I agree that Nabokov has a very powerful hand over his reader. I think that one of the reasons that it is so easy at times to sympathize with HH is because Nabokov rests him on that thin line between true love and obsession. It may not be that I personally identify with him, but that I can see the humanity in him. It is easier, for me anyways, to sympathize with a sick person. If HH really cannot help himself, if he has some deep rooted illness that causes him to obsess over young girls against his will, than I end up almost feeling sorry for him instead/along with of Lolita. On the other hand of that, if he is not mentally ill and truly has sovereign control over his mind and actions, and chooses to rape a young girl out of what he deems true love, well then he is a sick bastard and deserves to rot.
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