Atonement Part 4 (London, 1999)🖋️ Flashcards
What is revealed in part 4?
That Briony wrote all the events in the book and that Cecilia & Robbie never were actually reunited
Where did Robbie die?
at Dunkirk - 2md reading its obvious he died at the end of part 2
Where did Cecilia die?
In Balham Tube Station during the Blitz
How has the narrative changed?
It’s now in 1st person
What is Briony’s motive for publishing her book?
She was diagnose with vascular dementia
this process will be slow…
but my brain, my mind, is closing down
I have…
vascular dementia… and there was some comfort to be had
I was…
elated and urgently wanted to tell my closest friends.
It has often been remarked upon…
how much good he did in the world. Perhaps he’s spent a lifetime making amends
briony referring to and commenting upon paul marshall
As for Lola - my high-living, chain-smoking cousin-
here she was, still as lean and fit as a racing dog, and still faithful
Lola would certainly outlive me…
the consequences of this are clear
If I really cared so much about facts…
I should have written a different kind of book
there was our crime -
Lola’s, Marshall’s, mine
how can a novelist achieve atonement when..
with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God?
I was not so…
self-serving as to let them forgive me
