Lolita Ap Book Report

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AP Book Report 1: “Lolita” “Lolita” written by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov in 1955. Vladimir was born in Russia. There are three key characters in this book: Major : Humbert Humbert - The main character and narrator. He’s an English literature teacher with a troubling past that causes him to be attracted to preteen girls. When he goes to the U.S. and moves in with a widowed woman and her daughter he falls in love, or becomes obsessed, with the daughter who just so happens to be a preteen. When narrating the story he uses poetry to make his pedophilia less offensive. Major : Dolores Haze (nicknamed Lolita) - She is the preteen whom Humbert falls deeply for. From Humberts perspective she is very alluring and flirtatious. She entertains Humbert’s obsession. She is also in love with Clare Quilty whom she knew through her mother. He ditches her when she refuses to be in a child pornography film Minor : Clare Quilty - A playwright who also takes a liking to Lolita. He appears throughout the book. Disguised he often meets Humbert, yet Humbert doesn’t put two and two together. He kidnaps Lolita while she is in the hospital ,by pretending to be her uncle, hoping she will participate in a child pornography film he was directing. Major Settings: The first setting would be the suburban American home owned by the widowed Charlotte Haze. The home has 3 main rooms: Lolita’s bedroom, Charlotte Haze’s room which is at one point shared with Humbert when they were briefly married, and the study room that was converted to a room for Humbert to stay in when he was renting. The home is I’m assuming modestly sized. A middle american suburban home. Another key setting are the hotel rooms which Humbert and Lolita spent intimate time together. The hotel rooms were always basic but the actions ,or how Humbert narrates it with poetry. Plot Outline: In the foreword the
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