AP Lit. and Composition, we're reading books of our own choosing (but they have to be books that were influential and basically milestones in literature), and I'm really excited about this unit because I get to not only read a book that I picked myself and write about it, but I also get to share what I'm learning with everyone else. I'm going to be blogging about Lolita , written by Vladimir Nabokov. (Side note: When I first told my mom that I was going to be reading Lolita , she was flabbergasted and a little concerned. So, that's basically how this is going to go). Before I even start talking about the book, I think it's pretty important to note that this book is loosely based on a true story. Even before I started reading, I researched the book and its origins, etc. etc. etc. and found that it was based on a case that began in 1948 where a girl named Sally Horner stole something from a store, and a man pr...