by myself
...when I'm with them, I'm with someone, but right now I'm on my own.Lolita · 1962 — 第 18 / 30 章 · 5'00" · B2
Humbert Meets the Normal Guy, Explained：a normal guy
At the motel desk, a state trooper corners Humbert with a rambling monologue about being "a normal guy." He notices Lolita, asks who she is, and pries into Humbert's marriage. Humbert answers with a story about a wife who was hit by a car.
あらすじ
Humbert checks into a motor court with Lolita, and a state trooper engages him in a long, uneasy conversation at the desk. The man keeps calling himself normal, praises Humbert's ordinary face, and then turns to the girl, asking who she is. Humbert lies and says his wife has been hit by a car.
注目の表現
a normal guycouldn't help noticingpick upcome to think of it
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このシーンの表現
a normal guy
an ordinary fellow
The trooper keeps calling himself a normal guy, and the repetition makes the flattery feel menacing.
He kept calling himself a normal guy, which was the odd part.
このシーンの他の表現
- couldn't help noticing
noticed without trying
- pick up
stop and detain
- come to think of it
on reflection
- get carried away
lose self-control
- have a word with
speak to someone briefly
このシーンのメモ一覧
98 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
stop bothering you
Well, I wouldn't like to disturb you. I'll, uh, leave you alone if you prefer it.In fast speech want to reduces to wanna.
I get the impression you want to leave but you don't like to leave...absolute phrase: Me being a policeman works as a reason clause attached to the main sentence.
...because you think I'd think it looks suspicious, me being a policeman and all.stop and detain
He recalls a colleague picking him up, meaning the police stopped him, not that he got a ride.
One of our boys picked me up once.noticed without trying
He admits watching the guest but frames it as couldn't help noticing, as if it were an occupational reflex.
Tell me, I couldn't help noticing when you checked in tonight-- It's part of my job, I notice human individuals...Link part and of into one run.
Tell me, I couldn't help noticing when you checked in tonight-- It's part of my job, I notice human individuals...on reflection
He calls the girl little, then corrects himself with come to think of it, revealing how closely he watched.
She wasn't so little, come to think of it. She was fairly tall....Run think, of and it together without pauses.
She wasn't so little, come to think of it. She was fairly tall....escape from someone
I was thinking that you want to get away from your wife.seize every chance
I don't blame you. If I was married I'd take every opportunity to get away.conditional: The past tense in if marks an unreal condition, and I'd gives the imagined result.
I don't blame you. If I was married I'd take every opportunity to get away.it is no surprise
Gee, no wonder she's not here. You must feel pretty bad about that.gee whiz — A dated exclamation for surprise or sympathy, not for formal talk.
Gee, no wonder she's not here. You must feel pretty bad about that.speak to someone briefly
He offers to have a word with the manager, dressing up a favor as a casual chat.
You sure? Because I could easily have a word with George Swine.for my sake
I don't want you to take any trouble on my account.infinitive subject: The real subject is the infinitive; It just holds its place at the front.
It's his job to fix you up with something nice.have got to — Casual speech for have got to; avoid in writing.
...with a lovely girl, he should say to himself: "I gotta give that guy a lovely sort of comfortable, foamy bed to sleep in."hit out at someone
He pretends to defend the guest by threatening to take a swipe at the manager, mixing kindness with menace.
I don't like to hear things like that, because I could go take a swipe at him...very early morning
The guest dodges breakfast by saying they rise at the crack of dawn, which ends the invitation politely.
- ...me being lonely and normal-- - We have to get up at the crack of dawn.that is beside the issue
- I won't make any noise. - That's not the point.share a room between two
Two of the troopers agreed to double up. That's how I got the cot, sir.「Humbert Meets the Normal Guy」を読み解く
What's really going on
The trooper does not threaten Humbert once, and the scene is more frightening for it. He defines himself by the word normal — "It's great to see a normal face, because I'm a normal guy" — and then uses that claim to ask the questions a real policeman would ask: who is the girl, are you married, what happened to your wife. The young girl is the subject he keeps circling back to, and he describes her with a care that is meant to be noticed. He also offers help he does not need to offer, promising to speak to the night manager and fix Humbert up with a better room "for you and your lovely girl." Humbert lies about his wife and takes the cot away, choosing to keep the girl in the room, and the film offers no explanation for the stranger — he is either exactly what he claims or something worse.
Theme
DeceptionHumbert hides the truth about Lolita and invents a hospital story, and the stranger's questions push him into lie after lie.
IdentityThe trooper's whole performance is about the word normal, and Humbert survives the conversation by playing the ordinary father he is not.
このチャプターで学べること
- Endless praise of a normal face can be a warning.
- Couldn't help noticing makes spying sound accidental.
- Have a word with dresses up a favor as routine.
- The crack of dawn ends an invitation without a blunt no.
発音のポイント
- want to — In fast speech want to reduces to wanna.
- part of — Link part and of into one run.
- think of it — Run think, of and it together without pauses.
I didn't mean that as an insult.Humbert's quick apology after saying he is not 'with' anyone, keeping the stranger's odd talk from turning into an offense.
I don't blame you. If I was married I'd take every opportunity to get away.The trooper's remark about marriage, which sounds friendly but shows he is studying Humbert's reasons for being here with the girl.
I don't want you to take any trouble on my account.Humbert's polite refusal of the offer to arrange a better room, trying to end the conversation without appearing suspicious.
Not a bit. It's great to see a normal face, because I'm a normal guy.The line the whole scene turns on: the stranger's endless claim to be ordinary is what makes him strange.
このシーンについての質問
Who is the man who talks to Humbert at the motel?
A state trooper who happens to be staying there. He introduces himself as a normal guy, mentions knowing the night manager George Swine, and questions Humbert about the girl and his wife.
Why does the trooper keep saying he is normal?
It is his way of probing without asking directly. By insisting he is ordinary and knows the manager, he signals that he is watching Humbert and can cause trouble if he chooses.
What does 'get carried away' mean here?
It means to lose control of yourself and go too far. The trooper uses it as a joke about talking too much, though his remarks about the girl are exactly the kind that go too far.
Why does Humbert say his wife had an accident?
He needs an answer for why a man is traveling alone with a young girl. The story about his wife being hit by a car explains her absence and keeps up the picture of an ordinary family.
What happens to the cot at the end of the scene?
It is delivered for Humbert to sleep on, but he sends it away because the girl is already asleep in the bed — a small choice that tells the audience how the night will go.
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第 20 章cut it outHumbert Tells Lolita Her Mother Died
第 21 章cross your heartLolita Makes Humbert Promise
第 22 章a fine one to talkHumbert Forbids Lolita to Date
第 23 章the facts of lifeThe School Psychologist Visits Humbert
第 24 章have a nerveHumbert Grills Lolita After the Play
第 25 章come betweenHumbert and Lolita's Big Fight
第 26 章a fine pairHumbert and Lolita Are Followed
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第 28 章by any chanceLolita Leaves in Care of Her Uncle
第 29 章old flameHumbert Finds the Married Lolita
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