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Humbert Humbert in 2008
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Humbert Humbert in 2008
If Humbert was a real person in today's society, would he have been arrested and labeled as a sexual predator in today's society>
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Raving wrote:
The vast majority of incest cases involve the mother's husband or boyfriend, and I really don't believe that a twelve-year-old saying this was consensual sex, especially in that scenario, would have much effect with a jury.
Moreover, Humbert used threats to make Lolita comply:
Part 2, chapter 1:
The rest would make a very strong case against him if it was repeated.
Yes, of course he would, provided the law found out about the relationship, since sexual abuse within the family is usually not reported.If Humbert was a real person in today's society, would he have been arrested and labeled as a sexual predator in today's society?
The vast majority of incest cases involve the mother's husband or boyfriend, and I really don't believe that a twelve-year-old saying this was consensual sex, especially in that scenario, would have much effect with a jury.
Moreover, Humbert used threats to make Lolita comply:
Part 2, chapter 1:
* This of course sounds like complete rubbish.Finally what happens to you, a minor, accused of having impaired the morals of an adult in a respectable inn*, what happens if you complain to the police of my having kidnapped and raped you? Let us suppose they believe you. (...) So I go to jail. But what happens to you, my orphan? Well, you are luckier. You become the ward of the Department of Public Welfare-- which I am afraid sounds a little bleak.
[There follows a list including: "the correctional school", "the reformatory" "the juvenile detention home".]
Don't you think that under the circumstances Dolores Haze had better stick to her old man? (...)
By rubbing all this in, I succeeded in terrorizing Lo.
The rest would make a very strong case against him if it was repeated.
Ophelia.
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In the first few chapters of the book, Humbert states that the perfect age for his nymphets is 9-14 of age. He states that only nymphets of this age group have a certain air about them. Not all girls are nymphets.
I agree it is very wrong. What scares me even more is there are actual people, both men and women, who feel this way about children. I have no clue how they can view innocent human beings in such a way.
I agree it is very wrong. What scares me even more is there are actual people, both men and women, who feel this way about children. I have no clue how they can view innocent human beings in such a way.
If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.
--Katherine Hepburn
--Katherine Hepburn