Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Lolita, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Perversity, Obsession, and Art
Suburbia and American Consumer Culture
Exile, Homelessness and Road Narratives
Life and Literary Representation
Women, Innocence, and Male Fantasy
Patterns, Memory and Fate
Summary
Analysis
John and Jean Farlow help Humbert Humbert to load up his belongings for the trip to fetch Lolita. Just before he goes, Jean corners him in the hallway and tries to kiss him; he doesn’t let her. She expresses the hope that they will someday see one another again.
Once again, Humbert is irresistible to the adult women he is incapable of being interested in.
Themes
