What Purpose Does Confused Identity Serve in Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

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Roles of Confused Identities in Books
Development of human beings is not full without their identity. Psychologically, identity occurs to all growing human beings who would want to have some sense of self and personal development. In such development, the roles it plays may be different from what most people may be thinking. How an individual will picture himself or herself may not be the same as how other people will see them. Most people have defined what and how they expect the community to behave towards them. In most cases this is betrayed because of some identity confusion.When they do things differently from what people expect, understanding them becomes difficult. What comes out is some lessons for observes or the people they are interacting with.[Dennis, Rutledge M. "Biculturalism, self-identity and societal transformation." Research in race and ethnic relations 15 (2008): 1-267. Print.]
The roles of confused identities are clear in two books, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and Invisible man by Ralph Ellison. There are several instances when confused identities and people have brought different lessons and views than what was expected. The roles that this confusion plays, twists the fate and direction of the stories. The characters get themselves to different points of which they are tested according to their identity. It comes out that what people are using as tests and gauges are not what the real characters are. Here is an explanation of how the two stories bring out the confused identity and the themes it brings out to readers.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
In summary, the book reveals the love issues between Humbert and Annabel. After the death of the girlfriend, Annabel, he gets into some marriage arrangements with an older woman whose daughter impresses him. After a short time, the marriage fails, he gets into series of other relationships with younger women, who are sexually striking and dynamic. When he settles in America, he gets in love with Lolita. Lolita is the old woman’s daughter to whom he was married and divorced. It is this relationship that leads to several issues while he stays in America. When things get sour between him and Lolita refuses to accept his advances, another man begins to follow their moves. The man is investing on the turmoil that the affair is facing. The intentions are to win Lolita which later happens through kidnapping. He later sets an ambition to pursue the kidnapper and Lolita, giving unclear descriptions about the man whom he believes is behind the act. He succeeds by trapping him in his house and murders him. The murder case ends in jail where other issues arise as he uses the opportunity to his benefits. Several issues of confusion are in the story. Most of them are personality issues, which people confuse for results that do not come as their expectations.[Nabokov, Vladimir V. Lolita. New York: Knopf, 1992. Print.] [Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books. New York: Random House, 2003. Print.]
In the story, confused identity serves roles as explaining how people could not have their self-controls, how they get into other traps and how others get the...