Lurie wants justice done for these acts of violence and Lucy to flee back to a more conventional lifestyle, but he is forced to recognize that he will never be able to truly understand her or anyone else in the novel, leading him towards a revised understanding of reconciliation.Īfter the atrocities that occurred during apartheid South Africa a system called the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, TRC, was set up in which people voiced their grievances, with no legal action being done, only to have the truth be made public. Lucy will not talk to him about what happened to her, and more telling, she will not leave her land, even if it means that she could be in danger of its happening again. Intruders rape Lurie's daughter, Lucy, locking him in the bathroom, and then set him on fire. Coetzee's Disgrace focuses on David Lurie's inability to understand the Other, as portrayed by his university colleagues, his daughter, and his daughter's South African neighbors. With the backdrop of post-apartheid South Africa, J.M.
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