Lolita 179-236

I find the situation between Humbert and Dolores to be very interesting. It is very weird. Lolita is a very interesting teen, or nymphet as Humbert Humbert would call her. She lost her virginity at a early age and is experienced i guess you could call it for a girl her age. She goes very back and forth when it comes to Humbert. Sometimes i feel bad for her, and at other times i don't because i believe she plays him on just as much as he trys to get with her. I feel bad that she is basically stuck with Humbert and is kind of like his little in house hooker, he buys her things and gives her money to perform the acts that she does. Humbert got a good scare when he had to go in to the meeting with Mrs. Pratt thinking that his secret had been found out. Turns out that Lo has not been doing well in school and is not maturing sexually. It was kind of ironic to me when Pratt began talking to Humbert about him needing to allow Lo to take part in "The Hunted Enchanters" play not only because it closely resemble the name of the hotel that they stayed at when touring throughout America but also for the line that she says following. "You must allow her to take part in The Hunted Enchanters. She was such a perfect little nymph in the try-out," (196) It's funny because she is the perfect nymphet to him, just not in a play...its in real life. He is convinced to let her perform in the play, and to allow her to start being around more boys. And I couldn't believe that only minutes after the scare he had of being caught he met Lolita while she was still at school and "unbuttoned [his] overcoat and for sixty-five cents plus the permission to participate in the school play, had Dolly put her inky, chalky, red-knuckled hand under the desk." (198)..... so got a hand job at her school? he's got problems. They say that there is a fine line between being a genius and being insane, and i think Humbert is a perfect example. He prides himself on his intellect and likes to think of himself as better than most people. At the beginning of my read he talks about his games of chess with his one friend in Beardsley, Gaston Godin. Gaston seems to help him a lot and is a nice person, but most of what Humbert has to say is about him is "There he was, devoid of any talent whatsoever, a mediocre teacher, a worthless scholar, a glum repulsive fat old invert, highly contemptuous of the American way of life" (183) Humbert really thinks highly of himself to think of others in that way. I was also sort of confused at the part when he questions Lo's friend Mona. She moves closer and closer to him, close enough to where he can smell the lotion on her skin and asks "was my Lo playing the pimp?"(192) So does Mona have the hots for him? does Lo talk to Mona about what her and Humbert do?