People are determined to find a way to categorize books as
             great or not. It is impossible to come up with a set of
             guidelines and requirements that will enable us to dub a
             book as great. Everyone's view point is different. We have
             brought up the considerations of the book serving its
             purpose, and how important that purpose is. For a book to
             be great it should accomplish what it set out to do. It
             would be a rare thing for an author to accidently come out
             with something "great." The importance of the purpose is a
             subjective topic. What is pertinent to one may not be to
             another. The subject matter does not need to be dark and
             heavy for a book to be effective. A great piece of
             literature should have you walk away affected. There is no
             way you will be able to come to a general consensus on
             whether a book is great or not. Literature is based on a
             personal relationship between the reader and the novel.
             I found Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, to be a great
             book. Simply, it is a work of art. Nabokov uses such
             beautiful language. His poetry manages to make the reader
             strangely comfortable with a sinister situation. It is able
             to make you sympathize with someone you would not normally.
             This book also goes deeper, showing the complexities of
             The names of characters in the book show the
             duality in themselves. They have repetitious names such as
             Humbert Humbert and J.R.,Jr. These represent the competing
             natures within everyone. Throughout the book Humbert
             professes his unconditional love for Lolita. He assumes the
             role of a parent, even buying books on how to raise
             children. At the same time, though, he pays her for sexual
             favors. Every human being has desires which clash with what
             is accepted by society. What distinguishes Humbert from the
             majority is that he acts upon them.
             In Humbert we find a man with qualities we can all
             relate to. At ...