1. Proofread carefully. 2. Use MLA Style for headings, in-text citations, Works Cited. Italicize the title of the novel, Disgrace. 3. Cite the two articles you researched in your paper with in-text ci

DISGRACE ROUGH DRAFT

Miami Dade College

Camila Hernandez

July 16, 2019

My Perception of David Lurie Power and Disgrace

There are different types of books and literature in the market, but only some have won the booker prize, such as as The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, The Remains of the Day by Kazugo Ishiguro. And they all develop a story that leaves us a message. Nevertheless, Disgrace, a novel by J.M Coetzee, shows how David as one of the main characters, who have different types of women around him. But his strong and arrogant personality ends up disgracing his life and affecting the lives of the women around him.

The first woman to analyze is Soraya, a prostitute that Lurie used to visit once a week. He used to meet his needs with her, a beautiful and experienced woman. The author of the book focuses on how Lurie feels a power with her as if it belonged to him. He mentioned, “he puts down the telephone. A shadow of envy passes over him for the husband he has never seen” (Coetzze 9) after she left the escort agency and Lurie persisted in finding her and even hired a private investigator to obtain her real name and contact information. This can be interpreted as he transformed into something that was never with his two previous wives now that he realized that he was losing his lover and his power with her.

The second women is Melanie Isaacs who is a student from the university where Lurie used to work until they found out about his relationship with her and be accused of sexual harassment. She was a sweet and innocent woman who didn’t know exactly what she was doing, and just let herself be carried away by her professor’s influence and experience to have sex. the author shows the power that Lurie has with Melanie and how it can be interpreted as a violation. According to Barnard’s essay (2013):

“a tension captured brilliantly in David’s thoughts after intercourse with Melanie: ‘Not rape, not quite that, but undesired nevertheless’ (Coetzee 25).2 The ‘not quite that’ could imply that David avoided violence and yet the “undesired” shows a lack of consent. Melanie had in fact clearly said ‘no’.” (p. 2)

The third women is Lurie’s daughter, Lucy…

Conclusion….

Works Cited

•  Barnard, Lianne1, [email protected]. “The Politics of Rape: Traces of Radical Feminism in Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee.” Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, vol. 50, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 19–29. EBSCOhost, doi:10.4314/tvl.v50i2.2.

• Coetzee, J. M. (2005). Disgrace. New York: Penguin.