BA #6 Atonement

Atonement is full of secrets. The novel itself is built on the secret and the consequences they have. Briony starts of the novel by misinturpreting the encounters between robbie and Cee, number one by the fountain, number two the letter, and number three when she walks in on their moment in the library. I think Briony's jelous of how Robbie wants Cee and not her, in her small mind she cannot see past the crush she has on him. Ultimatly she destroys her family. Briony's distain for Robbie is aparent on page 119 when Robbie goes to ask the twins a question and Briony advises them not to answer. In her childish mind she is trying to protect them , but she really has no clue. It is all to aparent she has already condemed Robbie. Later when the rape is confirmed she is all too quick to swear she saw Robbie, when in reality it is quite obvious it wasnt him. Again, class plays a part in this situation when the Robbie is accused and convicted on the word of a hartbroken, cold, child. Briony condems Cee and Robbie, new love birds to a life apart. With a book built on nothing but emothion, I felt nothing but disdain for the spoiled, babied, child who tore her world apart in seconds. Even in part two where she goes and tries to apologize and make ammends with her sister, I feel is she is doing it for her own selfish reasons. The true test of strenght comes in the end, the last page of novel, where all comes together and is revealed. Attonement is Briony's gift, her apology to Robbie, Cee, her parents, her cousin, and ultimatly to herself. "When I am dead, and the Marshalls are dead, and the novel is finally published, we will only exist as my inventions... The problem these fifty nine years has been this: How can a novelist acheive attonement..." She gave Robbie and Cee the time they so desperatly yearned for and deserved, the years they never had together. Inher selfishness she gave them the one thing she yearned for, the chance to take it back. All in all, i admire the courage Briony had to expose the true story, even after fifty nine years of living a lie...