Beginning of Disgrace

First of all wow, this book is definitely not what I expected.  After reading the first few chapters I think it seems to be one of the most enjoyable books I have read in a long time.  Fifty two year old professor David Lurie is a very unique character which really helps the book move along.  Although I think he’s somewhat…crazy…I guess you can say I like to read about crazy old men? haha.  Throughout these chapters I did find a few theorists ideas pop up.  I found some of Derrida, Saussure and some of Rubin I think.  I think Rubin was the first I found in Disgrace.  On page 7 it says “If he wanted a woman he had to learn to pursue her; often, in one way or another, buy her.”  From this I found the idea that Rubin stated about women.  I may not be right here but I felt that it related back to the idea of women as being a gift and also…being able to buy a woman.  I found some Derrida in here as well.  This one was a little harder for me to find but I think it might work, hope so!  Derrida talks about the idea of truth and how it must be “proven”.  I think this relates to the section where he was presenting his story to the board.  Everyone takes a side and they feel that their side of the story is the “true” story.  Although this isn’t one of the longer blogs, I was more caught up in the story itself then I was while I was trying to relate this back to the theorists.  I’m really excited to keep reading and learn more about this crazy old man.  WOO!

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