Narbokov’s Accomplishment
So here it is.
The real twisted turn of the text; Hint: and it’s not HH and his perverted lifestyle. Yet instead, the real twist is, in fact, on the reader, and this is what Narbokov has accomplished. He took a character that is so repulsive in his thoughts and actions that anyone, on the surface, would cast him into the depths of hell without batting an eye, and yet… we feel pity. We don’t feel anger or hatred… we feel disappointment. If we simply heard about this on the 10 o’clock news we would turn to someone and say “people should be killed for such a thing.” Yet, Narbokov has created a character that deep down we desperately want to be cured. Any thoughts?
The real twisted turn of the text; Hint: and it’s not HH and his perverted lifestyle. Yet instead, the real twist is, in fact, on the reader, and this is what Narbokov has accomplished. He took a character that is so repulsive in his thoughts and actions that anyone, on the surface, would cast him into the depths of hell without batting an eye, and yet… we feel pity. We don’t feel anger or hatred… we feel disappointment. If we simply heard about this on the 10 o’clock news we would turn to someone and say “people should be killed for such a thing.” Yet, Narbokov has created a character that deep down we desperately want to be cured. Any thoughts?
posted by M at 9:15 AM
1 Comments:
I absolutely agree. It's weird. I'm so disturbed by the sick fuck, and yet when he is frustrated by Charlotte's intrusions into his secret life, I feel his frustration too. I sympathize with him. That probably is Nabokov's greatest achievement.
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