Lolita

Lolita, the novel that recounts the “intense and obsessive involvement of a middle-aged man with a sexually precocious young girl.” (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. "Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.") In the present-day, Lolita is considered Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous and controversial novel that implies obsessive desires, heartbreak, and transformation among other sensitive subjects. However, the Russian’s masterpiece was not always categorized as a favorite. The book itself had a resilient…

Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" was a difficult novel to read but nonetheless captivating. Although it was touching an extremely sensitive subject, pedophilia, Nabokov sustained a graceful flow and persuasive tone throughout the novel that at times, almost made me forget he was courting a twelve-year-old orphaned girl. To me, "Lolita" would be best described as an immoral unrequited romance and as a tragedy. A "quest" is what I see the narrator, Humbert, describing throughout the novel. After he…

This essay is gonna be about three different stories such as cairo: My city, our revolution, reading Lolita in Tehran and persepolis 2: The story of a return ill be starting with cairo: My city, our revolution security vehicles racing to get out of town and all the men leaning over the parapet above us with stones in their hands stopped in mid-throw and yelled `Run! Run!’ and held off the with the stones so they wouldn’t hit us as we skittered through the screeching vehicles to a spot where we…

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley are two great stories that depict certain relationships between adults and children. These stories have many similarities and differences, but one main characteristic that separates the two stories is the manner of the children in the books. Today I will share my view on how childhood innocence plays a role in the relationships and consequences of the relationships between the characters of the books Lolita and The Go-Between. Lolita…

Azar Nafisi, a former literature professor, also reviews the conflicts faced by herself and other women in Iran regarding freedom of expression, in the memoir “Reading Lolita in Tehran.” These topics from the three texts are significant because they allow for a discussion of the mindsets of different people. In this paper, I will argue that individuals form unique types of fictional worlds in their minds which affect…

that it contains things such as sexual explicitness, offensive language, political incorrectness, violence, views contrary to the state or are seen threatening in some way (Gale 1).The book Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov was banned in 1955 in France and Australia for its controversial content (Amy 4). Lolita should be banned or challenged because of its detailed way of describing a situation that influences bad actions. The act of banning books has been long-established since colonial times…

The novel “Lolita”, written by Vladimir Nabokov, focuses on two central characters: Humbert Humbert and Lolita, a 12 year old nymphet that Humbert falls in love with instantly. In order to stay closer to Lolita, Humbert goes to any length, including marrying Lolita’s mother, Charlotte. Humbert Humbert is a European man who moved to America, and is attracted to minors. In American culture, certain paraphilias are considered extremely taboo, with pedophilia being the most hated of them all.…

Child: Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita The main reason why this novel was banned was due to it’s sexaul views on young girls. The main character of this book, Humbert Humbert, spends the majority of his time having seductive thoughts about many little girls. His obsession with them soon becomes the reason why he even takes jobs. Toward the middle of the novel, he takes a job in a woman’s home and marries her due to the attraction he has for her young daughter who he calls, Lolita. For these reasons,…

Vladimir Nabokov’s, Lolita, shows off his extraordinary narrative skills which bring a visionary insight into the issue of morality, a romantic verse and a grasp of human character that seem unique as his own. He uses first-person narration to affect the reader’s perception of the events being described in the novel through the use of stylistic devices. Thus, able to manipulate the reader’s beliefs and train of thought, to dictate what the they should think. More specific to the factors…

One of the major themes in Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is time. Humbert Humbert, the narrator is trying to go back to his childhood of a young love, furthermore he wants to keep recapturing the moment, he doesn’t understand how time works. Humbert keeps falling back in time to his childhood days, furthermore he is painting a picture of this beautiful young girl, his dream girl Lolita. We also see Humbert coming back into reality, present time of what actually is going on, in addition to the…