In the novel, Lolita, written by Vladimir Nabokov, the setting takes place in New England during the 1950's. The protagonist is a man named Humbert Humbert who is fifty-four and has infatuations with nymph-like girls. The antagonist is Humbert Humbert's mental disorders, which lead him to his sick obsession with a twelve-year-old "nymphet" named Lolita. Humbert's conflict is man versus self because he is constantly dealing with his obsessions and infatuation in his head. Humbert's obsession with Lolita begins when he moves in with her mother, Charlotte Haze. In a freak accident Charlotte is hit and killed by a car, which gave Humbert custody of Lolita. Humbert takes Lolita on a two-year road trip across the country where they become intimate with each other. Lolita is suddenly kidnapped by a man named Quilty, thus preventing Humbert to see his daughter/ lover for about three years. During that period of years Humbert's mind goes wild as he constantly thinks about Lolita. After Humbert finds Lolita again, he finds Quilty and kills him. Although Lolita is married and is pregnant, Humbert is still in love with her and stays attached to his memories of her "nymphet" days.
             Humbert Humbert is a man of many character traits, therefore making him a round character. Humbert is round because he is a pervert, a madman, conceded, temperamental, jealous, vulgar, and violent. Humbert has an obsession with nymph-like girls who are more than half his age. " Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as "nymphets." (Pg. 16) Humbert's philosophy on life is being loved all the time makes him happy so he wants nymphets around him because they are too young to un
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