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In the novel Atonement written by Ian McEwan, we as the readers learn more about the novel through interpreting the actions of the key character, Briony. At a young age Briony falsely accuses someone of a crime and spends the rest of her life trying to atone for her actions and redeem herself. Through the novel she undergoes three main actions, the false accusation, and the two main actions she undertakes to atone for her sins; joining a hospital as a nurse as penance for her sins and rewriting…

The stories main protagonist Briony first came across as being a self-absorbed brat. This impression seemed to be verified when she was more concerned with perfecting her play than her cousins’ unfortunate predicament. However, over time Briony is built upon as a character and is given depth. She is no longer painted as being just egocentric; instead she turns out to be an imaginative yet neglected child. Her father rarely appears in the household because of work. While Brionys’ mother is…

Ian Fleming came from a very well off family. However little was ever expected of him as he earned terrible grades in school (“Ian”). He ignored the normal route of students and instead of choosing Oxford or Cambridge he choose to study languages around Europe including German, French, and Russian. Before the war he spent time as both a merchant banker and a stockbroker after he failed the Foreign Office exam. Ian Fleming went on to become the assistant to the director of Naval Intelligence and…

Alexander Fleming was born Scotland on August 6th, 1881. Throughout his life he fought in the Territorial Army, discovered the world's first antibiotic, and received the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on March 11th, 1955 in London. His discovery revolutionized modern day medicine. Alexander Fleming was born in Scotland but moved to London to go to school. While there he joined the army. When World War I came along,he was the assistant to a bacteriologist. This is where he became interested…

The story of Atonement truly begins when Briony witnesses the fountain scene between Robbie and Cecilia. Being a thirteen-year-old young writer, Briony’s limited understanding of the scene, where two adults have expressed seemingly unusual behaviours, has pushed her to evolve as a writer, and going from “fairy-tale castles and princesses”, to a modernist writing style (McEwan 39). Her initial attempt to portray reality under the modernist notion of truth is done by presenting it from different…

Ian McEwan is one of the most outstanding modern English writers. His novel Atonement was published in 2001 and it became a real event in the cultural life of the whole world. This novel remarkably differs in style and content from the earlier books of Ian McEwan. It has no abnormalities, descriptions of atrocities or sex. The book consists of four parts and the actions take place in three time layers. This is the novel researching such complex issues as guilt, forgiveness and atonement. The…

Chaucer though, uses Alison as a depiction of medieval women who had no amount of rule over their lives, and most importantly were the property of a male authoritative figure, being the father or husband. Atonement Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement is a book written in a third person perspective that focuses on various people in different chapters, however, the revelation later is that the book’s central character, Briony, in her later life is the author of the book.…

For quite a few years now, Humans have had the thought of cloning each other. This theory is mostly brought up when people talk about immortality, or military strength. One would think that as we are getting more advanced machinery, and technology, we would obviously want to evolve as a species. However, there are other ways to improve and evolve the human race that does not involve humans. Cloning human limbs and organs should be legal in the United Sates only for medical reasons, because it…

In the novel Atonement, McEwan shows the change of maturity and growth into adulthood and to begin a change in Briony’s’ life. Growing up, Briony has constructed a failure in rebuilding a family in an extent of breaking the Tallis’ bond, the world is built around emotional impacts and how the minds and feelings of people can begin a process of cope. Literary devices are the bond that builds the novels together in how both experience failures to communicate in the emotional impact of grief.…

In Ian McEwan’s book Atonement, a story of how a little girl with a creative imagination produces false statements that lead to accusations, division, and death, the primary narrator, Briony publishes this novel within a novel in the hope of achieving atonement for her actions. Does she? Well in the book I believe Briony thinks she has, but in my opinion, I don’t think she can achieve it fully. My reasoning, for if Briony gains atonement comes from two thought processes. At the end of this…