Lolita Essay - Day II

[changeling67]

Lollipops - the signifier of childhood.  Right now, I am trying to piece together my essay, where once again it feels like a herculean task.  It's a notoriously touchy subject - how to prove that indeed Humbert was a predator and that he didn't show any true pity or understanding of a girl, or behaved appropriately.  So many people like the licentious side of what it represents i.e. underage sex, but they throughout the discourse, they fail to see the damage.  Once again, I have to suspend my point of view and actually be quite calculating with what I am about to write in this assignment.

* sigh * - wish I could've stayed in Glastonbury....

22:48
1,315 - now that doesn't seem a lot more than yesterday (less than 200 in fact), but I had to start from scratch again and suddenly, I was writing like a bard!!! Like - wow, wish every day could be like this.  I have to now use Kincaid tomorrow to profile his behaviors and why he fits the prototype perv, plus I think I will have to dig around the 'fase child' syndrome, where distance and objectification contribute to Humbert's stasis and that of the memory of his original love.

Jeez, if I could have a max output of 1,325 every day, then I would be done in three days. Onward tomorrow :-)

Comments

[rosegardenfae.livejournal.com]

In another lifetime I wrote a paper. "Beowulf, a symbol of cultural annihilation." Your post reminds me of those days.Good luck. You are making progress.

[bluegerl.livejournal.com]

What a wicked picture, lovely far-too-sweet lollipops and suckables!

Do you have to prove he was a predator...? I rather got the feeling that it was Lolita who predated... and silly old Humbert was putty in her hands, and who was such a pathetic child in his pestering, like a baby crying for attention. She certainly used him, and then dumped without a seeming qualm.. I wonder if she ever suffered from 'Mental Trauma' for being sexually abused... as they all seem to be these days.

I think I blame his Mother for his odd behaviour. I wonder what SHE did when he was a baby! ????!

I do love N's writing tho. (and I am still chortling over Joyce... found a delic phrase. Talking about Burke...the alco.lawyer,,
"He has a wonderful future behind him." !!!! Oh WOW.... teehee.

Hope all is well and you're winning?!?! XXXXXX