Lolita

If I close down every zoo, sea world or company that takes animals in to “save them” but do not release them once they are healthy enough to live on their own. There are so many animals that have been captured to become entertainers and are forced to train for shows by not being fed or separating them from their families, if they are taken in pregnant or with their siblings, to get the animals to put on a show.…...

If I could change anything about the world I would close down every zoo, sea world or company that takes animals in to “save them” but do not release them once they are healthy enough to live on their own. There are so many animals that have been captured to become entertainers and are forced to train for shows by not being fed or separating them from their families, if they are taken in pregnant or with their siblings, to…...

Throughout the age’s women have been prominently featured in literature. We never really get to see them fleshed out as they tend to take up these more traditional roles instead of being who they actually are. An example would be Shakespeare’s plays. In his plays the female characters would usually be there to pursue love or take the traditional housewife role of taking care of the house and the kids. When his plays were performed at the Globe Theater only…...

In Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita (1955), the narrator, Humbert, attempts to persuade readers to both believe and understand his story about Lolita, the underage girl he fell in love with and seduced. Humbert had just moved to a suburban New England Town where Lolita resides. He had just gotten over his last love interest, Annabelle. As the novel progresses, Humbert realizes that he is in love with the 12- year old Lolita and begins a very unhealthy obsession over her.…...

It's been two years since i've heard from Lo. She was pregnant and married all by 17. Her letter was a request for money. Her husband, Dick, was to be employed in Alaska but they needed to settle some of their debts. I was consumed by emotions. I was enraged to find her committed to another man, but i grew excited at the thought of finally seeing her. Lo's letter did not include an address, but i managed to find…...

Vladimir Nabokov’s choice of subject in his novel Lolita shocked readers, but that was essentially why he chose it. Beetz, states that Nabokov’s first inspiration for the novel came from a newspaper story about an ape “‘who after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature’s cage’ Nabokov said. As many critics have remarked Lolita is not about sex but about love. Even more…...

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi is very symbolic of the women in Iran, as the ideas of resisting to accept the government, finding a sense of belonging and wanting to live in a fantasy world illustrates their thoughts during a very rough period of time. Nafisi, who represents the women of Iran, displays this via her progression throughout the novel, as it summarizes the struggles that women went through to endure a happy life in Iran. A theme…...

The relationship between Humbert Humbert and Lolita, is highly undefined. Many readers who have read Lolita find it to be based on "lust", while others find Humbert to truly be in "love" with his Lolita. However, there is evidence that Humbert's desire for Lolita is based on some obsessive-compulsive behavior which he cannot control, and therefore keeps returning for her. Humbert's obsessions can be clearly recognized in his behaviors when looked upon in H. R. Beech's Obsessional States and Andrew…...