![]() ![]() Coetzee shows the detrimental effect social and political changes can have on both the privileged and the underprivileged within a flawed society, specifically in areas of race and patriarchy. ![]() Through the exploration of racial and sexual relationships juxtaposed alongside a constant reminder of South Africa’s dark history, David Lurie has a dramatic identity change. However, what sets Disgrace apart is the way in which Coetzee explores these themes through his white protagonist, David Lurie, and the suffering he inflicts and experiences first hand as a result of prejudiced socio-political agendas. Coetzee’s controversial novel Disgrace (1999) explores many of the conventional themes one would expect from a novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, from racial discrimination to injustice. I will analyse the suffering that Lurie both inflicts and experiences, including his ‘disgrace’ at the beginning of the novel before exploring how and why he reaches a new state of grace and serenity in the novel’s closing chapter. This essay explores these issues in direct response and correlation to David Lurie. Coetzee explores discrimination, both of a racial and sexual kind, as well as motifs of violence linked back to South Africa’s history. Coetzee’s Disgrace and how these affect the protagonist, David Lurie. This essay sets out to explore and analyse the socio-political events that take place throughout J. ![]() The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. ![]()
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