Lolita Responding and Reflecting #2

Looking specifically at the psychoanalytical lens has opened my eyes to look for many more things when reading. When I first started reading Lolita I took everything Humbert stated as fact, but through Ms.Richey's explanations and more own reading I learned to look at the viewpoint of who is talking in each situation. Doing this completely changed how I saw the story. By looking into how Humbert's personal views and intentions change how he described the story you become a lot more critical and have to guess for yourself exactly what happened and what Humbert has created in his mind or is just saying to please the jury. It is also interesting to look at what the story says about the author and what he is trying to show through the novel. I believe that he is not approving of Humbert's actions, but he is using Humbert's experience to make claims about love and society. I believe that by showing how Humbert is not purposefully trying to hurt Lolita he is showing that society must remember to look at things holistically instead of just as black and white. Even though his actions were selfish Humbert is not a bad person and critics of his actions must remember that he is acting based on what he thinks is okay by following his passion and his intentions are not as evil as other viewers seem to view it as.