Vladimir Nabokov discusses "Lolita" part 2 of 2

I had decided, for the sake of myself (who had never read Lolita until now) and for the sake of others who were in the same boat as I, to not watch or post this second half until I had finished the book.

I have many things to say about the book, and the hard things is finding the right place to start, where to end, and what to talk about....I'm sure many things will just naturally flow into the blogs as the semester progresses.

The thing about this second part that I liked so much more than the first is that they are actually discussing more interesting topics.... such as the easily, widely known fact that any love story that is to be made a big deal out of is going to be scadalous, or enging sadly with death, or adultery, etc. etc...... I hadn't thought about that fact until they said this, and it becomes quite clear now why... in the first part of this video, Nabokov was talking about the caged monkey. This is, in some sorts or another, a type of psychological "Romeo and Juliet", or "Changeling" like story, perhaps even "Scarlet Letter" .

"The dimmest of my pollutive dreams was a thousand times more dazzling than all the adultery the most virile writer of genius or the most talented impotent might imagine." -Chapter 5

We become attached to it naturally because it does have romance, sex (we are all human), but it sticks with us longer because it is the type of forbidden love that one shouldn't have and most people can't even imagine on their own.

- This video is wonderful, and if you haven't done so already make sure you see the first part of it that I posted earlier on my blog. I will continue to talk of Lolita more in further entries.