Cassandra ClareLook, did you ask me to come all the way uptown just so you could stare at me like I was something in a petri dish? Next time I'll send you a photo."" And I'll frame it and put it on my nightstand, " said Jace.
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The characters in the novel "Lolita" are having an argument. The protagonist, Humbert Humbert, is trying to convince Lolita's boyfriend, Jace, to come spend time with her. He refuses to do so because he is uncomfortable with the idea of being around someone who looks like a child. To resolve the conflict, Humbert offers Jace an alternative for his discomfort.
He suggests that Jace could view the girl as a "petri dish," where he can see her and examine her like a specimen in some scientific experiment. This is an odd way of showing how uncomfortable Jace is by putting his mother in a petri dish.
Source: City Of Glass
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