Inner Conflict In Disgrace

Disgrace is the novel created by J.M. Coetzee to show the disparity of White people in South Africa in the post-apartheid period. The protagonist of the story, David Lurie, is the principal character who experiences the sense of self-shame to demonstrate how complicated and controversial people of his ethnicity feel to live in the country which alienates them more and more through the course of history. The principal conflict of the novel revolves around the way White people lose their authority after the centuries of authoritative domination over the Africans.

To understand the inner conflict of David Lure, it is necessary to look how monologic and dialogic speech in the story reveals the way in which character communicates with the world around. Limitation of David Lurie as a character could be seen in the focalization point the author allows readers to explore. Thus, it is understood how the conflict is born within the head of the professor. One of the first significant scenes where Lurie becomes obscured with the South African reality happens when his daughter is raped. The limitation of Lurie’s perception is obvious in the stage because he encounters the scene with limited ability to face the encroachment, “He stands on the toilet seat and peers through the bars of the window” (Coetzee 95). The next scene depicts how he moves towards the house to see what is happening, yet he becomes paralyzed with the splash of methylated spirits. Sensual, olfactory, and sound imagery