this may not interest you but I found all of these interesting....
-The little whole in the sink that lets the water drain out, instead of flowing over the side, is called a "porcelator"
-If you could drive to the sun at 55mph it would take about 193 years.
-The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight.
-A good way to restore the sound of scratched CDs is to coat them with a thin layer of wax or silicone
-The first product to have a barcode was Wrigleys gum.
-A group of gees on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein.
-There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
-Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
-A giraffe's neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human
-Sea otters have two coats of fur.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Favorite Website!
I would have to say my favorite website would have to be FML.... I know that sounds kind of depressing and bad but FML's are addicitng and very entertaining! Just as I had mentioned in a previous blog about the random facts I read before bed I also read FMLs before bed as well. I feel so bad for the people having to post all of the extremely embarassing stories.. I can't even imagine being put in the same situation!
Lolita pages 282-309 (The End!!)
After talking to a priest and coming to terms with his sins which he committed with Lolita, Humbert realizes that because he was so consumed with his desires for Lolita, he never took the time to actually get to know the real person she was. After doing a lot of thinking he revisits the house in which he met Lolita and notes that there is another family with a nymphet daughter currently living there. During his visit to Ramsdale he also goes to the dentist and learns of Clare Quilty's whereabouts. Humbert immediately leaves the dentist office to go find Quilty.
Humbert arrives at Quilty's house with a loaded gun. Humbert enters his house and sees Quilty emerge fromt the bathroom. Immediately after seeing him Humbert asks Quilty of Lolita and explains to him why he must die. During this time Quilty slyly makes a move for Humbert's gun and the two wrestle for it. Humbert finally breaks free with the gun and Quilty begs for his life and even offers Humbert bribes of things including vulgar pictures. Humbert shoots Quilty but he still tries to escape. Humbert shoots Quilty a number of times again and he still has not yet died. Finally Quilty pleads for his life but Humbert shows no mercy and shoots him dead.
After an exiting series of events Humbert speeds off down the road on the wrong side. He finally gets pulled over and arrested for running a red light. During his time in jail Humbert realizes that what is truely sad is not that Humbert and Lolita cant be together, rather that he robbed Lolita of her childhood. While in jail Humbert keeps a journal and he dedicates the last half solely to Lolita. He tells her to stay faithful and honest to her husband and to forget about Quilty because he was not a good person. He also advises her to not talk to strangers.
I felt as though this was a very good ending to the book. Although I am not in favor of Humbert killing Quilty, the person Humbert becomes at the end of the book pleases me. After stepping back and actually looking at his relationship with Lolita it is good to know that he recognizes how inappropriate his strong desires and obsessions were. It is very good that he recognizes and is ashamed that he robbed her of her childhood as well. When looking at the person Humbert was at the beginning of the book he was a vulgar man who seemed to want nothing more in life other than sex and Lolita. It seems as though he had no respect for women at the beginning but now it seems as though he has acquired respect for them because he continues to stay in touch with Rita and deeply regrets having such a negative effect on Lolita's life. Despite the creepiness of the book in the beginning it proved to be a very interesting and entertaining book which left me with a smile on my face because of the good man Humbert became.
Humbert arrives at Quilty's house with a loaded gun. Humbert enters his house and sees Quilty emerge fromt the bathroom. Immediately after seeing him Humbert asks Quilty of Lolita and explains to him why he must die. During this time Quilty slyly makes a move for Humbert's gun and the two wrestle for it. Humbert finally breaks free with the gun and Quilty begs for his life and even offers Humbert bribes of things including vulgar pictures. Humbert shoots Quilty but he still tries to escape. Humbert shoots Quilty a number of times again and he still has not yet died. Finally Quilty pleads for his life but Humbert shows no mercy and shoots him dead.
After an exiting series of events Humbert speeds off down the road on the wrong side. He finally gets pulled over and arrested for running a red light. During his time in jail Humbert realizes that what is truely sad is not that Humbert and Lolita cant be together, rather that he robbed Lolita of her childhood. While in jail Humbert keeps a journal and he dedicates the last half solely to Lolita. He tells her to stay faithful and honest to her husband and to forget about Quilty because he was not a good person. He also advises her to not talk to strangers.
I felt as though this was a very good ending to the book. Although I am not in favor of Humbert killing Quilty, the person Humbert becomes at the end of the book pleases me. After stepping back and actually looking at his relationship with Lolita it is good to know that he recognizes how inappropriate his strong desires and obsessions were. It is very good that he recognizes and is ashamed that he robbed her of her childhood as well. When looking at the person Humbert was at the beginning of the book he was a vulgar man who seemed to want nothing more in life other than sex and Lolita. It seems as though he had no respect for women at the beginning but now it seems as though he has acquired respect for them because he continues to stay in touch with Rita and deeply regrets having such a negative effect on Lolita's life. Despite the creepiness of the book in the beginning it proved to be a very interesting and entertaining book which left me with a smile on my face because of the good man Humbert became.
Lolita pages 252-282
After having been away from Lolita for an expanded period of time, Humbert feels as though he sees her everywhere and even fills out a missing persons ad. In his great loneliness he begins a relationship with a woman named Rita. In the progression of his relationship with Rita he returns to many of the places and hotels which he visited with Lolita. He does this in an attempt to releive the memories of Lolita but he feels as though he is going to love her forever. However, eventually Rita and Humbert's relationship begins to dwindle and they grow apart but still remain friends as Humbert visits her frequently.
During a visit with Rita, Humbert recieves two letters-- one being from Lolita addressed as Dad. The letter informed Humbert that Lolita had been married and was expecting a child. However, the purpose of the letter was to ask Humbert for money. Humbert is furious and sets out to kill Lolita's new husband. With little help from the letter Humbert finally finds Lolita's house. Humbert describes it as a humble house right off of Hunter Road. Immediately after seeing Lolita Humbert recognizes two things. The first thing being that she is pregnant... very pregnant. The second thing being that she has grown out of her nymphet stage. He also comes to the realization that despite her no longer being a nymphet, Humbert will love her until the day he dies.
After seeing Lolita's husband he realizes that he is not the man who abducted her from the hospital and realizes that he has no real reason to be mad at him. Lolita tells Humbert that the man who abducted her was the playwright of the play she planned to be in earlier... his name is Clare Quilty. She confesses that he is her true love but after her refusal to participate in unusual sexual activities he kicked her out. After this she became a waitress and later found her current husband.
Towards the end of this section Humbert seems to be maturing and coming to terms with his distance from Lolita. It seems as though maybe his relationship with Rita has brought about a change in him. At the beginning of the book his main concern was nymphets, and now they dont seem to phase him. Although he confesses his undying love for Lolita, it seems as though he has come to terms with the fact that they cant be together. I am not as frustrated with Humbert's character anymore, but rather more content with the man he is finally becoming.
During a visit with Rita, Humbert recieves two letters-- one being from Lolita addressed as Dad. The letter informed Humbert that Lolita had been married and was expecting a child. However, the purpose of the letter was to ask Humbert for money. Humbert is furious and sets out to kill Lolita's new husband. With little help from the letter Humbert finally finds Lolita's house. Humbert describes it as a humble house right off of Hunter Road. Immediately after seeing Lolita Humbert recognizes two things. The first thing being that she is pregnant... very pregnant. The second thing being that she has grown out of her nymphet stage. He also comes to the realization that despite her no longer being a nymphet, Humbert will love her until the day he dies.
After seeing Lolita's husband he realizes that he is not the man who abducted her from the hospital and realizes that he has no real reason to be mad at him. Lolita tells Humbert that the man who abducted her was the playwright of the play she planned to be in earlier... his name is Clare Quilty. She confesses that he is her true love but after her refusal to participate in unusual sexual activities he kicked her out. After this she became a waitress and later found her current husband.
Towards the end of this section Humbert seems to be maturing and coming to terms with his distance from Lolita. It seems as though maybe his relationship with Rita has brought about a change in him. At the beginning of the book his main concern was nymphets, and now they dont seem to phase him. Although he confesses his undying love for Lolita, it seems as though he has come to terms with the fact that they cant be together. I am not as frustrated with Humbert's character anymore, but rather more content with the man he is finally becoming.
Lolita pages 200-252
Lolita decides to be in the school play and begins rehearsing for it. Although at first Humbert is confident that the play is nothing more than a play for schoolchildren, he is appaled by the play's romanticism and fantasy. One day Humbert recieves a notice that Lolita has been missing her piano lessens. After confronting Lolita about it she claims that she had been sneaking off and rehearsing for the play. Not believing Lolita's story, Humbert starts a heated argument with Lolita. It is through this argument that he realizes that Lolita has changed and no longer posseses some of the nymphet qualities he loved. After a moments distraction Lolita escapes the house and when Humbert finds her in a telephone booth, she confesses that she hates Beardsly and her school and wants to move.
After beginning their travels, Humbert and Lolita stay in a succession of hotels just as they had done before. Humbert continues to keep a close eye on her and keeps her from talking to anyone she may not know. Humbert feels that for adequate protection he must keep a gun on him at all times and stand guard during the night. To no suprise as Humbert continues to spend his time obsessing over Lolita he continues to become increasingly paranoid. He often questions things such as Lolita talking to strange men, or also a red car which had seemed to have been following the two of them during their travels.
Humbert stumbled across a letter to Lolita and began reading it at the post office one day. After finishing the letter he looks up and Lolita is no where to be found. Humbert looks and chases after her and after finally finding her Lolita said that she saw a friend from Beardsly. After becoming increasingly paranoid about the man following Lolita and Humbert, Humbert decides to write down the license plate. Soon after notifying Lolita, he realizes that she had erased the license plate number. After paying close attention Trapp (the name Humbert gave to the man following Lolita and him) had merely been switching cars and after getting a flat tire Humbert had planned to confront him but Trapp had quickly driven off before Humbert had a chance to do so. During Humbert's failed confrontation, Humbert's car (with Lolita being at the wheel) starts moving away. Lolita said that she had been trying to keep the car from rolling away.
Humbert takes Lolita to the pool one day and notices a man watching Lolita, and Lolita watching him as well. After close observation Humbert realizes that the man watching Lolita is Trapp. Humbert gets up and again plans to confront him but Trapp takes off too quickly for Humbert to do anything. Later that night, Lolita claims to feel sick. After taking her temperature and realizing that she has a high fever, Humbert takes her to the hospital where he spends his first couple nights away from her in two years. When Humbert returns to the hospital to pick up Lolita the nurse told him that her uncle has already picked her up.
In an attempt to find any clues of Lolita's whereabouts, Humbert retraces every place that him and Lolita had ever been or stayed at. Humbert even hires a detective but the detective proves to be usesless.
It seems as though Humbert's obsession with Lolita is making his life ten times more complicated and depressing than what it needs to be! Humbert constantly lives with anxiety and paranoia that someone will steal Lolita away from him. His paranoia of other men is keeping him from seeing the many attempts Lolita makes to get away from him. There are numerous accounts in which she clearly tries escape his control but once he finds her she will jsut make up an excuse and he believes it! It baffles me how blind he is to her lies, and yet he is still so paranoid about everything else around him!
After beginning their travels, Humbert and Lolita stay in a succession of hotels just as they had done before. Humbert continues to keep a close eye on her and keeps her from talking to anyone she may not know. Humbert feels that for adequate protection he must keep a gun on him at all times and stand guard during the night. To no suprise as Humbert continues to spend his time obsessing over Lolita he continues to become increasingly paranoid. He often questions things such as Lolita talking to strange men, or also a red car which had seemed to have been following the two of them during their travels.
Humbert stumbled across a letter to Lolita and began reading it at the post office one day. After finishing the letter he looks up and Lolita is no where to be found. Humbert looks and chases after her and after finally finding her Lolita said that she saw a friend from Beardsly. After becoming increasingly paranoid about the man following Lolita and Humbert, Humbert decides to write down the license plate. Soon after notifying Lolita, he realizes that she had erased the license plate number. After paying close attention Trapp (the name Humbert gave to the man following Lolita and him) had merely been switching cars and after getting a flat tire Humbert had planned to confront him but Trapp had quickly driven off before Humbert had a chance to do so. During Humbert's failed confrontation, Humbert's car (with Lolita being at the wheel) starts moving away. Lolita said that she had been trying to keep the car from rolling away.
Humbert takes Lolita to the pool one day and notices a man watching Lolita, and Lolita watching him as well. After close observation Humbert realizes that the man watching Lolita is Trapp. Humbert gets up and again plans to confront him but Trapp takes off too quickly for Humbert to do anything. Later that night, Lolita claims to feel sick. After taking her temperature and realizing that she has a high fever, Humbert takes her to the hospital where he spends his first couple nights away from her in two years. When Humbert returns to the hospital to pick up Lolita the nurse told him that her uncle has already picked her up.
In an attempt to find any clues of Lolita's whereabouts, Humbert retraces every place that him and Lolita had ever been or stayed at. Humbert even hires a detective but the detective proves to be usesless.
It seems as though Humbert's obsession with Lolita is making his life ten times more complicated and depressing than what it needs to be! Humbert constantly lives with anxiety and paranoia that someone will steal Lolita away from him. His paranoia of other men is keeping him from seeing the many attempts Lolita makes to get away from him. There are numerous accounts in which she clearly tries escape his control but once he finds her she will jsut make up an excuse and he believes it! It baffles me how blind he is to her lies, and yet he is still so paranoid about everything else around him!
Lolita pages 176-200
Humbert moves into a smaller, not so nice house somewhere else in the town of Beardsly. Humbert goes into detail about the new neighboorhood they live in and the neighbors they live next to. Humbert remains distant with his neighbors because he fears they may spy on him. Humbert is also afraid of a blosoming relationship between Lolita and the cook, and he continues to make sure he can do anything to keep the relationship from getting any more serious. The school which he sent Lolita has done nothing but anger him with their teachings. Humbert would rather the school focus on teaching writing and arithmatec but rather they have been teaching Lolita social skills. Specifically the school has taught Lolita the four D's: Dramatics, Dance, Debate, and Dating. Its not suprising to think that the fourth and final D upsets Humbert more than the others.
Sadly for Humbert his relationship with Lolita is becoming more strained. She constantly demands for more money and gifts from him, and demands it before any sexual favors. Humbert fears that by him giving Lolita extra money it may give her a chance to run away, so he breaks into her room and steals the money he gives her to make sure she can never leave him. Amidst, his paranoia of Lolita leaving him, Humbert also suffers from fear of Lolita attracting or hanging out with other boys alone. Humbert continues to restrict Lolita's interaction with boys and limits it to interaction with boys in large groups only. In an attempt to ease his anxiety Humbert asks one of Lolita's friends if Lolita has any boyfriends but instead of getting an answer he recieves unwanted affection from Lolita's disappointing friend.
One day, someone informs Humbert that Lolita is not maturing sexually and has a hard time dealing with authority and exhibits many disciplinary problems. The informant tells Humbert that Lolita has an unending vocabulary of cuss words. He provides Humbert with the advice that Lolita should start dating or maybe even take part in the school's play. In an attempt to help Lolita mature properly Humbert throws Lolita a birthday party and invites a number of boys, none of which seem to impress Lolita. Despite the lack of dating to help her mature, Humbert is happy with her distaste of the boys whom he invited to the party.
Humbert is becoming obsessively dependent upon Lolita. It seems as though if she were taken out of his life, he would have no life. I feel sorry for Lolita because she has no real way out because Humbert keeps manipulating her so that she has to be with him for what seems the rest of her life even though she is unhappy. Humbert has deprived Lolita from any sort of parenting, which is what she needs right now instead of an older man who wants nothing but sexual favors from her. Lolita seems as though she has no idea how to develop socially other than the teaching she has receieved from her school. What Humbert is doing to Lolita is almost frustrating in a way but the book continues to be interesting!
Sadly for Humbert his relationship with Lolita is becoming more strained. She constantly demands for more money and gifts from him, and demands it before any sexual favors. Humbert fears that by him giving Lolita extra money it may give her a chance to run away, so he breaks into her room and steals the money he gives her to make sure she can never leave him. Amidst, his paranoia of Lolita leaving him, Humbert also suffers from fear of Lolita attracting or hanging out with other boys alone. Humbert continues to restrict Lolita's interaction with boys and limits it to interaction with boys in large groups only. In an attempt to ease his anxiety Humbert asks one of Lolita's friends if Lolita has any boyfriends but instead of getting an answer he recieves unwanted affection from Lolita's disappointing friend.
One day, someone informs Humbert that Lolita is not maturing sexually and has a hard time dealing with authority and exhibits many disciplinary problems. The informant tells Humbert that Lolita has an unending vocabulary of cuss words. He provides Humbert with the advice that Lolita should start dating or maybe even take part in the school's play. In an attempt to help Lolita mature properly Humbert throws Lolita a birthday party and invites a number of boys, none of which seem to impress Lolita. Despite the lack of dating to help her mature, Humbert is happy with her distaste of the boys whom he invited to the party.
Humbert is becoming obsessively dependent upon Lolita. It seems as though if she were taken out of his life, he would have no life. I feel sorry for Lolita because she has no real way out because Humbert keeps manipulating her so that she has to be with him for what seems the rest of her life even though she is unhappy. Humbert has deprived Lolita from any sort of parenting, which is what she needs right now instead of an older man who wants nothing but sexual favors from her. Lolita seems as though she has no idea how to develop socially other than the teaching she has receieved from her school. What Humbert is doing to Lolita is almost frustrating in a way but the book continues to be interesting!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Interesting.....
Here are some really interesting facts I have that I get from an app I have on my phone. Sometimes I read these to help me fall asleep... They are very addicting to read!
- Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace
- The biggest dog on record was an Old English Mastiff that weighed 343 pounds. He was 8 feet, 3 inches from nose to tail (thats HUGE!)
- No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
- The province of Alberta, Canada is completely free of rats.
- People with initials that spell out GOD or ACE are likely to live longer than people whose initials spell out words like APE, PIG, or RAT.
- America once issued a 5-cent bill.
- 10 minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.
- A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
- The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. BEcause of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
- 90% of Canada's 31,000,000 citizens live within 300 miles of the US border.
Ill keep posting more interesting facts later! :)
- Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace
- The biggest dog on record was an Old English Mastiff that weighed 343 pounds. He was 8 feet, 3 inches from nose to tail (thats HUGE!)
- No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
- The province of Alberta, Canada is completely free of rats.
- People with initials that spell out GOD or ACE are likely to live longer than people whose initials spell out words like APE, PIG, or RAT.
- America once issued a 5-cent bill.
- 10 minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.
- A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
- The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. BEcause of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
- 90% of Canada's 31,000,000 citizens live within 300 miles of the US border.
Ill keep posting more interesting facts later! :)
Lolita pages 145-176
Humbert and Lolita begin traveling across the United States. Being a very descriptive narrator Humbert describes very detailed images of the hotels they stay in during their travels. A lot of the reason Humbert is traveling around the US and buying Lolita so many gifts is to keep her distracted and content and to keep her from complaining. In an attempt to keep Lolita from complaining he sort of threatens her and reminds her that she has noone except for him. Humbert continues to be very controlling of Lolita and allows her to occasionaly spend time with other girl friends but adamently restricts her interactions with boys.
Throughout their journey Humbert has come to notice that Loliita enjoys meeting new people and trying to pick up hitchhikers. Despite the tremendous effort Humbert puts forth to keep Lolita from interacting with boys Humbert says that Lolita enjoys to flirt and is attracted to other boys and men. Humbert describes one account at a tennis match he saw Lolita talking to another guy and Humbert decides that he still wants to just try to make Lolita happy so he can have sex with her. Humbert feels as though despite Lolita hurts him with her indifference towards him and her interest in other men, Humbert is overall fairly happy.
Humbert and Lolita, on various occasions, try to be intimate in the outdoors but are caught by people. Once they attempted to be intimate by the mountains but got caught by a woman. Another time they were caught at the movies by another woman. After having traveled for quite some time Humbert decides he needs to settle down in one city and get a job. He decides to live in Beardsly and teach at Beardsly Women's college. He also sent Lolita off to an all girl's school.
Humbert seems to be more of a fatherly figure to Lolita than a lover. He is very controlling over her and not letting her to interact with any other boys because he is afraid of her finding someone else. It seems as though the relationship between the Humbert and Lolita is forced because he has to remind her that she has noone else to depend on so she has to stay with him. Also the fact that she cries every night instead of sleeping is further evidence of her unhappiness and unwillingness to be in the relationship. The fact that Humbert chose a Woman's college to teach at does not suprise me and neither does that fact that he chose an all girl's school for Lolita to attend. This book continues to be interesting however, the way Humbert treats Lolita is frustrating... By the way I have become used to the age difference so it does not creep me out as much any more.
Throughout their journey Humbert has come to notice that Loliita enjoys meeting new people and trying to pick up hitchhikers. Despite the tremendous effort Humbert puts forth to keep Lolita from interacting with boys Humbert says that Lolita enjoys to flirt and is attracted to other boys and men. Humbert describes one account at a tennis match he saw Lolita talking to another guy and Humbert decides that he still wants to just try to make Lolita happy so he can have sex with her. Humbert feels as though despite Lolita hurts him with her indifference towards him and her interest in other men, Humbert is overall fairly happy.
Humbert and Lolita, on various occasions, try to be intimate in the outdoors but are caught by people. Once they attempted to be intimate by the mountains but got caught by a woman. Another time they were caught at the movies by another woman. After having traveled for quite some time Humbert decides he needs to settle down in one city and get a job. He decides to live in Beardsly and teach at Beardsly Women's college. He also sent Lolita off to an all girl's school.
Humbert seems to be more of a fatherly figure to Lolita than a lover. He is very controlling over her and not letting her to interact with any other boys because he is afraid of her finding someone else. It seems as though the relationship between the Humbert and Lolita is forced because he has to remind her that she has noone else to depend on so she has to stay with him. Also the fact that she cries every night instead of sleeping is further evidence of her unhappiness and unwillingness to be in the relationship. The fact that Humbert chose a Woman's college to teach at does not suprise me and neither does that fact that he chose an all girl's school for Lolita to attend. This book continues to be interesting however, the way Humbert treats Lolita is frustrating... By the way I have become used to the age difference so it does not creep me out as much any more.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Pages 109-145
After picking Lolita up from the Summer camp she had been at, Humbert ponders the idea of denying his love for her and simply just being a good father to her since she no longer has her mother. After considering the idea, Humbert decides that he loves Lolita to much to simply be her father. Humbert is to afraid to tell Lolita of her mother's death so he lies and tells Lolita that her mother is in the hospital. While driving Lolita begins to flirtatiously kiss Humbert and soon after they get pulled over by a cop looking for a different car. After traveling a long ways and Humbert's desires driving him crazy, Lolita and Humbert arrive at a hotel where they have to share a bed. That night Humbert gave Lolita a sleeping pill to make her drowsy and go to bed. Just as she starts to doze off Lolita tries telling Humbert of some bad stuff she has done but Humbert tells her to wait and tell him in the morning.
Humbert leaves Lolita to sleep in the room and wanders down in the public rooms of the hotel. As he is wandering he is filled with the anticipation of "caressing" Lolita while she sleeps . He also compares Lolita to his previous Annabel and points out the differences between the two.
After wandering through the hotel Humbert returns to the room to see Lolita fiddling and going in and out of a deep sleep. He climbs into bed with her but does nothing in fear that she might wake and notice his advances. He stays awake all night and once Lolita wakes up the two of them discuss their views of sex. Lolita then confesses that she had sex with a boy at the camp she went to and that many of her friends had experienced with sex as well.
After hearing this Humbert gives Lolita a serious of gifts and the two prepare to leave the hotel. Humbert becomes worried that Lolita is losing interest in him because of her sudden mood changes and expressions of disinterest towards Humbert. Because Lolita is so upset Humbert stops in the town of Lepingville and buys Lolita many other gifts in an effort to cheer her up. They stay at a hotel there and in the middle of the night Humbert hears Lolita crying. Humbert notes that soon after he hears her crying Lolita comes and sleeps in Humbert's bed.
This chunk of pages makes me lose respect for Lolita. She seems as though she sleeps around without thinking twice about it. The fact that she is still in her "nymphet" stage may have something to do with this experimental lifestyle. As she gets older she will grow out of this phase. It seems as though Humbert is taking advantage of Lolita and her being in this stage of her life. He continues to make advances but does it in a sort of creepy romantic way, trying to woe Lolita. Although interesting, Humberts detailed thoughts of Lolita and his continued obsession with her still distrubs me.
Humbert leaves Lolita to sleep in the room and wanders down in the public rooms of the hotel. As he is wandering he is filled with the anticipation of "caressing" Lolita while she sleeps . He also compares Lolita to his previous Annabel and points out the differences between the two.
After wandering through the hotel Humbert returns to the room to see Lolita fiddling and going in and out of a deep sleep. He climbs into bed with her but does nothing in fear that she might wake and notice his advances. He stays awake all night and once Lolita wakes up the two of them discuss their views of sex. Lolita then confesses that she had sex with a boy at the camp she went to and that many of her friends had experienced with sex as well.
After hearing this Humbert gives Lolita a serious of gifts and the two prepare to leave the hotel. Humbert becomes worried that Lolita is losing interest in him because of her sudden mood changes and expressions of disinterest towards Humbert. Because Lolita is so upset Humbert stops in the town of Lepingville and buys Lolita many other gifts in an effort to cheer her up. They stay at a hotel there and in the middle of the night Humbert hears Lolita crying. Humbert notes that soon after he hears her crying Lolita comes and sleeps in Humbert's bed.
This chunk of pages makes me lose respect for Lolita. She seems as though she sleeps around without thinking twice about it. The fact that she is still in her "nymphet" stage may have something to do with this experimental lifestyle. As she gets older she will grow out of this phase. It seems as though Humbert is taking advantage of Lolita and her being in this stage of her life. He continues to make advances but does it in a sort of creepy romantic way, trying to woe Lolita. Although interesting, Humberts detailed thoughts of Lolita and his continued obsession with her still distrubs me.
TANGLED!
Such such such a good movie! I went to see this with two of my friends and fell in love with it within the first five minutes. This is probably one of my favorite Disney movies. It is a comedy but also a chick flick at the same time which is right up my alley. Right before the end of the movie I was almost in tears but the movie ended with a happily ever after! It was in 3D which made it even better! Suchh a cute movie.... for girls! :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Lolita through page 109
After coming to America Humbert plans to stay with a friend of his uncle's named Mr. McCoo. However, after learning that Mr. McCoo's house has burned down, Humbert is forced to stay in a boarding house run by a widow named Charolette Haze. Humbert enjoyed neither the house he was living in nor Mrs. Haze. He did, however, enjoy Mrs. Haze's 12 year old daughter Dolores (whom reminded him of his previous love Annabel). While Humbert is in prison he recalls passages from the diary he kept which had many accounts regarding the Haze's house as well as many detailed accounts of Lolita. Many of the entries in Humbert's diary included detailed descriptions of Lolita and her "nymphetic" qualities.
While Humbert was living in the Haze house, Charolette would always plan to go on a picnic with him and Lolita. The three of them never ended up going on a picnic, though, because it kept getting postponed. Specifically there was one day where Charolette once again postponed the picnic which aggravated Lolita and she refused to go to Church. Because Lolita refused to go to church, Humbert has Lolita all to himself and seizes that opportunity.
Over the summer Charolette decideds to send Lolita away for three weeks to a Summer camp. This greatly bothers Humbert because he knows he will miss Lolita during the time she spends away from him. Humbert even considers leaving the Haze house until Lolita returns in the Fall. Just as Lolita is leaving for camp, her final goodbye to Humbert is a kiss. Thoughts of this kiss consumed Humbert for awhile to come.
After having been greatly distracted by Lolita's kiss, Humbert was suprised to recieve a letter from Charolette Haze professing her love for Humbert. In the letter, she asks for Humbert to either leave the house or reciprocate the feeling and marry her. Humbert ponders the idea and sees it as a chance to become closer to Lolita. Because of Lolita Humbert decides to marry Charolette. Humbert finds the engagement tolerable, despite the fact that he considers killing Charolette for considering sending Lolita away to boarding school.
As Humber is away at the doctor getting sleeping pills to give to both Charolette and Lolita, Charolette finds Humbert's journal with detailed accounts of his fantasies about Lolita. In an effort to calm Charolette down, Humbert tells her that the journal was merely part of a novel he was working on.
After his tense argument with Charolette he learns that she has been hit by a car. Because the one thing separating him from being with his obsession (Lolita) is now dead, Humbert plans a trip for Lolita and him to take when she arrives home from camp. Humbert ponders how he is going to be able to steal Lolita away without looking suspicious to Charolette's dear friends John and Jean Farlow. In an effort to woe her, Humbert buys Lolita many presents including clothing.
After having so much happen the plot have become very detailed. This is not a bad thing though, because it keeps me thinking and focused on the book. If ever I am reading and confused on what happened I have to go back and reread the part to make sure that im keeping up with the rapid plot changes. Once again, Humbert's obsession with a much younger girl still disturbs me, but the many events happening in the story keep me interested and keep me reading the book very intently.
While Humbert was living in the Haze house, Charolette would always plan to go on a picnic with him and Lolita. The three of them never ended up going on a picnic, though, because it kept getting postponed. Specifically there was one day where Charolette once again postponed the picnic which aggravated Lolita and she refused to go to Church. Because Lolita refused to go to church, Humbert has Lolita all to himself and seizes that opportunity.
Over the summer Charolette decideds to send Lolita away for three weeks to a Summer camp. This greatly bothers Humbert because he knows he will miss Lolita during the time she spends away from him. Humbert even considers leaving the Haze house until Lolita returns in the Fall. Just as Lolita is leaving for camp, her final goodbye to Humbert is a kiss. Thoughts of this kiss consumed Humbert for awhile to come.
After having been greatly distracted by Lolita's kiss, Humbert was suprised to recieve a letter from Charolette Haze professing her love for Humbert. In the letter, she asks for Humbert to either leave the house or reciprocate the feeling and marry her. Humbert ponders the idea and sees it as a chance to become closer to Lolita. Because of Lolita Humbert decides to marry Charolette. Humbert finds the engagement tolerable, despite the fact that he considers killing Charolette for considering sending Lolita away to boarding school.
As Humber is away at the doctor getting sleeping pills to give to both Charolette and Lolita, Charolette finds Humbert's journal with detailed accounts of his fantasies about Lolita. In an effort to calm Charolette down, Humbert tells her that the journal was merely part of a novel he was working on.
After his tense argument with Charolette he learns that she has been hit by a car. Because the one thing separating him from being with his obsession (Lolita) is now dead, Humbert plans a trip for Lolita and him to take when she arrives home from camp. Humbert ponders how he is going to be able to steal Lolita away without looking suspicious to Charolette's dear friends John and Jean Farlow. In an effort to woe her, Humbert buys Lolita many presents including clothing.
After having so much happen the plot have become very detailed. This is not a bad thing though, because it keeps me thinking and focused on the book. If ever I am reading and confused on what happened I have to go back and reread the part to make sure that im keeping up with the rapid plot changes. Once again, Humbert's obsession with a much younger girl still disturbs me, but the many events happening in the story keep me interested and keep me reading the book very intently.
Movie Clip of Lolita (1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHy72LjF2sE
This video clip I found while browsing results for the word Lolita. The relationship portrayed between Humbert and Lolita is disturbing after having read part of the book and knowing what is going through Humbert's mind in regards to Lolita.
This video clip I found while browsing results for the word Lolita. The relationship portrayed between Humbert and Lolita is disturbing after having read part of the book and knowing what is going through Humbert's mind in regards to Lolita.
Video about Lolita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNyEM2DKoYc&feature=fvst
This video has some exerpts out of the book which describe the book overall pretty well. However, the pictures that go along with the exerpts and words being said are not really what I envisioned when i was reading the book. The background song is kind of odd to me to go along with the pictures.
This video has some exerpts out of the book which describe the book overall pretty well. However, the pictures that go along with the exerpts and words being said are not really what I envisioned when i was reading the book. The background song is kind of odd to me to go along with the pictures.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Lolita
Consumed with his desires for "nymphets" Humbert begins to pursue these desires by having affairs with prostitutes. One of the prostitutes he meets leaves a lasting impression on him so he decides to pursue her further and takes her on a couple dates. After a few dates with Monique, Humbert realizes that Monique has matured and outgrown her "nymphet" stage. This realization makes Monique seem much less attractive to Humbert so he decides to end the affair. After his affair with Monique, Humbert goes to see another prostitute. After seeing the prostitute, in disgust, Humbert pays her and runs out of the room. After his multiple conquests with prostitutes Humbert decides to get married. Humbert says that "it occured to [him]
that regular hours, home cooked meals, and all the conventions of marriage" would be more satisfying to him than to continue pursuing prostitutes. Humbert decided to court a daughter of a Polish doctor named Valeria. He makes it known however, that because of his exceptionally handsome looks and "seductive cast of demeanor" he could "obtain at the snap of [his] fingers any adult female he chose." Humbert even goes on to say that he could have chosen a woman much more fascinating that Valeria.
Humbert choses Valeria for her childlike nature and her flirtatiousness, however, these few traits are overshadowed as they grow older and Valeria became a "large, puffy, short-legged, big breasted and practically brainless baba." Because of this significant change Humbert becomes disgusted with her. After he gets the opportunity to get an annual income of a few thousand dollars under the condition that Humbert move to America and take interest in his uncle's business, Humbert tries convincing Valeria to move with him to America. It was at this moment, however, that Humbert began noticing something different about his wife. Humbert and Valeria were coming out of an office building when Valeria decided to blurt out that there was another man in her life. Despite his complete disgust for Valeria and their marriage, Humbert us livid after hearing the news because he feels deeply betrayed by Valeria.
The disturbing details and creepy events that take place in this story continue to get to me, however, the plot of the story keeps me interested. The conflict between Humbert and Valeria kept me from putting the book down. It was almost as if I was there feeling what Humbert was feeling as Valeria told him of her affair. The awkwardness of the situation is what made the book so hard to put down. The details in the story pull me in and help keep me interested. The interesting plot and the conflicts within the story are what is keeping me from choosing a different, less creepy, book!
that regular hours, home cooked meals, and all the conventions of marriage" would be more satisfying to him than to continue pursuing prostitutes. Humbert decided to court a daughter of a Polish doctor named Valeria. He makes it known however, that because of his exceptionally handsome looks and "seductive cast of demeanor" he could "obtain at the snap of [his] fingers any adult female he chose." Humbert even goes on to say that he could have chosen a woman much more fascinating that Valeria.
Humbert choses Valeria for her childlike nature and her flirtatiousness, however, these few traits are overshadowed as they grow older and Valeria became a "large, puffy, short-legged, big breasted and practically brainless baba." Because of this significant change Humbert becomes disgusted with her. After he gets the opportunity to get an annual income of a few thousand dollars under the condition that Humbert move to America and take interest in his uncle's business, Humbert tries convincing Valeria to move with him to America. It was at this moment, however, that Humbert began noticing something different about his wife. Humbert and Valeria were coming out of an office building when Valeria decided to blurt out that there was another man in her life. Despite his complete disgust for Valeria and their marriage, Humbert us livid after hearing the news because he feels deeply betrayed by Valeria.
The disturbing details and creepy events that take place in this story continue to get to me, however, the plot of the story keeps me interested. The conflict between Humbert and Valeria kept me from putting the book down. It was almost as if I was there feeling what Humbert was feeling as Valeria told him of her affair. The awkwardness of the situation is what made the book so hard to put down. The details in the story pull me in and help keep me interested. The interesting plot and the conflicts within the story are what is keeping me from choosing a different, less creepy, book!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Warming up the Plot
Lolita begins with a man's thoughts on his love, obsession if you will, for this girl named Lolita. This in depth description of this girl begins with the statement that she is "the light of [his] life, fire of [his] loins. Despite his undieing love for Lolita there was someone that came before her whom this man loved as well. Her name was Annabel. However before he begins the stories of Lolita and Annabel he gives a background of his youth. He was born in 1910 in Paris and his father was "a gentle, easy-going person, a salad of racial genes." The man then goes on to tell about where he lived throughout his youth and tells of his dads decisions as well. After giving the audience a background of himself the man begins to compare Lolita to his first love Annabel. The way he compares to two women in his life is by comparing two different kinds of memories. Annabel was the memory where you could "skillfully recreate an image in the laboratory of your mind" whereas Lolita was a more vivid in depth kind of memory one "you instantly evoke, with shut eyes, on the dark innerside of your eyelids".
Although the man is undeniably in love with Lolita he feels that it is necessary to describe his relationship with his "precursor" Annabel. All at once he describes they were "madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love with each other. However, the love between Annabel and the man seems to be based more off of physical attraction rather than emotional attachment. It seems this way because there are numerous accounts in which the man describes in detail of times they he and Annabel shared alone. Sometime towards the end of their Summer of love Annabel died of typhus in Corfu. Annabel's death haunted the man for an extended period of time until thoughts of Lolita began to consume his mind.
After somewhat recovering from Annabel's death, still consumed with thoughts of Lolita, he begins his life as a college student in Paris. He describes his studies as "meticulous and intense although not particularly fruitful." Meaning he had a hard time deciding which major he was going to stay with. He began college with a desire to study psychiatry but then was convinced to switch to English Literature. After getting out of college he taught a group of adults as well as a class of boys English Literature. While still consumed with thoughts of Lolita he tried taming those thoughts by going to orphanages or reform schools and looking at "pubescent girls with matted eyelashes." Through his observations he created the idea of "nymphets." A nymphet is a girl between the ages of 9 and 14 who "reveals [her] true nature which is not human but nymphic" to men two to three times the girl's age.
After briefly reading this book I have come to realize that this book is going to be very interesting. it seems interesting, however, in a disturbing way. There is a lot of talk of men well into their nineties trying to court 9 and 14 year olds. Although this may not have been as odd in that time period, customs have changed making these facts very disturbing. Even more disturbing, is his obsession with Lolita (a girl who seems to be much younger than him). His detailed accounts of the way she looks adds to the disturbing feel of the book. Despite the disturbing aspect of the book, it contains a lot of imagery and description. I like a lot of description because it helps me paint a picture in my mind, helping me better understand the events in the story. Also the vivid details help make the book more intersting. Overall, the book seems very interesting and seems like it will end up being a very entertaining book to read. I will keep you updated on my thoughts as I continue to read through the book!
Although the man is undeniably in love with Lolita he feels that it is necessary to describe his relationship with his "precursor" Annabel. All at once he describes they were "madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love with each other. However, the love between Annabel and the man seems to be based more off of physical attraction rather than emotional attachment. It seems this way because there are numerous accounts in which the man describes in detail of times they he and Annabel shared alone. Sometime towards the end of their Summer of love Annabel died of typhus in Corfu. Annabel's death haunted the man for an extended period of time until thoughts of Lolita began to consume his mind.
After somewhat recovering from Annabel's death, still consumed with thoughts of Lolita, he begins his life as a college student in Paris. He describes his studies as "meticulous and intense although not particularly fruitful." Meaning he had a hard time deciding which major he was going to stay with. He began college with a desire to study psychiatry but then was convinced to switch to English Literature. After getting out of college he taught a group of adults as well as a class of boys English Literature. While still consumed with thoughts of Lolita he tried taming those thoughts by going to orphanages or reform schools and looking at "pubescent girls with matted eyelashes." Through his observations he created the idea of "nymphets." A nymphet is a girl between the ages of 9 and 14 who "reveals [her] true nature which is not human but nymphic" to men two to three times the girl's age.
After briefly reading this book I have come to realize that this book is going to be very interesting. it seems interesting, however, in a disturbing way. There is a lot of talk of men well into their nineties trying to court 9 and 14 year olds. Although this may not have been as odd in that time period, customs have changed making these facts very disturbing. Even more disturbing, is his obsession with Lolita (a girl who seems to be much younger than him). His detailed accounts of the way she looks adds to the disturbing feel of the book. Despite the disturbing aspect of the book, it contains a lot of imagery and description. I like a lot of description because it helps me paint a picture in my mind, helping me better understand the events in the story. Also the vivid details help make the book more intersting. Overall, the book seems very interesting and seems like it will end up being a very entertaining book to read. I will keep you updated on my thoughts as I continue to read through the book!
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