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It's sad that the only review that isn't romanticizing this story is this guy. He doesn't call it a love story and makes it hilarious
Thug Notes: Keepin' it REAL.
Night Rose true. The only other review I saw that knew it wasn't a romance was this one artwork that discusses the main parts of the story. This one was a tennis court (like the ones Humber and Lo played on). One side was how her perceived this vs the truth. He though she loved him, but she despised him by the end of the story.
who made it
Night Rose why is it sad this guy is amazing
it kinda says something about 30-year-olds
"Man this nasty y'all." - Best quote ever.
its also a gross understatement...
1:33
💯
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
^ This book in a nutshell
Whoever thinks Lolita is a love story has obviously never read Lolita. Book is genuinely upsetting.
DisappointingPorn lol I don’t think it’s alive story and Humbert is dumb. But I feel sorry for him because no one stopped him or sat him down to fix the problem.
Dolores on the other hand I feel sorry for her she never experienced the true essence of life.
this is really a battle of nurture vs nature kinda discussion
would he still end up the way he did if the same shit didn't happen to him? are people made evil, or do they learn it?
@@tsrenis Gay cringe western mindset on morality
@@hailtodachimp2950 Um ok
@@hailtodachimp2950 What is "cringe" about the nature vs nurture question?
"I hope you like R. Kelly" AHAHAHA
Jared V Especially now that they are prosecuting him and more info has come to light, it makes the phrase relatable to the story.
It’s crazy how funny this is now that he’s back on the spotlight about this again😂
Yeah... This hasn't aged well...
@Mr Temporal I love that song it's so chill and smooth but those lyrics and the whole backstory behind it just kinda ruins it for me and makes it so creepy 🤮
@@mufakemin1335 he had already been in trouble for banging a minor when this came out. It hasn't aged a day.
"Must be this tall to ride" DECEASED
Shrekt
I KNOW RIGHT???!!!! STICK A FORK IN ME, 'CAUSE I'M DONE!!!! 😂😂😂😂
10/10 for this review. "Lolita" is one of the best books I've ever read, for all the reasons you gave, and more. It shows how easily people can be manipulated with "pretty" words. It shows why propaganda is effective: take a monstrous situation and spin it and make it sound normal and natural. It shows how pedophiles get away with what they're doing, through all their tricks of being charming, lying, rationalizing, playing mind games. It shows that humor is seductive, lecturing is not. I can't think of any other book I've read that pulled me so quickly into the narrator's mindset, cheering for the bad guy, even though I knew everything he was doing was horrific and he was not to be trusted. But to be clear - Nabokov does not romanticize Humbert; there comes a moment at one point in the novel where you step back and look at what's going on, and you come back to your senses. It's a sucker punch, but so brilliantly done.
brianna brittany insightful comment
Brilliant, thank you for this!
brianna brittany I legit didnt get manipulated once. Creeps aren’t hard to understand unless you’re a fool. I loved the prose, but it was not a pleasant read for me. I can recognize it as a literary achievement, but I genuinely despised Humbert the whole time. And it ruined my ability to enjoy it. I have no idea how people fell for it and empathized with him. He’s repugnant.
Objectively: Its a classic
Me personally: 4/10
@@cosmojenkins3020 I relate. I was sort of torn because at first I genuinely enjoyed the book but Humbert's pedophilia just made me so uncomfortable and nauseated that I just couldn't get myself to finish the book. I'm tempted to try again but, particularly as someone with a child on the way, I think my repulsion will just cause the same reaction to happen again.
@@cosmojenkins3020 r/iamverysmart
"First thing you best recognize is that we dealin' with the king of unreliable narrators up in this text."
I cried laughing.
"She dead."
GodOfPopTarts just like i was after hearing that
This turned out to be the most mind-bending book I ever read. Humbert's narrative is difficult to believe, excessively erudite and twisted as hell. Also, Lolita's death in the end actually pissed me off. The 1997 movie left me with the feeling I had witnessed a series crimes for which nobody was punished except for Lolita, who was the victim.
yeah, but that's the point. this happens to victims all the time.
That was my feeling for the movie as well
That means the author did well then
@@yyg4632 true true
One of the most interesting theories I've heard about this books is that Humbert, well, blatantly lies and that many things that may have happen betwen him and Lolita is made up and never took place in the story.
The theme of Lolita = Tyranny from the POV of the tyrant. Once you realize that, it makes reading it that much more interesting.
its actually a criticism of sexualized hollywood children; namely, shirley temple.
I always interpreted Lolita as a critique of modern day America, specifically consumism, but it's open to many interpretations. (though my dad says "no metaphor, that's nasty pedophilia"
Camila Navarro It’s not really interpretation when the author seriously came out and said that’s what it’s about.
Nozomi Tojo intent and interpretation aren't the same thing.
Closer I’m just saying your interpretation is fine, but it’s not correct in terms of what the author means for you to interpret it as.
Humbert not only manipulates you, he's also mocking you. He mentions at the beginning that he took pleasure in driving psychologists up the wall with crazy reasons behind his perversion and that's pretty much all he does to the reader throughout the entire book.
Really disgusted by some of the comments trying to make Humbert the victim. I think this, from the author himself, says a lot about the book:
“As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes, 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.” - Vladimir Nabokov
the book make u thing Hulbert is doing nothing wrong and to be honest it a beautiful book . but for real humbert was a rapist and a murder
true novel was not meant to feel sympathy towards Humbert. Twentieth century was age when almost every topic was used in literature. There was no ideas to make something original and fresh.
Nabokov simply wanted to write something shocking and check how the world would react.
@@shes_half_american8771 if you properly read the book it constantly hits you in the face with how horrible Humbert is, just how completely and utterly deluded he is too, or rather hiding too much from the reality as it is and instead looking at reality as he imagines. Reality constantly leaks through, even through accidental reveals from Humbert.
@@shes_half_american8771 wtf did we read the same book or not? Even he says what he does is horrible and how he stole her childhood and ruined her life
@@shes_half_american8771 he's disgusting even even when he tries to spin everything in his favor. Actually it makes him even more disgust. He's a slimy rotten shit and the book shows him just as that.
This book is great, so long as you have three things in mind: a) Pedophilia is wrong (I hope we can all agree on that), b) The narrator is SUPER unreliable (and misogynistic, he's just super shitty to both girls and adult women) and c) Dolores is the victim. With all this in mind it's a fantastic book that truly gets in the mind of the narrator and messes around with the reader's head.
+Elinn Andersson Good thing you pointed that out... someone in here might have thought that banging preteens was good.
+Elinn Andersson Also, Humbert twists the reality of what happened trick the reader and himself that he was actually a hero lover trying to save Lolita, not the beginning of her demise. Humbert describes her as flirty, seducing him, but a 13 yo having a crush on older men and trying to "seduce" them is kind of normal, it's Lolita discovering and playing with her sexuality and all that. What is NOT NORMAL is for a fucking adult to be "seduced" by a little kid and then kidnapping her and all but ending her social life, interrupting her schooling, etc.
80soa Yup, excellently put. This makes it a well written book that is fun (educational, interesting, et cetera. It changes from reader to reader) to analyse. But, as characters can deceive, readers can be deceived.
"so long as you have two things in mind"
*lists three things*
Aashna Calidas Ah, sorry! That's embarrassing. But my points still stand.
But in the end is Lolita really free?
SPOILER
Yes, technically Lo is free from Humbert when she gets married, but she soon eventually dies after giving birth. Not to mention the story of how Humbert ruined her life is immortalized in Humbert's memoirs. Humbert even says that this story, "is the only immortality you and I may share" So, in a way, Lolita is never free from what Humbert did to her.
great point!
this is some fucked up shit haha
wow... wait did he do to her? how bad was it?
Birdman are you planning on reading the book? i don't wanna spoil it for you :o
***** idk when because i still don't have the money XD. you can spoil it to me, i already heard tons of it
I heard recently that Vladimir Nabokov was adamant that the cover not feature a girl, and I think it's such a shame that just about every copy I've seen has gone against his wishes. And I think that and the unfaithful film adaptions are a big reason so many people misintrepret this book. He said: "I want pure colors, melting clouds, accurately drawn details, a sunburst above a receding road with the light reflected in furrows and ruts, after rain. And no girls. … Who would be capable of creating a romantic, delicately drawn, non-Freudian and non-juvenile, picture for LOLITA (a dissolving remoteness, a soft American landscape, a nostalgic highway-that sort of thing)? There is one subject which I am emphatically opposed to: any kind of representation of a little girl."
There’s a lot of comments trashing the book but I’d just like to point out that Nabokov wrote the book as a satirical warning. Humbert Humbert is a villain just as Nabokov intended. If you see him as relatable/misunderstood, then that’s YOUR problem and not the author’s!
takes guts or stupidity to self snitch like that
I’m glad I read this book. I was seeing an “older” dude (40), and he kept going on and on about how young I looked for my age. (28 at the time) First I was flattered, but then it got more and more creepy. After our second date he texted me “Goodnight my little nymphette” and I was like NOOOPE... I would have had no clue what he was talking about if it wasn’t for this book.
Consensual age play is one thing (no kink shaming) but this was very one sided and he also had a teenage daughter who constantly had friends over... Hubert Vibes for sure ☠️
Sheesh i'm glad you got out of that situation
Oh hell no, bruh I'm 24 but people look at me and think I'm in high school and I have attracted some creeps before. Some dudes are weird.
@@ericatheempress6698 SAME!!! I'm 4'11 and I look pretty young for my age and I some guys would be attracted to that...
@@ericatheempress6698 I've found my people. 33 and still look like a high schooler. I relate to your comment so much. It's actually kind of messed me up.
Good call.
I love how they use baroque music in this series.
ancala, I mean if it ain't baroque, don't fix it!
ancala
Humbert would love lolis
"Hope you like R. Kelly" Ha! Best way to introduce this book. Great analysis of the book. Found the book disturbing the first time I ride it, then hilarious the second.
i don't think you should ride books
C-tac Cassidy Don't knock it til you try it :P Thank you auto-correct.
Hope you like R Kelly cause we be baggin jailbait. Lmfao you sir are fucking awesome.
"Hope you like R Kelly". Brilliant mate
Dafuq? That novel is crazier than I thought, damn.
i tried to read this book, not once but twice. i even read the summary and everything on the book to prepare myself, to be easier to read. but i could not read it! it made me so anxious and disturbed. it gave me horrible anxiety, it's the only book i have not been able to finish.
+Mr Pineapple 😂
+huey, I don't think you've read the book. There are no sex scenes, or rather, no heavily described scenes. There are mentions of the act.. the book is actually really well done. A few things made me cringe (his fetishism of everything) but the purpose is to show the wrongful mind of a twisted, criminal man. Just because it involves pedophilia doesn't mean it is automatically terrible. It's a touchy subject but the book in no way supports it. If it came out today, the internet would be boycotting it, which is idiotic, considering, like I said, it is meant to be different as we see Humbert ' way of thinking even though we understand he is wrong. There's even a disclaimer of that in the beginning. Does that make sense kinda?
mayra martinez I believe in freedom of speech but this book was uncomfortable to read. I don’t think I got half way through it. I just was unable to finish it. I think the book is supposed to be a “classic” and the author himself, went to Prison for this book?
@@user-sd1be6zs8t "it's a beautiful book"
Its a defense of pedophilia. Whether the author intended it to be a defense or not, the book is very explicit in its sympathy for Humbert, therefore it defends the act.
The hardest part is probably how Delores has no voice.
Before I watch thug notes I get my monocle, my curleh mustage and some tea.
Like a gentleman would do.
Well I do declare
And a nine.
... that had better be some earl grey, s'all I'm sayin'
Louise Rook Using ebonic there? WELL I'D NEVER
Afro, I never knew you could read, did your master teach you before you killed him and stole his headband?
Lolita is the reason why "Dont judge the book by its cover" exist. Seriously, people think this is romantic stories. So does hollywood, but its not.
It’s a comic novel.
For some reason, he left out Humbert's raping Delores in the Summary. One of the most disturbing parts of the book.
Cee Bee To be fair, the video probably would've been a lot less funny if he did that.
JellyfishBlitzkrieg True true. Rape just doesn't make for good humor. Oh well
JellyfishBlitzkrieg It would have helped emphasis his point though about how Humbert always lies, from all the times he said he'd never take Lolita. Probably could've tied it in somehow.
Cee Bee the man don't want to be demonitized
Everyone overlooks that Lolita was raped because it's not "fun" or easy to talk about. I'm also disappointed that he didn't mention it, and even makes it sound like she wanted it by not clarifying the point later on. It's one of the more accurate summaries/analyses I've seen, but still missing something extremely important, especially since this novel has been misunderstood since its publication.
Some people are saying this book had them cheering for Humbert to get what he wanted.... No. The entire time I was waiting, hoping, praying, Lolita would get away. Hoping she would tell. Hoping an adult would figure it out. 😟
God bless thug notes for having a good and non-romanticizing review of this 👏👏
A lot of people dont understand that the book is from Humbert's point of view, he's romanticizing Lolita to make it seem as if it's ok to have a sexual relationship with a 12 year old girl, when really she wants to escape. This dude is the only person ive seen that understands that, and this is supposed to be just a random funny video
It's not a "random funny video" AT ALL, it's made to be an informative analysis video with humor with it to educate the audience.
I used to go to a Catholic All-Girl school when I was in High School. I found this book in our library (dont know why its there) and read it because I thought it would make me cool and edgy. My teacher saw it on my table and whispered "Light of my life. Fire of my loins." and told me to remind her when I will return it so she could read it. I ended the book as a changed peson. A woman grown.
Nope, it made me NOT want to date dudes who are old enough to be my dad.
Bruce Zhou Fuck off.
Some guys are just broken hearted. Because of past experience, they are the way they are. Just broken.
But as a person, I think Humbert should've been more wise. It's okay to be broken, but don't do stupid
Handoko Widjaja He may not intend to harm, but harm he did. I am sure if he had the Internet at em times he coulda' been set and good wit all em fictious Japanese lolitas... maybe.
Dat playa ain't right in'e head, doin' somethin' like dat to a girl so young. I ain't hatin' him though' I pity 'im... though I pity the girl more.
That's a teacher I would fall for. x_x
Holy shit this is dark.
That's history
"Man, this nasty ya'll!" This is definitely my favorite thug notes vid.
This book really hit me hard. As someone who's been groomed before I really hated the character.... but I also really liked him because he reminded me of my groomer...
my groomer started talking to me when I was around 11. He would see me after school and treat me like his closest daughter. And at that age i got really dependent and attached to him... years later i can really feel the mental toll it took on me. I shook it off before as something that will go by me in a few weeks, but I still feel really terrible about the situation... and I really REALLY miss him.. im more hurt about him leaving me than him talking to me but i know that it was a good decision for him to leave me behind. And cause i care about him i let him go... but deep down i still want his comfort again... his last words to me were how much he felt guilty about it... I'm so disgusted and sad at the same time.
Interesting post. Was there actually a physical relationship?
It's scary how timely the opening joke is almost 5 years later
I hope you like R. Kelly!
I genuinely LOL'ed
That R Kelly joke aged like fine wine
Thing is like how is the book so fucked up. like nabokov wasn't even that weird, he went butterfly hunting in the forest with his wife being all idyllic and shit.
Been Thugscribed™ ever since your first video and you are still doing great! Keep up the amazing work!
O_O... Well, now I know what The Police meant by "that book by Nabokov."
I can't i believe I didn't realize that until i read your comment.
LOL
I know right?
Yup. That entire song is about a student/teacher relationship, so it makes sense they'd reference Lolita.
I love your name, by the way! Monty Python's the best!
I had a man like this. My first everything, I was 17. He kept trying to find his childhood love from me and I fell into it. This movie, besides the father daughter dynamic and mother dying, was what I went through with him. He had me cater to him, give him all my money, let him treat me like shit because he took almost everything from me and I gave up having no one else to turn to and no where else to go. Ive only watched this once because its like flashbacks of my own expierence. I truly feel for lolita and I find nothing more satisfying then him going to prison and dying, however her death is the saddest of all. She lost everything including her life in the end. This is not a love story but instead a horror show.
Shit I'm sorry that happened. I hope you continue to heal and live wonderfully.
I love how this review downplays the romantic reputation this novel has. The novel played for me more like a psychological horror, because the constant gas lighting from the narrator by making blatantly monstrous acts deserving of the readers empathy and receptiveness to artistic charm constantly put me in an oscillating state of fascination and eventual disgust once the reality of his depravity hit me. I felt sick and angry, yet confused by my appreciation of his beautiful poetry. I kept reading despite the strain this novel put on my mind, because it was an interesting exploration of inner confusion. Thats the mark of good horror to me.
"This nasty ya'll." That pretty much summarizes the entirety of the book.
The character is nasty.
My obligatory quoting of the opening lines (not including the forward):
"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.
She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita."
you should do The Perks Of Being A Wallflower but the book
This was one of my favorite books when I was in high school. And, whatever Nabokov intended Humbert Humbert's story line to allude to, it helped me know, on a level, and ultimately be aware for predatory behaviors of older men who act very sympathetic and fatherly. But it is very well written, it seems sympathetic for Humbert, but the real sympathetic character is Lolly, who got in over her head but really never had any control over the situation, sadly.
I’ve watched several reviews and they didn’t scratch what u talked about actually insane. For someone who hasn’t watched it yet.
You know, this book's author, Mr. Nabokov, had a very strange hobby: he would remove the genitalia of butterflies to identify their genders. He was a very peculiar man in general, if being famed for writing a book about a paedo wasn't weird enough.
+Edd Sampson Wait, what?
Waaat?!
+Sudipto Dey Nabokov said "Every summer my wife and I go butterfly hunting. The specimens are deposited at scientific institutions, such as the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard or the Cornell University collection." He is also credited with finding the first (and only?) female butterfly Lycaeides Sublivens. This is taken from "Vladimir Nabokov on a book entitled Lolita", he also goes on to tell of his difficulty finding a publisher for the book, saying "at least 3 themes are utterly taboo as far as American publishers are concerned. (First, being paedophelia as in Lolita). A Negro-White marriage which is a complete and glorious success resulting in lots of children and grandchildren; and the total atheist who lives a happy and useful life, and dies in his sleep at the age of 106.
A very peculiar man indeed, but also a literary genius and a very liberal and forward-thinking man for his era.
+Edd Sampson
The book is much, much more than "about a pedo"
I recommend reading it
Entomology is a hobby of mine, I'm more of a spider and beetle kind of guy though.
that R.Kelly reference really aged like a fine expensive wine
''Aged 9 to fucking 14'' hahaha xD
yeah its a pretty fucked up story.
One of my favorite books, I have the opening line tattooed.
Absolutely horrific and disgusting plot but so genius and beautiful.
Can't get Herbert the Pervert out of my head now.
I freaking lost it at "he got his own set of problems, and a bitch IS one."
how about "she dead!" that line always gets me in thug notes vids
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Yeah, I love that. My favorite one of those was in Moby Dick. "Hoooo, you know he dead!"
I know that sympathizing with Humbert was the writer's goal as the ultimate mind fuck (in my opinion) but I didn't. And I believe it was because I went in knowing that he lusted after a child and eventually got what he wanted. That's just something I could never get over, so when I read this book in college, it just turned my stomach inside out and I never sympathized with Humbert. And it was also easier for me to see how messed up the entire situation was. I was able to look at the story from his point of view and Lolita's and take it all in. These are very complex characters (which is wonderful) but I just couldn't sympathize. It was an amazingly written book but it was also a book that I hated for the content, not the writing style.
TBHRocking glad I'm not the only one
Joanna Duong how is this person a troll? what is troll-y about this comment?
bnar saeed oh my god I don't think I commented because I've never seen this video before
kinvoya he did? i can only remember the prostitute who claimed she was 18 but humbert could tell was actually a "nymphet" so probably about 12 or 13. and not any other girl
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "he did?"
I’m reading Lolita and it is genuinely terrifying. It’s like a horror book. After you get past that you are listening to an unreliable narrator, you realize how wonderful Nabokov is of a writer. Never have I dropped my jaw so many times while reading. I was groomed at 16, and exposed to things I should not have been exposed to as a child. Dolores’s story hits home for me. There’s a lot of doloreses out there that need justice and a happy ending. It’s heartbreaking that Dolly never got to be an adult, but it’s even more heartbreaking that she never got to be a kid. I see so much of my 12 year old self in her. Seeing Humbert the Scumbag Monster in pain and suffering eases the pain a little bit and is very satisfying as a survivor myself. This book means a lot to me, despite the fact that it makes me extremely nauseous and jumpy listening to it because of how scary it is. I wish to read more of Nabokov’s work in the future, his creation of an unreliable narrator and his ability to turn his personal traumas into a story that’s been relevant for generations, and has sparked neverending conversations proves his ability as a writer. If they ever make another adapted film (god forbid) it needs to be a horror movie. It’s not for the faint of heart, but I recommend everybody should read it.
Can I ask for "Flowers for Algernon?" Thank you.
Oh, that one is sad.
One of my favorite books. Breaks my heart.
Damn these videos are great, especially when you haven't read a book yet but are interested in it
Keep it up guys! Especially my playa sweets
keith moss Thanks, Keith!
Wisecrack, Did anyone else besides me notice the GAZ 21 Volga throughout this video?
I sure did ! Maybe it's supposed to be a subtle suggestion that Humbert's a Commie , or some such rubbish.
You did it, the master challenge, I am proud.
i've always loved these. i miss this guy.
Sir, you just earned yourself a new subscriber. Great work, keep it up!
"I hope you like R Kelly!"
I'm done, I'm done and already dead. Genius, I love this so much.
One thing I love about watching those before reading any book is because here it's like a friend telling you a story that happened in his life/family etc and after that you can dive into this story and see it for yourself in details (read a book)
You made me understand that book finally.
I’m assuming that the term “loli” comes from here.
wales2k omg i never thought about that
Yes and no
Loli comes from lolicon
Lolicon comes from lolitas
El Generico so yes
Ya
wales2k corrrctamundo. It's disgusting
"Man this nasty y'all" Lol. Love these thug cliff notes.
The first sentence "I hope you like R. Kelly cause we back in jail big for Lolita" immediately sent me lmfao. I'm glad Thug Notes went back to my RUclips recommendations
I always thought of the story as a warning to humanity’s destructive attempts to justify what their deepest tendencies
The script in this video is funny as he'll. "He done got you by the balls, sucka!" I'm going to try to work the phrase into at least three conversations tomorrow.
This best summery of this book that I can imagine to give is simply “😨”
It’s a comic novel.
@@Tolstoy111 shut up russaboo
Thanks for your thoughtful contribution.@@pigeondance
@@Tolstoy111 ratass russofile
@@pigeondancebecause I like Tolstoy and Nabokov? lol
I want Mr. Thug Notes to be my English teacher. I feel like he’d support me.
It's 12:48 AM
9/10/2019
And this is the first video i've watched by this channel, this is great, thank you RUclips
These Thug Notes are all the more entertaining when I've read the book that he's talking about.
Finished reading this book. Funny, awesome, and accurate summary.
I read the book and the analysis is so real
This is the only piece of media involving Lolita that has ever mattered
He actually makes me want to read LOLITA dang his summaries make the most boring book soo interesting :3
+Sevenhills Charterpublic But...Lolita is far from boring.
+Sevenhills Charterpublic Lolita is NOT a boring book lol
+Jaida Walker Really I was considering reading that 😆
Definitely give it a try, it's so amazing and funny :)
cause classics are super boring lmao
This story always made me think of Law & Order:SVU lol
I've read this book a couple times now. It is amazing how the author wrote this. Sheer genius!
I absolutely fell in love with the writing in this book. I read it in one day back when I was way way younger. I LOVED this video so so much. You hit the nail on the head.
Humbert is NOT an unreliable narrator.
I disagree about Humbert being an "unreliable" narrator. On the contrary, I would say that he is a surprisingly honest narrator. In his testimony he doesn't flinch from telling us about incidents and scenes that portray him in the worst light. He also often admits his depravity and claims to suffer from guilt at his debauchery in transient moments of moral self-awareness.
And, we are left in no doubt about Humbert's internal justifications for his paedophilic actions and the thoughts, desires, obsessions and fantasies that drive his despicable crime. Humbert never tries to fool us into thinking that he has ever considered, even for one second, what is best for Dolores, or to convince us that he ever treated her as a human being, let alone as a highly vulnerable child. Humbert's narration never gives us the slightest glimpse of Dolores as a person, she is openly portrayed in the text solely as an object for his personal sexual gratification.
Is Humbert's testimony naive or a reflection of his sociopathic personality that is unable to show empathy for others? I don't think he hides anything, aside from avoiding any exaggeratedly salacious or graphic details of his sexual assaults on Dolores - the description of Humbert's initial masturbatory experience with Dolores' legs on his lap and subsequent rapes are elegantly handled by Nabokov. Humbert's paedophiliac mind convinces him by delusion that his actions are morally acceptable, understandable and excusable, and that society's rejection of his obsessive sexual compulsions are unreasonable.
His delusion is apparent to the point of suggesting that "his Lolita" instigated the seduction of him - this is not unreliable narration, it is the truth as his perverted mind, or more accurately perhaps, his memory, perceives and assimilates the truth. He is not persuading us to believe something that he believes to be untrue.
Nabokov's mastery of language, constantly playful, challenging, insightful, erudite, inspiring is sensational; he really was a writer of immense talent, and in his second language too. As a reader, I would suggest he has no better in the construction of luxurious, ornate, engaging and satisfying writing.
I read the book Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi and it was one of the best memoirs I've ever read. It's about being an English literature professor in Iran during the Iranian revolution. In the book Nafisi lost her job and started an all women book club where they read books like the Great Gatsby and Lolita. Lolita became one of their favorite books for reasons that are explained in the memoir. Reading Lolita in Tehran is one of my favorite books and I recomend it. I read Lolita immediate after I finished it.
I am SOOO happy Film Theorist recommended you!!! Besides the tv/movie analysis vids-I LOVE your philosophy videos and now your book reviews!!! You both are my absolute favorite channels on RUclips!!! Thank you for all you do!!! :-D :-D :-D Now going on a binge-watch of your book reviews.... ^_^
I always get my learnin' on with Thug Notes...best four minutes of high-concept brain-jacking and thought provoking analysis.
As crazy as it sounds, this is one of my favorite books.
"And she was mine, she was mine, her hand was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket and my pocket had hole in it, she was mine."
Wait a minute, that's not how the quote went...
Tasos Kozi I laughed a little harder than I was supposed to.
I just found this series and I love it! Keep up the amazing work
Thank you so much Thugnotes, been asking for this for awhile. Made my night :-)
These videos are one of the highlights of my week :)
Wow, great summary. Well done.
Yes! Thank you! Great book, if you read the annotated version. Vlads alliteration and use of English as a second language is unique and mindblowingly sophisticated. The story is interesting, but the imagery is unforgettable. Thank you for this.
Love the way you're makin this book sh't cool. Really admire your work and great choices of books to review! Putnee
5 years later and that R Kelly joke is too real
This is probably my favorite educational / literary analysis channel ever, and I want to thank you for putting this together.
Is it possible to know what book you're going to do for the next episode of this show? I don't know how you figure out your schedule, but it'd be an interesting experience to re-read the book on the weekend and then get the Sparky Sweets, PHD. recap on Tuesday.
Man, you bringing it again! Great job!
I saw a Japanese horror movie that messed with my head same as you mentioned for Lolita. It was called "The Suicide Club". You get to watching the suicide trend in the movie and you start wondering what's normal, just like when reading Lolita. This one was one of my favorite Thug Notes yet! Keep up the great work, Hood!
Excellent insight. I was very suspect of the narrator when I read this book. It seemed to sanitize the immorality. Glad to see my suspicions confirmed. Nabokov was also one hell of a chess puzzle creator and player. Wrote books on it as well.
This is probably one of the best literary analysis channels i have stumbled upon recently. PLEASE DO BLOOD MERIDIAN BY CORMACK McCARTHY! The Judge is probably one of my favorite literary characters!
This is one of the best and most concise summaries I have heard plus hearing it told in this type of way is amazing! I love it!!!!! ❤Although I am not sure that’s how I remember the end of Lolita lol
This was EXCELLENT! Such a great job!
“I hope you like R.Kelly”
Me remembering the incident: oh my god