The Impossibility of Atonement
A Blog Dedicated to the Novel Atonement by Ian McEwan
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
“I like to think that it isn’t weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair, to let my lovers live and to unite them at the end." (351)
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What has always mystified me about the end of the novel is why, if Briony was so desperately seeking atonement, she decided not to tell the ...
Saturday, December 10, 2011
“It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point. The attempt was all” (351).
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“The problem these fifty-nine years has been this: how can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcome...
Monday, December 5, 2011
"Hidden drawers, lockable diaries and cryptographic systems could not conceal from Briony the simple truth: she had no secrets" (5).
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In Peter Matthew's article "The Impression of a Deeper Darkness: Ian McEwan's Atonement, " he analyzes the doubts brought ...
Sunday, December 4, 2011
She said the pieces had simply come away in her hand, but that was hardly to be believed" (262).
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It's all about the vase. The reason why I despise the inclusion of the rejection letter in part three so much is simply the vast amoun...
Saturday, December 3, 2011
"Might she come between them in some disastrous fashion?" (302).
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Briony's rejection letter is easily my least favorite part of the novel. While we don't really get to see Briony's original manu...
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