tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967938059414914228.post2450456114944275182..comments2023-10-14T05:17:56.139-04:00Comments on Reviews and Responses: Atonement Revisitedkjmlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628037024273294401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967938059414914228.post-60115111241379377762011-10-08T17:57:31.356-04:002011-10-08T17:57:31.356-04:00Hi Tom,
interesting that you put it that way (&...Hi Tom,<br /> interesting that you put it that way ("the destruction of a child's psyche . . ."), though that has not been my take.<br /> Seeing Briony as a victim, it seems to me, would completely undercut the meta-fictive "Moral", if you will, that overlies "Atonement". You see, I took the point to be that Briony stands in, so to speak, for McEwan, while we, the readers, stand in for her adoring family and fans of her fiction. To make that work, she has to be the willing perpetrator - the lier - not the victim. No? <br /> Just a thought. And thanks for looking in!kjmlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628037024273294401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-967938059414914228.post-79288570117071119422011-10-08T03:38:37.648-04:002011-10-08T03:38:37.648-04:00I agree - its a remarkable book. I wrote on my blo...I agree - its a remarkable book. I wrote on my blog about its synergy with L P Hartley's The Go Between which also focuses on the destruction of a child's psyche through getting involved with adult affairs.Tom Cunliffehttp://www.acommonreader.orgnoreply@blogger.com