The end of Disgrace

I have to say that I really enjoyed reading this novel. I think that I like this one the best so far. I really like that fact that David changed so much. I thought it was nearly impossible for such a sex crazed man to actually have feelings about something or someone that did not involve him gaining something from it. I think we started to see that he actually cared about someone other than himself when Lucy told him she was raped. He was actually more upset over it than she was. I personally would think that the victim would be more upset, but I think that David was because he realized that it is his daughter that was raped, not some prostitute that he “visits.” I think that because it was his daughter that was raped, he felt like he need revenge, which is why he turned his ways around.

There’s no surprise that Lucy was pregnant. I kind of figured it out from the last section that we read. Plus, Lucy and David also had a chat about pregnancy and women giving birth on page 63. David basically describes it as a gift, which is true. I think that Lucy deciding to keep it surprised David so much because it was a product of rape. I don’t think that Lucy sees it this way. I think that she too sees it as a gift, a life and this is why she decides to keep it instead of aborting it. I think that David, although he does not understand this at first, understands this later on when they start to develop a relationship.

One thing that I found kind of odd was the fact that Lucy herself did not want revenge for her rape. I think that because she is a lesbian, in a way, she “expects” this from a male. I think that this is why she doesn’t even care what Pollux, the man who raped her, does. Even when he’s sort of creeping around her and playing “peeping Tom,” I think that she just doesn’t care because he is a male.

Although I do think that David has changed in some ways, I do believe that a lot of the “old David” is still present. We can see this when he goes to stay with Melanie’s family. He wants her younger sister!! Come on now!! How low can this guy get? I just don’t get him!! Even after he returns, I still think that, although he cares about Lucy and kind of starts to act like a father, he still is the same person inside.

I am a bit confused about the ending though. Is Lucy going to actually allow Petrus to marry her? I wasn’t exactly sure about that part. I kind of wish that there was a book two or something to this novel. I am curious to know what will happen to theses characters. My guess would be that David, no matter how much he wants to change, will not change. As for the relationship between him and Lucy, I’m not exactly sure? What can you say to your sex-crazed father that hasn’t been around for almost your whole life? Can there really be a relationship here? I just don’t know?