Why write about a pedophile

Why write about a pedophile? Hmmm.. It is very easy for most of us to be appalled by the idea of this subject, but it is also very important for us to put light on it. Nabokov puts the subject to the reader in a way where we have no choice but to be in. Obviously Humbert is just a character, but putting him out there helps to open a reader's mind to potentially understand a little more about why a person would do these kinds of things before we just assume why. As much as it is disturbing to read, it is also enlightening because we are able to get inside the head of a very disturbed person and are able to try to understand where the sickness comes from. As much as it is yucky, it is also important. There iis not excuse for the theft of innocence, but this book shows some of his past as well as his justifications as to why he made the choices he did.