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Dr. Sexson brought to our attention Jared's blog where he writes, "Nabokov is once again dealing with the immortalizing of character. By appealing to the readers to imagine Humbert, they are keeping him alive in the text and continuing their interest in the text." The self reflective quality of the book is a convention of metafiction, which could be classified as a literary device used by fiction writers. Nabokov does use this element in Lolita, which Jared pointed out, but uses it in other novels as well as I'm sure we will discover. If you want to learn more about metafiction click and wikipedia will give you a decent explanation with examples. If you are interested in the idea of immortalizing characters, maybe think about the responsibility of the author. Forever Humbert Humbert will live his life everyday to those very words that Nabokov writes and is only the person Nabokov writes. Humbert Humbert may never have wanted to be a pedophile, but thanks to Nabokov he is. Check out Paul Auster's novel Travels in the Scriptorium where the characters imprison their author.