... unfit to be conveyed to history? Could it be because we cannot handle the unsettling effects of the misinterpretations of the truth? The big question here: How can Briony truly ascend to atonement if the one that determines who deserves what is the writer herself? Briony is unable to actually atone for her mistakes at the end of the novel. She ... ...

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