Disgrace
The novel by John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace, was first published in 1999. Takes place in South Africa, and it is placed precisely in the process of change towards the "new South Africa"; process that marks the end of apartheid, the white hegemony, white monopoly on legitimate violence. Disgrace, is well located in the turning point of a social organization that falls apart on their weight, losing their original nature to move to a new state of affairs.
Disgrace, relates the life of David Lurie, a white university professor, dispassionate; his work as a teacher does not motivate him, he does not get stand out as a writer, and he has come to a point where the only thing that fills him is sex. David has an affair with his student Melanie …show more content…
This is how Lucy falls into a depression after being raped by a small group of these people. I believe this is one of the most important parts of the book, with this acts of vandalism, Coetzee reflects in this novel a growing lack of disciplinary bodies, institutional punishment, while underground and illegal the punishment multiply. The rape is the ultimate expression of this type of surreptitious punishment that is generated not in the highest levels of social organization but from below, in society itself, in marginalized communities, where previously silenced ethnic groups have chosen to manifest, in the "darkest Africa". The rape of Lucy symbolizes and epitomizes the exercise of the new powers to punish, a non-disciplinary power, animal and …show more content…
His integrity, despite what his surroundings says, it remains unwavering, but it 's not like that. Lurie eventually realized that he cannot change what has happened, he cannot influence the lives of others, because he is anchored in a time that has passed and because he is unable to adapt to the changes. He can only resign himself, it’s too late for any kind of redemption; and it is at the end when he reaches the conclusion that he must let everything go its course, without interfering. Retire and wait a sweet death, as happens with dogs treated in the clinic, like him, are terminally ill. He understand, finally, that we are nothing for the world, and that the world continues its course, no matter what we do.
In general, Disgrace is a crude book that addresses the various events that can be faced in certain circumstances; events that start from particular characteristics in the characters, as well as situations beyond their control, and when they peer outside they lead to rethink their lives, to modify them
The novel by John Maxwell Coetzee, Disgrace, was first published in 1999. Takes place in South Africa, and it is placed precisely in the process of change towards the "new South Africa"; process that marks the end of apartheid, the white hegemony, white monopoly on legitimate violence. Disgrace, is well located in the turning point of a social organization that falls apart on their weight, losing their original nature to move to a new state of affairs.
Disgrace, relates the life of David Lurie, a white university professor, dispassionate; his work as a teacher does not motivate him, he does not get stand out as a writer, and he has come to a point where the only thing that fills him is sex. David has an affair with his student Melanie …show more content…
This is how Lucy falls into a depression after being raped by a small group of these people. I believe this is one of the most important parts of the book, with this acts of vandalism, Coetzee reflects in this novel a growing lack of disciplinary bodies, institutional punishment, while underground and illegal the punishment multiply. The rape is the ultimate expression of this type of surreptitious punishment that is generated not in the highest levels of social organization but from below, in society itself, in marginalized communities, where previously silenced ethnic groups have chosen to manifest, in the "darkest Africa". The rape of Lucy symbolizes and epitomizes the exercise of the new powers to punish, a non-disciplinary power, animal and …show more content…
His integrity, despite what his surroundings says, it remains unwavering, but it 's not like that. Lurie eventually realized that he cannot change what has happened, he cannot influence the lives of others, because he is anchored in a time that has passed and because he is unable to adapt to the changes. He can only resign himself, it’s too late for any kind of redemption; and it is at the end when he reaches the conclusion that he must let everything go its course, without interfering. Retire and wait a sweet death, as happens with dogs treated in the clinic, like him, are terminally ill. He understand, finally, that we are nothing for the world, and that the world continues its course, no matter what we do.
In general, Disgrace is a crude book that addresses the various events that can be faced in certain circumstances; events that start from particular characteristics in the characters, as well as situations beyond their control, and when they peer outside they lead to rethink their lives, to modify them