6/11/2023 0 Comments Atonement ian![]() Her reality compared to her high-demand vision of life is called nothing but "dreams and frustrations." She entertains a high amount of self pity when she doesn't get what she wants and expects too much from the people and the world around her.īriony is losing her innocence from the moment "Atonement" begins. ![]() It is clear to the reader that Briony is a girl with an extended and vivid imagination. When we meet her, she has written a play called "The Trials of Arabella" which she also attempts to star in and direct. The narrator refers to Briony as a little girl whose effective status is as an only child.Įarly on her life, Briony discovers her passion for words and secrets. She was born in 1922 and the only mentioning of her birth states that it was "difficult" and triggered her mother's long illness with migraines and depression.īriony has two older siblings: Leon, who is twelve years older and living in London and Cecilia, who is ten years older and is living at home having just returned from school in Cambridge. When the story begins, Briony is 13 years old (although, I have to say some pages have her at 12 and others at 11, but for the most part, it is determined she is 13 years old on page 109). ![]() In essence, she is the author and the story is told through her eyes, although somewhat removed (see "Major Themes" for more on this point). Briony is the main character of the book. ![]()
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