Lolita Part One Chapters 1-16

The first line of the book is very interesting to me... "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." those open remarks really set a good tone for this book, and how interesting it was going to be. Not only did I really enjoy the way he wrote it but it is amazing how much he feels he loves it, no matter the girls name in his arms they are always Lolita. He also talks about how we the readers are "his jury" as if he is making his case to us and the memories are his defense. The next chapter is his history of him growing up, and I really have to look at this in his favor here, his mother dying is a very traumatic incident in his life and probably really caused a lot of pain, and he missed out on some very important mother to child bonding that he obviously didn't receive from of his step mother. and not to mention the lack of guidance from his absent father. The next couple of chapters are describing his introduction and obsession with Lolita, and a particular type at that a "nymphet," which according to Humbert is a girl between 9-14, describes them as having "mysterious characteristics, the fey grace, the elusive, shifty, soul-shattering, insidious charm that separates the nymphet from such coevals of hers as an incomparably more dependent on the spatial world of synchronous phenomena than on that intangible island entranced time where Lolita plays with her likes."
The next couple chapters are how Humbert tries to control his illicit behavior, he gets married to a Polish doctor's daughter, but finds the case to be boring. He also realizes that he is hopeless when it comes to sex "All of which goes to show how dreadfully stupid poor Humbert always was in matters of sex." Chapter 8 was very fun to read this thoughts of killings his wife and her lover, the insult of leaving the urine in the toilet and the cigarette butt. I can relate with this feeling of anger, I had a girl cheat on me before, although thoughts of killing her didn't come through my head, beating the shit out of, my at that point, ex best friend did... Chapter 8 was also an enjoyable chapter even though he was institutionalized twice he seemed as if he had fun with doctors, "there was an endless source of robust enjoyment in trifling with psychiatrists: cunningly leading them on; never letting them see that you know all the tricks of the trade; inventing for them elaborate dreams, pure classics in style(which make them, the dream-extortionists, dream and wake up shrieking); teasing them with fake "primal scenes"; and never allowing them the slightest glimpse of one's real sexual predicament." at the same time though if he would of gotten help for his mental disease he may not be on trial for what he had done. Again the next few chapters describe "exhibit number two" which he describes his efforts at getting her alone and pretty much only describes her as Lolita. In chapter 13 he describes the encounter of rubbing against her till she climax. I found this to be a little disturbing, and a little graphic. 14-16 is about how upset Humbert is that Lolita is leaving for camp and she may loose her purity. Lolita kisses him in 15 and in 16 she confesses his love for him and wants him to marry him.... which is where i stop on my blog for the day, although this book is terribly vulgar and and some points I did find my self questioning why I was reading it. the way that Vladimir Nabokov words things is very seductive and charming in a way, his persuasive writing almost makes you pity this man and actually side with him and his ideas. I've really enjoyed his style of writing..