Many critics consider David an oppressor. “He is a predator, an exploiter: an attitude and behavior visible most clearly in his relationship with Mélanie, one of his students. » (Sarvan). David is an oppressor, he sleeps with smaller, younger, shy and passive women. His sexual relationship with Soraya is described as calm and docile although he is intense but not passionate. It can be implied that his sexual desire is a way for him to show his dominance and the act of imposing his dominance towards his "exotic" (8) preference would suggest that he is showing that he is the superior race. Lurie's relationship with Melanie is also interpreted in several ways: he forces himself on her, but he says she didn't resist, but each time he forces himself on her, she turns away from a manner as if “she was going to die within herself for good.” duration” (25). David should get a good vote though, once the truth gets out about his relationship with one of his students, he's not ashamed to defend what he did. He pleads guilty to the charges brought by Melanie Isaacs, but he refuses to say that he feels guilty for sleeping with a student, even to save his job and benefits. David Lurie adds new disgraces to his name, but remains true to