My IOP presentation is about Lucy and how her character portrays white guilt which is one of the main themes of the novel, Disgrace. soon after I started reading the novel, I found an interest in the issue of white guilt which arose among the white population of South Africa during the Post-Apartheid Era. I argued how this great guilt that Lucy bears reduces her to the state of dogs; the same state the blacks were in during the Apartheid regime.
I don't think my "hook" was effective enough to grab the audience's attention at the beginning of the presentation. I do, however, think that the photo of a sign of a public domain prohibited to blacks and dogs in the middle of the PowerPoint was very powerful and expressive of the phenomenon that emerged during the Apartheid Era that the black race was almost equal to state of dogs. I related Lucy's white guilt to many individuals of her race at present and how she feels she is taking responsibility for the wrongs that they committed over the previous centuries.
Visual Aids used:
1- PowerPoint slides:
The slides didn't hold enough visual effects to impress the audience aside from some pictures.
The backgrounds of the slides were green since the color is most commonly known as that of guilt
2- A Charcoal Drawing of Lucy:
Quite original and catchy
ð Rough representation of Lucy's physical features and signs of guilt (small wrinkles and bags under the eyes caused by insomnia).
ð Words in relation to the theme written in the background: "White Guilt" and "body = tax"
In general, I am satisfied with my topic and presentation aside from its failure to reach the allotted time. I believe I reached the purpose of understanding Lucy's character's relation to white guilt as well as that of a lot of the white race today and how they are copping with the huge burden their ancestors bestowed upon them in the past. This is the general idea of what I was trying to achieve through my presentation.
