Lolita

"The Squirl and his Squirrel, the Rabs and their Rabbits

Have certain obscure and peculiar habits.

Male hummingbirds make the most exquisite rockets.

The snake when he walks holds his hands in his pockets..."

--Humbert Humbert, "nonsense" poem for Lolita

Hello readers!  For your use and pleasure, an overview of Lolita.  In this post I have included a mini summary of the book (including characters present and quick analysis), reader review(I also have a review on goodreads that you can read), a quick movie mention, themes you might find, overall (what's the point?), an introduction to the next posts vocabulary (a taste, if you will), and resources.  Let's jump in, shall we?

Summary

Humbert Humbert, an attractive pedophile, takes up residence with a widowed mother and her adolescent daughter.  This book is an intimate narrative, directly to the readers, of the inner workings of a man in love with a precocious and naughty child.  More about Humbert than about Lolita, this book follows Humbert from his first love as a teenager and into adulthood, to Lolita, then finally to the tragic end of the novel.

Characters and themes after the jump:

"Heeeere's Johnny!"

So.  I'm back.  Again.  I wish I could say I did something cool on my hiatus--like vacationed in Hawaii or was "walker" on the T.V. show The Walking Dead, but I didn't.  I did lots of school.  And I guess that's cool, because I feel smarter.  I've done lots of reading.  Many many books.  Well...as many as I can read with my crazy school schedule.  Quite honestly, the number of books I consumed pale in comparison to the number of books Wendy Darling has read.  You can check her out here.

I have most recently read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, Native Son by Richard Wright, and The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.  Normally I would like to break up the book into smaller vocabulary sections, but I think with this first book I'll do a list of words that were good, but I didn't define.  The second list will be a word list--complete with definitions and examples from either the book or some other source.  I will put up words for the other books if I have time, but I'm thinking my first post will be about The Exorcist.

Until next time :)

"I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward."--Albert Einstein