Lolita (part 2)

After reading Lolita the assigned two times I realized that it isn't about a dirty old man and an innocent child at all. It is so much more than that! It is about a man consumed by an obsession, and a child that isn't as innocent as she seems. Although I think it is wrong for an old man (or any man at all) to rape a child, that is besides the point of the novel. Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I believe that Nabokov truly did write one of the greatest novels of all time. The way he uses words, descriptions, and even the use of Humbert as a narrator is brilliant! Nabokov plays with these words, descriptions and Humbert in a way that only a true writer can do. From his including Shakespeare, Joyce and even a reference to Bing Crosby (who is an all time favorite of mine) he makes this tale of an European clearly American. From the 342 hotels that HH and Lolita stayed in throughout the United States, to the combination of the European of the American peppered throughout the novel. This is a brilliant work of literature, and will forever be in my personal library.