43 pages • 1 hour read
Atonement
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001
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Essay Topics
1.
Compare and contrast Briony’s character as a young girl and an old woman. How do these different versions of her differ? In what ways are they similar?
2.
How does the search for atonement function as a motivation in the novel? In your view, is Briony’s novel enough to atone for the past?
3.
Robbie and Paul are very different. In what ways do they function as doubles or opposite versions of one another?
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