Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Reading Log

The Jungle Book by Ridyard Kipling

1%-49% (approximately 80 pages)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
1%-15% (approximately 30 pages)

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In the story of Mowgli and his jungle life, much of the native tongue is used. For example, they call the fire a Red Flower and they call various other creatures either by an African name or a different nickname. Also, the seals use different names when referring to bachelors ( the seals call them holluschickie).

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When describing his memories, the narrator Humbert manages to describe his experiences with a melancholic, sad tone- almost as if he is romanticizing his life a bit. However, when he begins to describe his "nymphets", it is hard to not take him seriously as his tone is as serious as it was when he was describing Annabel before. 

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