A paralyzing epiphany

Within the various works of James Joyce, there appears the points in the books and short stories where there are paralysis and epiphanies, these are well implemented by Joyce in the story of "The Sisters." There appear within the work a few paralysis and epiphany moments, some literal and some not, for example, when the Priest is paralyzed his is literally paralyzed, he cannot move. Then there are events that are both paralyzing and epiphanies, like when the boy finally realizes that the Priest is dead, he is having the epiphany that the father is infact dead, yet he is paralyzed by the emotions he is feeling from a loss so overwhelming. These paralyzing and epiphany moments appear most evidently in the works of James Joyce, but upon closer inspection one can see that they are infact present in all works.

Lucy's Voice

Since the story of "Disgrace" is told form the point of view of David Luries, we dont get to hear other peoples sides of the story. Lucy, David's daughter, plays a pivotal role in the novel aswell, yet we hear so little form her. A terrible event happens to Lucy, but we never really hear anything of it from her, David begins to suspect people and Lucy gives vague hints, but the full depth of her rape is never revealed. One could speculate that due to the lasting effects of aparthied and the gender distinction she did not want to do anything, however i believe that Lucy didnt really ever do anything because she heard the story of how her father got away with rape. The father is one of the most influential figures for a daughter so naturally she had heard about, and thought about what her father had done. Though we may never know what she had really thought, i speculate that she believe that what happened to her was wrong and horrible, but after what her father had done she realized that nothing would come of her telling the police.

Who is this David?

David Lurie is the main character of Disgrace he is a very unusual character, yet since the story is told through his eyes it gives the story a nice twist. The fact that the story is told from his views changes some very important facts about the book, like the idea of it not really bieng rape, this is one of the critical points in the book, and since we only get the information the David wants to hear we never really know some of the true events in the book. Through out the entire time David tries to maintain his complete innocence, that what he did was not wrong, and this angers the committee which causes him to be fired. His stubbornness gets him fired. David Lurie is, at heart, a good person but his numerous character flaws make it appear otherwise.

Miss Emily

Miss Emily would have the most boring and bland facebook site ever, she has so few talents that everything on the page would be plain, there would be nothing at attract people to her page because it would be so dull and uninteresting. She would have no one listed as a friend and she would attamept to keep it that way, infact she would never have a facebook because she lacks to will to go out and find other people. Over and over again she displays a disconnection between herself and society, and from this i dont believe that she would veer even recieve a comment on any of her pages.