Is Lolita Guilty Or Innocent
Whether Lolita is moral or immoral lies within the minds of the readers. Morality is often based upon culture and location on where a person was raised. Pedophile, sexual deviant, artist are many names for the main protagonist Humbert Humbert. As he goes out of way devoting himself to a young girl, many would view this act as unethical, sick, and foul. As literature scholar Matthew Winston would state, “Comparative sexual customs and the varying attitudes and laws at different times, in several countries, and even in separate states of the United States emphasize the point that there is no single standard of judgement and no trustworthy norm either for Humbert or for us to be guided by. Is Humber guilty or innocent?” This statement simply means