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Nabokov beautifully expresses the deep darkness that is perversion, as we go within the mind of Humbert and his fetish for dainty french girls, girls that are no more than 17. From sitting on a park bench to be surrounded by children, to his fantasies of his past sexual encounter with someone his age when he was a kid, this man clearly needs psychiatric help to say the least (to be continued…).
— Jul 11, 2024 05:31PM
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isa
is on page 227 of 368
Humbert’s paranoia is building and im desperately anticipating his capture “in flagrante delicto” (yes learned the term just for this post so idk if it’s worded correctly lmao). i must have missed it in past pages, but i always assumed he was harming her within his mind but as the book proceeds there’s talk about the actual abuse…& they’ve been on the run for 2 years but it seems she’s so much older?
— Jul 26, 2024 06:20PM
isa
is on page 87 of 368
lil note, boiling mind: humbert is a dangerous idealist. fanatical intimacy with his primal guilty pleasures exposes his objectification of the opposite sex- there seems to be recognition but no way for him to move on, so he must commit the act or forever be cursed with his images. he eroticizes youth, and wants to diminish the mature. he’s so stuck in his past he dreams of harming all kind. mindfulness is key, man
— Jul 15, 2024 02:25PM
isa
is on page 57 of 368
quick note: various sentences where humbert claims he’s young. to sum it up, he’s apparently mentally young and the only thing he owns that’s old is his body and, specific to page 57, his bedroom slippers. i like how nabokov keeps reminding the reader the wrongness of lusting for youth, how sinister humbert truly is.
— Jul 13, 2024 11:34AM
isa
is on page 43 of 368
…as I understand (from google) the unreliable narration evokes critical thinking and reading, but also it’s not hard to understand- right off the bat- that Sir Humbert is in need of psychiatric help.
— Jul 11, 2024 05:43PM
isa
is on page 43 of 368
…as a physically older man, his mental state is that of a tween (says him) as he’s stuck over lust from a past sexual experience. the girl he shared this with eventually died, and his lack of actual processing has lead to projections of sexual admiration of little girls (tbc…).
— Jul 11, 2024 05:42PM
isa
is on page 43 of 368
…As someone who’s been cat-called and blatantly sexualized since elementary school, I can only imagine that these are the thoughts that provoke real people to act as they do, scarring the world of us little girls who soon grow into adults with real lives from our past experiences. Humbert’s desires seem to be set on delicate French girls, no more than 17 but preferably below double digits (tbc…).
— Jul 11, 2024 05:37PM
