Go, Yield, Stop Blog

GO (I like this):

I have really enjoyed the class so far this semester. Blogging about the writing has actually been very positive for me. I feel like I have a better understanding of things when I blog about it. I really enjoyed Allen Ginsberg this semester, especially “Howl”, mainly due to the fact it is something different, not so plain, and he is very graphic. I also really like “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. I would say, personally I like about 90% of what we have read in the class so far. I really like the in class discussions, every day it is something new. You keep the class very interesting, not your traditional English class which is great, keep it up. Your input on each of the readings helps everyone clear things up if somebody didn’t understand something. I like the different themes we read about to. I also like how we don’t always have the same type of readings, it keeps me interested in the reading, and leaving me to read more. The syllabus is organized and very easy to follow. Everything is laid out exactly the way I would want it to be. Other classes are hidden on assignments sometimes, here it is clear, concise and to the point. The work load is just fine, I feel I can balance the rest of my work with this class perfectly, fits right into my schedule. I really enjoy this class a lot, it is an easier class but it gives me time to recuperate and think about something else for a change other than thermodynamics and statics/dynamics. Keep it up.

YIELD (things we should do more often):

I think something we should do more often in class is watch parts of plays or novels in order to grasp different perspectives on novels and or plays. I think we should incorporate more poems into the syllabus as well. I would like us to read more satirical writings. I would say I would like to learn more about writing papers and what it means to write well. The papers could be shorter, nothing really intense but small papers only two or three pages, in order to get feedback on our writing. I would also like to read more persuasive papers or essays and evaluate them on how those authors write papers and get their message across. Another thing that would be cool to incorporate into this class is maybe some type of field trip. Maybe see a play at the Peace Center in Greenville, I think that would be pretty cool. Maybe see a play pertaining to what we are reading of course, and then we could blog about it or write a paper on it.

STOP (please, no more!):

I can’t really complain too much about anything in this class, other than the fact that Lolita was really not my favorite type of book. Lolita was too much of the same themes throughout the novel and I disliked it from the beginning. Not taking anything away from the book, very well written. Just was a bit long for my taste. I think that is one thing you should change, the reading of really long novels. The novels take a lot of time sometimes, especially since I read somewhat slowly. It just seems it is hard for me to get motivated to read something like Lolita with a section of 70 pages, it takes a while. But overall that would be the only thing I would change sometimes it is just hard for a normal college student to get motivated to read something that is lengthy.

Glenngar, Glen Ross-David Mamet

In the play Glenngary, we see a lot of real world things that happen to business people, especially sales people. The play consists of a little bit of failure, success, lies, deceit, and just how much people can learn and take from one another. I personally really like this play. It was a very smooth flowing play, not too much stage actions and I think the writer did this on purpose. I think the author sees the business world as a place where things happen on a day to day basis. This being said, he wants the words to speak louder than actions. I feel like man of the characters in the play, really struggle to move on and make a living. They want to make as much money as possible, just like any person would, however there is so much effort and power in making it in sales. For example when Roma says, "I swear it's not a world of men it's not a world of men, Machine it's a world of clock watchers, bureaucrats, officeholders what it is, it's a fucked up world there's no adventure to it." Here I feel the sales people think of themselves as a type of people, and that they stand out or like they are a minority. I also think when Roma talks about its a world of "clock watchers, bureaucrats, and officeholders" he talks about what the "big shots" do in a corporation. There are defiantly a lot of people who get handed many things, whether it be money or a business. And many of these people take what they have for granted. This being said sometimes getting up in the business world takes a bit of selfishness. However when Roma complains about this, he I think is being ignorant. He should do something about it, and stop complaining, work a bit harder.
In the novel we see a lot of different themes from each character. For example, Levene is more of the type of person who is constantly struggling to make ends meet and basically at the brink of failure. Levene always talks about how good he was in the past, and yes that may be true but the past is the past and now is now. Just like for many college students, we were all good in high school but it really doesn't matter anymore, college is different and we need to adapt to things we face. Roma is more of a successful person in the play than most other characters. Roma is smart and a bit sneaky. Williamson is the manager and who everyone seems to somewhat dislike. Many of the sales-men feel like Williamson's job is secure and so he wouldn't push any envelopes. However Williamson does give in at some point when bargaining with Levene to break company policy by selling him two leads for 100 dollars plus 20 percent of Levene's commissions. Moss is an older man as well, who seems not to be in such a struggle as Levene but just mad at some things. Being that he is older, I think makes Moss more independent than the other workers and he realizes he has to do the work. Somebody can complain and yell at him but it is really up to himself to build yield and make a good deal of commission. He is basically the persona of a person who is just trying to get ahead in life. Another character is Lingk, who basically is oblivious to much of Roma's sneaky techniques. Lingk is every sales persons dream, Roma takes advantage of Lingk and Lingk seems to know how he has a weakness. The last character is Aaronow who is struggling as well. However Aaronow knows what his problem is and wants to fix it a bit. But he can't get out of his same old habits, which I defiantly can relate to. When I worked at a Thrifty Car Rental, we had to sell coverages, and almost 90% of the people declined it and I was told I need to change something I was saying or how I was saying it to up my yield. However I just got into a habit of saying only two sentences on trying to sell coverages, either it worked or it didn't i never pushed the issue. For me commission wasn't to important but I still wanted a bonus.
In conclusion this play is a great play and shows plenty of different personalities that are in any businesses. I think these different types of personalities keep the business world moving. Nobody does things the same or else nothing would function, people have to innovate, that is what the real world is all about.

River of Names-Dorothy Allison/Cathedral-Raymond Carver

In this short story the reader sees a very tough and troubled childhood the narrator has gone through. This story most likely reflects the authors childhood experiences from Greenville. I think the narrator feels angry and animosity towards her family. Another thing that caught my attention was what Allison really describes to the reader and public. First of all, I think many people think of people from the south of being dumb, getting married to a family member and redneck and all of Allison's stories comprehend to this. Allison really does not hide the fact that her family is southern, for example "when she laughs at the broken teeth, torn overalls, the dirt, I set my teeth a t what I do not want to remember and cannot forget". This is a very important quote from this short story, fist is shows how the narrator was very descriptive in all her stories, and second it really shows what the narrator wants as a human being. She has had horrible memories, many family members and loved ones have died. The narrator hates this feeling, its getting to be too much for her. This brings up the main theme of the story, and really how the narrator came about surviving. The narrator knew if he/she had followed the traditions of her family then she wouldn't be able to enjoy and live the life she wanted. "and it does not matter that I am the lesbian, the one who will not have children". The reader here can clearly see how she goes against much of what her family stands for just for the fact she is a lesbian. But this shows courage and strength and she knows what she has to do to survive. The narrator has struggled all her life with her family and now she is ready to break away and move on with her life.

In Cathedral by Ramond Carver, we see a very insecure narrator especially due to the fact he does not like blind people. The narrator seems to be very disappointed in how his wife feels about this blind man, almost as if she would cheat on him with the blind man. "I can remember I didn't think much of the poem", here the narrator is talking about how his wife wrote about how she almost had an epiphany when the blind man touched her face. However the narrator seems to be very disdainful and disgusted and just doesn't really care and hear about what this blind guy did or does. But basically the main part of the story is the narrator complaining about the blind man and how close he was with his wife and really how much he meant to his wife. We see the narrator seems to have a bit of a drinking problem which could cause some of his anger issues. The narrator seems to be very narrow minded and not open to meeting or being open to something that means so much to his wife. I would be somewhat jealous as well, but she is with you for a reason. He should just get over it, and be a bit more mature about things. I feel the narrator thinks that his wife needs to base all her happiness off of him, in order for the narrator to be happy. But once the blind man comes, a lot of the narrator's attitude changes, he seems to become more open minded and outgoing. Robert’s encouragement, loosens up, and draws the cathedral with Robert, guiding his hand with a pencil onto paper.There is also a very close personal connection the narrator and the blind man have which really turns the whole story around. It happens when the two of them draw the cathedral. Here the narrator is able to connect with Robert, and finally the narrator can get rid of his insecurities and actually interact with someone else.

Emergency-Denis Johnson/Home-Jane Anne Philips

In the short story Emergency by Denis Johnson, we see two young men. One thing I noticed in this particular short story is how it abruptly starts and how it abruptly ends. There is no real introduction of any characters or real build up of the characters. Also the plot seems to just wonder around as well as the setting, seems to me to be a little unorganized. However I personally believe that with short stories the author leaves most of the interpretation up to the reader. That is what is so great about short stories, there is no specific way anybody has to write one, and I think that is what Denis Johnson went with while writing this.
My first impression of the narrator and Georgie is that they are both very young men, most likely in there early 20s. Both seem to have mediocre jobs at the hospital and I guess they seem to enjoy life mainly due to the drugs they steal from the hospital. What is weird about this story is how Georgie especially seems to always tries to save the day. For example, when somebody walked into the hospital with a knife in his eye, Georgie is not doctor and the guy was about to go blind, and as a doctor was trying to call in a team Georgie took matters into his own hands. Georgie was suppose to just prep the victim however "from shaving the patient's eyebrow and disinfecting the area around the wound, and soon- he seemed to be holding the hunting knife in his left hand." Everyone was in shock and this proves one fact of how Georgie wants to be something he is not, however when he is on drugs he gets a "god -like" feeling. Another example of this is when the characters run over a rabbit, and then they figure they will eat the rabbit as stew. "In a minute he was standing at the edge of the fields, cutting the scrawny little thing up, tossing away its organs. I should have been a doctor, he cried". Here again Georgie is in his state of mind that he can basically make everything better which is a good attitude, but while your on drugs can defiantly have some consequences. Another thing I notice in this short story is that both characters always are high, and to me this story is either a hallucination they have or a type of dream they have. The reason I came about this conclusion is just the fact of how they describe things, when you are high or on drugs people seem to pay close attention to little details just as they do. For example,"The only light visible was a streak of sunset flickering below the hem of the clouds", this is full of imagery and most people on drugs are very good at describing things like this. In conclusion overall very interesting story and keeps the reader on their feet and wanting more.

In the short story Home by Jayne Anne Phillips the reader can see a full-traditional American Home. Yes the parents are divorced, but the story revolves around the same mentality that American families have. And it always comes down to how the younger generation will most of the time think differently about things than the older generation. In this case, the daughter is much more open about sexuality then her mother is. Basically this is what the story is all about, how two people are having a conflicting relationship because they disagree on sex. I am not exactly sure about the overall theme in this story, but one main idea I can think of after reading this is that both characters seem to be lonely. They both want sex but in different ways. The mother wants to be married, and hasn't had sex since her divorce, and the daughter constantly thinks about sex and has multiple partners. I feel like in today's society whether male or female it is more accepting than in the past, just look at the movies and advertisements, much of which is based on sex. But both characters just always seem to be awkward around each other, and really seem not to want to be around each other. "I won't watch television at night. I will watch only the news, which ends at 7:30. Then I will go to my room and do God knows what. But I feel sad that she sits there alone, knitting by the lamp. She seldom looks up." This quote alone, shows a variety of things that the reader gets from this story. First we see how independent the daughter can be, however when she says she feels sorry for her mother, she feels like she needs to be with her mother at all times. Hence maybe the reason she is "Home", and trying to save money. I think the mother has an agenda to transform her daughter back into an innocent child. She feels like this is her last chance to maybe leave an impression on her daughter. But when an old lover comes back into the daughter's life for a couple of days, we see the daughter fall back into her old habits. While she is talking to him she says to Daniel,"Oh yes I say. There's a guest room. Bring some Trojans." I think this quote itself shows how insecure the daughter is, and how lonely she is. The fact that she constantly wants sex is troubling, and her mother sees this in her. Once Daniel comes to visit they are suppose to stay in separate bedrooms however the daughter ends up sneaking into Daniel's room and they have sex. Her mother hears them, and fells utterly disappointed and disgusted."I heard you, I heard it, she says. Here, in my own house. Please, how much can you expect me to take? I don't know what to do about anything..." finally the mother has given up on her daughter, unfortunately, yet i feel like both are finally contempt with one another and come to a bit of an agreement, even though they both still think very differently.

Lolita 179-236

In this section of reading from Lolita, the main themes of innocence and not being able to let go, and the whole weirdness about the novel are still in full effect. However the main change I see from the past two sections of reading is Humbert father like attitude towards Lolita. Even though he still is sick considering he has sex with her, but it seems like after her mother died he almost has an awakening of some sort in which he feels obligated to obviously love Lolita, but in a more unconditional way. In chapter 22 part two, the reader sees Lolita taken away from Humbert or more so the other way around, for really the first time since the beginning of the book. I guess its a story and things have to be stirred up even more, or else the author couldn't keep reader's interested. I think Nabokov does great things in this novel, and keeping the reader weirded out yes, but also interested in more of what these characters and the story is all about."While I was not looking, my child was taken away from me! In vain I insisted I be allowed to spend the night on a welcome mat in a corner of their damned hospital", here again Humbert refuses to let go, its quite unbelievable, children grow up and Lolita is sick and its just the fact that it gets annoying. Its the same over and over again, and thing Lolita does or is involved with there is Humbert sneaking a peak or at least trying to. And considering what happens at the end of this chapter where Lolita is basically abducted I can understand, but the chances of something happening like that seem slim, but possible. "To myself I whispered that I still had my gun, and was still a free man-free to trace the fugitive, free to destroy my brother", here comes the theme of just pure violence and hatred built up in Humbert. This line alone bring me to think something happened to Humbert in his past, that really traumatized him. Come to think about it maybe Humbert himself was a victim of pedophilia. I'm not sure about the numbers but maybe victims can also turn into predator so to speak. Just this whole built up anger, and considering the fact that it is his brother obviously has no meaning to him.

In the next couple of chapters we see a furious Humbert who is on the hunt to find the love of his life. The novel really turns into a investigation that Humbert sets out on. No doubt I think I would do the same for somebody I loved. "I discovered at once that he had foreseen my investigations and had planted insulting pseudonyms for my special benefit", basically Humbert concludes that while he and Lolita went on this trip across the country the abductor was following. And that quote states how Humbert feels insulted almost by this and how he could have been so oblivious to this. But basically Humbert goes on a huge private investagtion into lolitas whereabouts. And the reader really gets a sense of Humbert obsession with Lolita, and back to the abduction, Lolita in my mind wasn't abducted she left. She got tired of the same old same old and wanted to grow up and move on. I feel like maybe she knew the abductor and her chance came and she took it. She basically had nothing to lose, as for Humbert he lost everything that he loved. Eventually Humbert somewhat moves on and starts a somewhat meaningful relationship with Rita. I don't think Humbert really wanted her, but Rita seems a bit confused on her lets say outtake on life in general. She is divorced three times and was abandoned by her servant, she just seems a little out there. I don't really see what Humbert sees so appealing in her, but shes lost and he can take care of her for a bit. I think it traces back to the whole innocence thing Humbert loves in girls.

Eventually Humbert comes about learning of Lolita's whereabouts after what seems like a lifetime for him. And once he finds her, shes pregnant, married, the whole innocence is gone but Humbert and his seductive nature finds himself trying to bribing her to come along. "Life is very short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after." Here Humbert is just the same old way, but it finally Lolita doesn't go for it and basically leaves him hanging. Humbert doesn't though he gives her money and leaves sad of course but, I am happy Lolita has finally grown up, and realized that Humbert really is no more than a father figure.

Lolita pp. 179-236

In this section of reading for Lolita, the reader sees both characters transform and show more maturity. As least from my perspective they do, and at sometimes they swing back and forth from evolving to a more mature person back to their old ways of careless, "pedophile" ways. The reader also learns about Humbert disapointment of the school he has Lolita attending, Beardsley. The head of the school and Humbert have somewhat different points of views when it comes to education. Beardsley seems to be more of a acting and drama school more than a higher level of education as it is regarded in the eyes of Humbert. "I am now faced with the distasteful task of recording a definite drop on Lolita's morals.", here we see Humbert fall back into his insecure side about Lolita. He wants every bit of control over what Lolita does and who she is with, never wanting to let go. And for him being a father, I could see why, however everyone eventually grows up at some point yet he refuses to let it happen. We also begin to see a more manipulative side of Lolita, at least when it comes to money and sex. Humbert constantly gives Lolita money and allowance, "under the condition she fulfill her basic obligations" as Humbert puts it. Whatever this may mean Lolita has almost turned into a prostitute of some sort. Before doing anything she begs and wants more money. And this is what I am talking about when I say both characters change a bit in becoming more mature, yet fall back to their old ways. Humbert can't let go of Lolita and let her grow up, and Lolita takes advantage of Humbert and falls back to being an immature little girl about things.
During this passage we also see Humbert meet Lolita's friends in which when he meets them, "probed on the whole disappointing". But we see how protective Humbert is when he tries to find out if Lolita may be sneaking somebody behind his back. We also see how Pratt begins to question Lolita's maturity of things when Pratt talks to Humbert. "Dolly Haze, is a lovely child, but the onset of sexual maturing seems to give her trouble." at this point Humbert doesn't really know what to say to Pratt. Pratt is basically upset with the fact that Lolita seems not to have any real relationship with any boys. Pratt believes Humbert is old fashioned and conservative and this attitude is having an affect on Lolita's experience at the school. Next is an example of why Humbert shows maturity and a sense of being a father figure. I think Humbert was upset when Pratt accused Lolita of not being able to have a relationship with boys and so he throws a party for Lolita. Even though the party was a bust and Lolita really doesn't want anything to do with the boys, the reader sees a more mature Humbert giving into society a little.
Further on through the passage I get the feeling Humbert is much more into education and higher education that is, then Lolita. I felt like at some-point Lolita may have stopped going to school or her play, just being fed up with all the higher learning. Humbert hates this of course and wants her to appreciate what she has. all this ties in with the whole them of maturing forward into the new, and falling back to the old during this passage. so once again we see a more father figure that Humbert begins to play for Lolita. We see on slots of this throughout this whole section of reading and I feel as if Humbert finally has become a Father to her at least in his eyes. Yes he still wants her to be innocent but most father's that have daughters probably do anyways. Lolita shows signs of maturity at times but then falls back into her old ways of not wanting to go to school and begging for more money all things that just represent a 12 year old.

Lolita-original pg 119-140

Much happens in this brief section of Lolita . It is plenty packed with vital information giving away more information about Lolita as a person, as well as Humbert Humbert and his unusual ways. The reader learns about the tragic accident of Lolita's mother recently and how Humbert decides he should hide this for some reason. Lolita is off at camp and it is now time to pick her up and so Humbert at first hides it by saying she is plainly in the hospital resting. I really don't know why he decided to hide the fact that her mother is dying and why she didn't question more of it or even want to really go visit her mother. One possible explanation for the reason Humbert doesn't want to tell Lolita is just for the pure innocence reason. Humbert wants to keep his nymphet as innocent as possible. Moving on through the section the two of them get a room together and once again Humbert gives her a sleeping pill. Humbert seems to be fascinated by the way she sleeps or something. He never really goes in for the kill but just backs away and watches, almost like teasing himself, its kinda weird. Another thing I noticed is Lolita's different emotions toward Humbert. Sometimes she calls him a "Dirty old man" and seems not to want to have anything to do with him. On the other hand, Humbert describes how "Then she crept into my waiting arms, radiant, relaxed, caressing me with he tender, mysterious, impure, indifferent, twilight, eyes,for all the world, like the cheapest of cheap cuties". Now this could also be Humbert imagining what he wants Lolita to do to him or for him, a lot of what Nabokov writes in Lolita seems to be unclear sometimes. However for me Lolita needs to make up her mind.
Seems like a lot of what Humbert wants is all in his head and that Lolita wants nothing to do with him and is creeped out by the way he acts towards her. Another important point through this reading section is where the narrator mentions,"The whole point is that the old link between the adult world and the child world has been completely severed nowadays by new customs and new laws. Despite my having dabbled in psychiatry and social work, I really knew very little about children". Here we can see how Humbert really has no idea what he really wants from Lolita. He seems to question himself, which is good in a sense he should feel guilty about what he is doing and not make the "jury" have to feel sorry for him and his actions. He is an adult and he should be responsible for his actions just like everyone else. For example when a voice addressed him: "Where the devil did you get her?", "
"Who's the lassie"
"My daughter"
"You-lie-she's not"-
just the fact that Humbert makes a point of this means that he really and other people around him are questioning his abilities and actions. However as this section moves on he goes back to drugging Lolita and wanting and seemingly wanting to take advantage of her. "Some time passed, nothing changed, and I decided I might risk getting a little closer to that lovely and maddening glimmer", still seems here he is teasing himself for some reason, why doesn't he just go for it. The fact that he could want to murder somebody and then not take advantage of a girl just seems like he is insecure as hell.
The reader also infers that Lolita is not so innocent after all. Once she want to camp she lost her virginity to a boy named Charlie. This is important but to me because Humbert should be furious with her and feel like he wants to kill her just like he did when his wife cheated on him. But there is no real evidence I can see that suggests he is very much so upset with her after he finds out. The only thing I can see how Humbert anger shows after he finds this out about Lolita is that at the end he tells her plainly "your mother is dead", without any real remorse or sympathy for her feelings. This could be him taking his anger out on her indirectly. This passage is very important and the reader should realize in such a brief passage a lot of emotions and feelings are flying through both Humbert and Lolita.

Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, pp.62—109 and pp. 109—140

The novel Lolita, by Nabokov is a very interesting book, with a very interesting writing style, as well as the subject Nabokov writes about. During his time, the 1950's writing about sex in general was looked as almost a sin, and the fact Nabokov writes a novel about a middle aged man becoming sexually attracted to a 12 year old was insane. As far as the writing style goes, the overall novel itself is a plea from the narrator to the reader. Another reason Nabokov novel was so different from others of his time was the language he used and how vivid he was in this story. For example, "She had very vulnerable legs, and I decided I would limit myself to hurting her very horribly as soon as we were alone", here the narrator explains how Humbert wants to kill his first wife Valeria after she has an affair. This line itself has very vivid imagery and puts the reader right into the story. I personally think Nabokov was one of the first real writers to draw the reader into the narrative, even though most readers still didn't like the idea of a novel over a pedophile.

In the beginning of Lolita, Humbert describes much of his childhood and the reader begins to get a good sense of what Humbert personality is like. The reader learns that Humbert has mainly a European background, mainly from a mixture of countries. For example, in the second chapter,"My father was a gentle, easy-going person, a salad of racial genes:Swiss citizen, of mixed French and Austrian descent, with a dash Danube in his veins." This so called "salad of racial genes", is very important because the reader can see how Humberts character traits resemble a Europeans. Moving on into the novel, the reader sees a very important reference made to Edgar Allen Poe's Annabel Lee, in which Poe writes to his very young wife. The fact that Humbert's so called first-lover was also named Annabel Leigh, could suggest a pre-teen lover of some sort. Humbert then basically throws it out the reader that he wants and desires nymphets. And for Humbert these "nymphets" were the lost youth and or a pure-girl, who was unattainable to the adult man.

Much of what Humbert seems to do from a reader's point of view is asking for sympathy, however almost by accident. For example, the reader becomes so involved with what happens between Humbert and Valeria, the reader becomes distracted from Humbert’s rage. Humbert wants the reader to feel sorry for the fact she just cheated on him and left him, and by not killing his wife, he ultimately gets the sympathy he wants. Through chapters 10-15, the reader learns even more about Lolita through Humbert's descriptions. However Humbert, describes more of Lolita's bad moods, for example, "Later heard her volley crude nonsense at Rose across the fence". The reader begins to see Lolita more as an object, and Humbert is purely focused on Lolita for her "nymphet" qualities. Even though Humbert describes Lolita's bad moods, he still desires Lolita very much. Moving on throughout the novel, the reader now finds out that Lolita's mother falls in love with Humbert and writes a letter to him. Basically telling Humbert that he must leave unless he marries her. "Now, my dearest, dearest, mon cher, cher monsieru, you have read this, no you know.", Mrs. Haze is dearly in love with Humbert and the two of them end up getting married. However I feel like the only reason Humbert did this was to stay as close to Lolita as possible. After getting married Mrs, Haze finds the journal where Humbert basically wrote down how much he loved Lolita so much more than anyone. When Mrs.Haze discovers Humbert’s secret she feels jealous that he would prefer Lolita and to her the fact that an adult man wanted to molest her daughter seems to be irrelevant to her. This could have been the case of her downfall, just plain ignorance and she eventually gets killed. During the next few chapters Humbert seems to be more of a griever.

The reader now sees the relationship between Humbert and Lolita transform from a friendship to a sexual one. And once again the reader can see a very persausive Humbert as he explains how he was the one who was seduced by Lolita, rather than the other way around. Reading on shows how Lolita is very curious in her sexually explorations, and at times really feels interested in Humbert and seems to almost fall in love with him, but then seems to become bored at his interest in her. This is a very common trait among immature pre-teens, and teens in society today. I also realized that much of Humbert's descriptions of Lolita are just almost like dreams.When Humbert drugs Lolita for example he doesn't have sex with her, he mainly looks at her body, almost like he has romantic feelings that are very strong.