I decided to post my annotation of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita page 114 because I appreciate the way that Lolita transitions from child to adult so many times. She is stuck between the child who attended Camp Q and the corrupted young lady losing her innocence because of what Humbert has done to her. The way in which she speaks is at times so child-like: "We loved the sings around the fire..." then transitions to a more risque adult tone: "But we are lovers aren't we?" I wonder what goes through Lolita's mind? Does she wish to be a girl again, enjoying the innocence of her days of youth or does she yearn to be this corrupted, violated female? Does she know what they have or are doing?
I am scanning in my annotated page but have to do so once I get home...
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