Well i started to get slightly obsessed with the color RED in Lolita and i am finding myself getting yet again slightly obsessed with another color in PF, BLUE. durring my, oh i dont know, fourth or fifth time starting the commentary over again i started to realize that the word blue, and azure, are all over thenovel. is it a way to express the sadness that follows John Shade around? Blue seems to be a color of sadness or at least for me it does. and throughout reading PF i find myself feeling somewhat sad for shade.... he seems to be a man that just goes along with the flow... and doesnt want to hurt anyones feelings. and not that that is sad, but to have an existance where all one does is try to make people happy and feel that they are so wonderful, like Kinbote thinks he is, is sad to me. again i feel like my thoughts are confusing, but i am getting used to it since i feel pretty much confused everytime i read nabokov, especially PF!
anyway back to the color BLUE. Sexson even in class today, said that it is all over the place.... i have decided i am going to try to count how many times the color in any shape or form comes up in the text to see how many times its there.... for some reason i feel that if i can get myself to count there might be 999 times that it shows up.... but thats just a guess... everything with Nabokov has some sort of twist and weird connection so who knows..... maybe he was particular in how many times he used that color..... ill keep you posted if i can make myself get that crazy about blue while reading...
