Blog for the week of October 23rd

I think that Briony did acheive atonement in the story, at least in her own mind. I do have sympathy for her because it seemed like she internally struggled for the remainder of her life. She finally seems to come to terms with it at the conclusion of the novel. Paul Marshall did not reach atonement, he obviously has a dark secret that he is trying to compensate for. It never reveals if he came clean for what he did, but I doubt it. I just don't know how he can live with himself. As for Cecilia, I think she reached her atonement for not helping Robbie get out of jail. She said she would wait for him and she indeed was not lying. She always believed him and loved him, so it seems to me that she came to terms just like Briony did.