![]() ![]() ![]() The tree features that can illustrate the character of the protagonist David Lurie are adversity, adjustment, and recovery. These events appeared to be turning in a book they began to change the outlook of the characters. However, they were not able to live a peaceful life for long: while they were walking their dogs, three African men tricked them, raped Lucy, knocked Lurie unconscious, and ravaged their home. After being involved in a sexual scandal at his workplace at University, David returns to the farm where his daughter Lucy lives. He is a divorced man in his fifties, who still remains sexually active. The author described David Lurie as “the once-powerful and respected David is left as a mad old man sitting among the dogs singing to himself” (Coetzee 212). Even though the characters David Lurie and Lucy Lurie have in common the suffering of facing traumatic sexual experiences, their conflict-resolution styles are very dissimilar due to their social environments and sexual genres. The author of the novel exposes the prospect of an adverse impact of social and political diversities on both favored and disfavored members of society moreover, Coetzee reveals different means of confronting the issues by two main characters. ![]()
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