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IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze’s house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they’re not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. |
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I want a specific kind of book. Any suggestions?
I’m thinking about writing a novel from the perspective of the antagonist. I want to present the story in such a way that people think my main character is the good guy and is trying to save the world, but at the end of the book the reader finds out that who they thought was the hero is actually the villain, and who they thought was the villain trying to stop the main character was actually the hero.
The main character’s plans end up not being altruistic, but self-fish and greedy, and the reader doesn’t know until the end of the book. I want to tell the story from the perspective of the antagonist, and delve into the reasons why the bad guy does the things he does and how he truly thinks he’s the good guy making the world better through his actions.
I’ll just add that I’m not talking about a book that switches POV between antagonist and protagonist. This book should be told completely or mostly from the antag’s POV, and the reader should be lead into thinking he is the hero, so to speak, but readers only think he’s the hero because the antag thinks he the hero; think in terms of delusion. So, I’m not really trying to deceive the reader, or anything. I’ll give you a real world example of what I’m talking about. Hitler probably thought he was doing the human race a favor by exterminating Jews. We all know it was wrong, but in Hitler’s mind, he probably thought he was right. I want this book to be from Hitler’s perspective, lol.
Can you name me any books that follow this sort of idea? Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is one such example, but I want something that’s in the realm of sci-fi, fantasy, or paranormal - I read few of these types of books.
Also, I know there are many young people in this section, so if you don’t know what antagonist is then it’s the villain. Protagonist is more of the hero-type. All the books I’ve read follow the standard format of the hero saving the day, but I haven’t read anything from the antagonist’s perspective, yet.
Thanks for any suggestions.
@Whortleberry - the reason I want to read books that take that format is because I want to see if it works, and if it works then I want to see how the author makes it work. It would be difficult writing a book like that and making it believable, so I’m not sure if I want to jump in without seeing IF it can work.
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexi may fit the bill - it’s definitely a book with that sort of a twist.
mannon | Jan 31, 2010
Well, this isn’t a book, but you should really like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. I know it sounds stupid, but it really, really isn’t. Find it on hulu.com, because I think it sounds a lot like what you’re trying to write.
MathNinja | Jan 31, 2010
I know you are an excellent writer from reading your posts. The idea of your proposed book sounds intriguing. But pretending to myself that I am reading your book, I must admit that I would be disturbed to find out, near the end of the book, that I had (stupidly) been backing the wrong horse! Dumb me, I would think, here I thought A was good and B was bad, but it was the other way around — how could I have been so dumb? And a book that makes one mad at oneself is not necessarily one’s favorite!
Don’t know whether others might feel that way. I’m sure you will handle the literary situation well, however. Let us know when you have a manuscript, okay? I’d like to read it.
Whortleberry | Jan 31, 2010
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