The character I remember the most is probably Humbert Humbert, as his full psycological portrait is painted on the pages which bring him to life. Lolita as well, but less so.
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The character I remember the most is probably Humbert Humbert, as his full psycological portrait is painted on the pages which bring him to life. Lolita as well, but less so.
Hello,
I am writing a research paper of the motif of lightning within Vladimir Nabokov's works (Humbert's Mother, The Return of Chorb, various allusions, etc.), and I was wondering if anyone could...
Is by far my favorite. The only one that comes close in my mind is the ending of Catch-22, where Yosarian dodges the knife and runs to who knows where.
Humbert Humbert from Lolita is a pretty dastardly guy.
The end of Lolita, when Humbert realizes he had stolen her childhood.
"and that is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita."
Edgar Derby's death in Slaughterhouse-5
I'm partial to Tom Wolfe myself.
Well, though this project is in physics class, we only have to compare the work to science, the world in general and human sustainability. It may not seem like the best assignment for the physics...
We have been given an assignment to write a book review for our Physics class, and we have to write about it's relevance to science and the future. I don't want to reread a book, so I was wondering...
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Anna Karenina.
I've had to read:
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
1984
Flowers for Algernon
Finding Fish
and each year I've also had to read a novel of my own choosing, which were Slaughterhouse-5,...
Am I the only one who thought the movie was actually pretty good? It had great music and a unique twist.
Google?
I'm not sure if English is your first language, but if it is you really need to take the time to type properly, this is The Literature Network Forums after all.
And if you're studying...
Like a previous poster suggested, Brave New World is an excellent novel and you could easily compare Huxley's vision of the future with the reality which is today.
You could also try reading...
I'd choose Huxley.
I would consider Vonnegut but most people would probably mistake him for Einstein.
Lolita
Catch 22
Slaughterhouse-5
On Saturday I bought both Don Quixote and Montaigne's Complete Works. I bought Quixote because it is regularly cited as one of the best novels of all time and the Essays because of recommendations on...
I've read both The Shining and The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I found The Shining to be very enjoyable with great characters. I couldn't bring myself to finish The Gunslinger.
As to the ongoing...
Hey guys, I've actually gotten a few requests to post some more so here's a bit more. I'm debating over whether dividing this work into chapters or not. I know as a reader I prefer chapters, however...
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I've read Lolita five times and Slaughterhouse-5 by Vonnegut four times, in a period of about two years. The third reading was probably the best for Lolita, and the second was for Slaughterhouse-5. I...
Lolita was the only convincing love story of the past century.
I've always been partial to the titles A Clockwork Orange, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler and Beyond Good and Evil.
Why is Joyce so low?
Same with the top 100 books list, there is no way in hell that Ulysses is number 42.
That's exactly why I named the story what I did :)
Kurt Vonnegut as a soldier in Slaughterhouse-5.