I've planned for some time to read Nabkov's Lolita and I'm glad I did at at this age, as maybe, if I would have done it earlier I might have not understood...
Last night I was watching a documentary about Brasil; it's a really nice concept, as the country is seen through the eyes of several different people from very different backgrounds, so you see in this way several of the many faces of Brasil, without getting bored. One of the characters from this documentary was a young beautiful 11 years old Lolita. She lived in San Paolo with her granny; her parents divorced and each went on with their own life, re-married and probably got other kids and they almost forgot her. Nevertheless, she said she had a beautiful relationship with both of them.
This gorgeous Lolita - her real name was also something starting with L, maybe Lyde?!- was wearing make-up and she also changed the color of her hair a little. From what I could tell, her grandma was not a big obstacle against her will, and returning home at night was probably not highly unusual. Money was not an issue either for her, as the dad owned 3 hotels in town... It was almost Easter and the documentary was focusing on the big "carpet" she had drowned before a church and on the angel costume -which suited perfectly her perfectly beautiful face- she wore for the Easter parade. Lolita's parents didn't bother to come and see their angel so she was very dissapointed, but she hid her sadness under the most beautiful innocent smile...
Just hours before seeing the movied I had finished reading Lolita. So I couldn't stop thinking : what if Humbert finds this Lolita? She is more of a nimphet than any girl I have ever seen in my life so Humbert could not have resisted her... I'm sure she will fel in love with the first man who shows her some attention, who shows that he cares; and what if he'll be a man in his late thirties with Humbert's desires? Moreover... how many Lolitas have been profanated by an evil Humbert?
Not to mention that modern society encourages Humberts to be born. Magazine covers, television ads, music videos, they all show beautiful seducing Lolitas...
