What Is Lolita A Misguided Child
In this research paper, I will be discussing how Lolita was misguided child and how Humbert Humbert compares too many serial killers and rapists in the 21st century. I will also compare Sigmund Freud’s theory on abnormal psychology.
What really is reality. How can we define reality. The very nature of such a subjective subject means that there are as many answers as there are questioning minds on the planet. Therefore, reality can only be defined as what it means to each of us. We learn particular ways of looking at life from our experiences, which we gain from our interactions with others. This is the basis of an elaborate theory called "the social construction of reality." In modern America, one of the largest social groups to which we can …show more content…
According to psychoanalytic theory, the repressions cause disturbances that people experience in their daily existence. Humbert repressed the memory of Annabel’s death, so maybe his obsession with young girls could be the void of love that he had and lost with Annabel. Perhaps, Humbert saw the same innocence in Lolita that he also saw in Annabel or Humbert just had an inappropriate passion or desire for Lolita, which in terms would make him a “pedophile” or “rapist”. As stated in the text Humbert said “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” At that moment when Humbert first laid eyes on Lolita all of those painful and horrible memories unrepressed and when Humbert looked at Lolita he remembers the beauty and innocence he saw in …show more content…
He states, as stated by GoodReads.com, “I looked and looked at her, and I knew, as clearly as I know that I will die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth. She was only the dead-leaf echo of the nymphet from long ago - but I loved her, this Lolita, pale and polluted and big with another man's child. She could fade and wither - I didn't care. I would still go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of her face.” At this very moment you could tell that this man was willing to give up everything just to be with this young woman. He gave her $4,000 and killed a man for Lolita. Yet, Lolita never reveals her true self to Humbert but as you can see Humbert gives his all to her and ultimately gives his freedom and his life away for this
What really is reality. How can we define reality. The very nature of such a subjective subject means that there are as many answers as there are questioning minds on the planet. Therefore, reality can only be defined as what it means to each of us. We learn particular ways of looking at life from our experiences, which we gain from our interactions with others. This is the basis of an elaborate theory called "the social construction of reality." In modern America, one of the largest social groups to which we can …show more content…
According to psychoanalytic theory, the repressions cause disturbances that people experience in their daily existence. Humbert repressed the memory of Annabel’s death, so maybe his obsession with young girls could be the void of love that he had and lost with Annabel. Perhaps, Humbert saw the same innocence in Lolita that he also saw in Annabel or Humbert just had an inappropriate passion or desire for Lolita, which in terms would make him a “pedophile” or “rapist”. As stated in the text Humbert said “It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” At that moment when Humbert first laid eyes on Lolita all of those painful and horrible memories unrepressed and when Humbert looked at Lolita he remembers the beauty and innocence he saw in …show more content…
He states, as stated by GoodReads.com, “I looked and looked at her, and I knew, as clearly as I know that I will die, that I loved her more than anything I had ever seen or imagined on earth. She was only the dead-leaf echo of the nymphet from long ago - but I loved her, this Lolita, pale and polluted and big with another man's child. She could fade and wither - I didn't care. I would still go mad with tenderness at the mere sight of her face.” At this very moment you could tell that this man was willing to give up everything just to be with this young woman. He gave her $4,000 and killed a man for Lolita. Yet, Lolita never reveals her true self to Humbert but as you can see Humbert gives his all to her and ultimately gives his freedom and his life away for this