ACT 1 QUESTION: Will Humbert get Lo?
- PART ONE
- Hook question: who is Lolita and why is Humbert Humbert obsessed with her?
- Will Humbert make love to Annabel? No, and furthermore Annabel dies four months later (page 13-15)
- Will Humbert find the same sexual satisfaction with women his age? No. (page 18-23)
- Will Humbert get a taste of “it” again? No, and furthermore he lost money. (page 24)
- Will Humbert leave for America with his new wife? (page 27) No, and furthermore he finds out the wife is cheating on him, which means a delay and financial hit because of divorce
- Will Humbert be satisfied in his life? (page 33) No as he admits himself to sanitariums
- Will Humbert lodge at the Haze residence? Yes as he sights Lolita (however this sets up his downward spiral). (page 39)
- Will Humbert make physical contact with Lo? Yes, but no more than playful touching (and this build up his downward spiral and obsession). (page 44-55)
- Will Humbert “do” Lo? No, but he has learned to tame his mad passion (page 60)
- Will Lo forgive Humbert after Mrs. Haze told Lo that H approved of sending her to camp? Maybe No as she hit him; definitely yes as she hugged him upon departure (page 65-66)
- Will Humbert leave at Mrs. Haze’s request in her confessional love letter? No, and furthermore he plans to marry her so he can stay close to Lo (page 68-71)
- Will Charlotte marry Humbert? Yes (page 74)
- Will Charlotte possess Humbert for her own (by demonizing his past loves)? Yes (page 80)
- Will Humbert come up with a plan to stop Mrs. Haze from sending Lo to boarding school after camp? Yes as he comes up with a plan by drowning Mrs. Haze in the lake, BUT Humbert doesn’t have the guts to carry out the plan (page 84-87)
- Will Humbert convince Mrs. Haze to not go to England? Yes (page 91)
- Will Charlotte learn why the box is locked? No (page 92)
- Will Humbert acquire stronger sleeping pills? Yes (page 94)
- Will Humbert come up with a ruse to explain his secret diary? No, but Mrs. Haze has been killed, fixing the problem for him (page 97)
- Will Humbert learn what Mrs. Haze had written? No (page 99)
- Will Humbert successfully manipulate his neighbors to prevent any suspicion for his desire for Lo? Yes (page 101)
- Will Humbert get Lo unimpeded? Yes (page 102-111)
- Will they reach the Enchanted Hunter safely? Yes (page 111-117)
- a lot of tension here as H is driving like a maniac. At one point he nearly crashed if it weren't for Lo.
- Will Humbert "do" Lo? Yes (page 117-135)
- Tense sequence as H reflects on whether he should do it or not
- Will Lo learn what happened to her mother? yes (page 141)
- PART TWO
- Will H and Lo have a nice relationship? No (page 148)
- Will H convince Lo to keep secret their relationship? Yes (page 151)
- Will Lo get someone's attention with regards to H having kidnapped her? No (page 159-165)
- Will H recreate the memory of Annabelle with Lo? No (page 167)
- Will strangers find out about their forbidden relationship? No (page 169-171)
- Will they continue traveling around the country? No (page 176)
- Will H keep the neighbors away from their lives? Yes (page 180)
- Will H find Lo's savings? Yes, but she still has a secret stash somewhere. (page 185)
- Will Lo get to know/date other boys? No, and furthermore… (page 188)
- Will Lo tempt H with one of her friends? No (page 192)
- Will Pratt convince H to let Lo participate in activities he had forbidden her to join? Yes (page 196)
- Was a party with the boys a success? No (but Lo is only pretending) (page 199)
- Will H convince Lo to stop lying to him and conspiring against him? No, and furthermore Lo runs away (page 204-206)
- Will H find Lo? Yes, and furthermore Lo wants to get out of Beardsley (but this is a ploy) (page 207)
- Will their new journey be without incident? No as H suspects Lo might be communicating with someone else (page 215)
- Will Detective Trapp capture H? No (page 216)
- Will they shake off Trapp? Yes (page 219)
- Will H find Lo? Yes, but she is hiding something from H (page 224)
- Will H confront Trapp? No (page 229)
- Will things go back to normal routine? yes (page 236)
- Will Lo give a "show" to a stranger at the pool? yes (page 238)
- Will Lo be treated for her sickness? Yes (page 243)
- Will H and Lo leave town of Elphinestone? No as Gustav picked her up from the hospital (page 246)
- Will H get clues on where Lo and Gustav are? No (page 252-253)
- Will H lose his mind? No, and furthermore he befriends Rita who helps him get to California (page 259)
- Will H resume his search for Lo, but risk losing his mind once more? No, but Lo sends him a letter, revealing her location (page 261-266)
- Will H kill Lo's husband? No (page 268-271)
- Will H find out who had kidnapped her? Yes (page 273)
- Will H find out what happened to her? Yes (page 277)
- Will Lo return to H? No (page 279)
- Sequence after this is H reacting and reminiscing on Lo, realizing the evil he had wrought her.
- Will H find Quilty? Yes (page 291)
- Wll H kill Q? Yes (page 304)
- Will H be captured? Yes (page 307)
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