July 18, 2011
Page 349
''There was our crime- Lola's, Marshall's, and mine- and from the second version onward, I set out to describe it. I've regarded as my duty to disguise nothing- the names, the places, the exact circumstances- I put it all there as a matter of historical record.''
This quote kinda makes me angry, because it seems as if Briony is trying to make herself feel better by also blaming Lola and Paul for locking Robbie in Jail and causing Cecilia's and her own life, destructive. Maybe this helps the guilt she feels. I guess they could be partly to blame since Paul was the actual rapist and Lola didn't help at all by defending or accusing. It makes me feel like Briony didn't really learn her lesson after all.
This quote is ironic to me, because Briony is the one to blame. It was her imagination and her lies that created this book. And now since almost everyone is dead she wants to publish the story. She also says that the story is historically accurate, which I highly doubt. Briony loves to tell lies, so parts of this story can be incorrect due to Briony's type of writing. She likes to manipulate and change stories to her liking. And is she isn't "disguising" anything, then how come she had to wai tuntil the character sin the novel were dead? Is this a cover up? Or did she really disguise something in the novel?
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