Sunday, November 4, 2007
Desicion vs. Desire
Lolita goes to camp for the summer while H.H. daydreams about her. He has her nicknames for her like Lo, Lola, Lolita, Dolly, etc... Things get a bit interesting when H.H. comes upon a letter Lolita's mother wrote for him. In it, she confesses her unconditional, love-at-first-sight devotion for him. She carries on in a lengthy letter that he must leave at once because she knows he won't love her back. He must leave as she can't bear see him in her own house. (As a side note, Charlotte Haze (Lolita's mom) had offered H.H. to stay at their house for traveling purposes). WOW! for H.H. He has this kind opportunity thrown at him. Yet only a cruel mind, or a madly in love one, would even think about it. He does think about it. What is it? The scheming plan is to marry Lolita's mom, as a way of getting closer to Lolita. I wonder, when one is in love, does all sanity and values dissolve into another universe? Does morality and ethics slip away as we are no longer logical people? If H.H. does marry Charlotte just to get a chance to be forever near Lolita, then he is entered the realm of illogical fools. No offense to this fictional character, but H.H. is a pathetic fool. How can a well-educated bilingual man cease reasonable thinking? If he does marry her mother, then he will be having crude activities with his own step-daughter!! Somehow when Lolita wasn't in any way related to him, his love wasn't so horrible as it seems now. H.H. must now weigh his decisions with his desires.
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