![]() ![]() This raises the question, what does it mean to be an educated person? If it implies to be sophisticated, righteous, and intelligent, then Lurie is simultaneously all of that and none of it. Shamefully (or admirably?), Lurie is aware of his actions but continues to live a life pursuing his desires while under the guise of an educator. Instead, Lurie is estranged from his students, as well as to the reader, largely due to his vanity and sexual appetite. “Passionate” is not a word Lurie’s students would use to describe him “ecause he has no respect for the material he teaches, he makes no impression on his students,” (Coetzee, 4). The novel follows the protagonist, David Lurie, who is a 52-year-old professor at Cape Technical University. Coetzee’s novel, Disgrace, but no one was prepared for how beautiful or destructive it would prove to be. This sentiment ignites the flames of J.M. Perhaps that is why when someone in the teaching profession falls from grace, stark distinctions are made between right and wrong. Yet, teachers cannot escape being placed on a pedestal given their position of authority, which increases in esteem depending on the level of education. It is until we mature and view teachers as more than mere instructors, that we realize the nonsensicalness of the previous notion. Teachers’ personal lives were inseparable from their educational vocation. I, like many children before, believed in the misconception that teachers lived in schools. Learn from Pain or Ignore It: A Book Review on J.M. ![]()
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