Wrap-Up
Honestly, I'm struggling to think of things to say in this post that I haven't at least partially addressed in a former post, so I'll keep it relatively brief. Lolita was an absolute ride. From start to finish, it made me deeply uncomfortable, interested, and curious in an eternal cycle of mixed emotions. Humbert creeped me out immensely, both as a character and a narrator, especially since his narration is such a quintessential part of his character's purpose and manipulation tactics. Discovering the exact context of the murder Humbert committed was especially interesting, as he frames it as an act of revenge against another man who abused Lolita, despite the hypocrisy inherent within that. He also is portrayed much more pathetically at the end of the novel than at the beginning -- we begin to see his facade slip from somebody to be admired to somebody to be pitied, at least from his perspective. It's hard to truly pity him and agree with his actio...