People are determined to find a way to categorize books as great or not. It is impossible to come up with a set of guidelines and requirements that will enable us to dub a book as great. Everyone’s view point is different. We have brought up the considerations of the book serving its purpose, and how important that purpose is. For a book to be great it should accomplish what it set out to …showed first 75 words of 612 total…

…showed last 75 words of 612 total…for you. Lolita is a great book to me because it places common situations in a new light. It made me walk away thinking about the book long after I finished reading it. And if you stripped away all metaphors and societal comparisons, I would still consider it a great book because of the story alone. Maybe we are not meant to judge literature by greatness, but people will nevertheless continue to try. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**