Part 2=Different Book?

July 13, 2011
Pages 175-201

This section of the book is very peculiar. There are no chapters unlike the first part of the novel. It is just paragraphs and when a new section begins there is a little break in the format.  There is a new setting (World War II, France), new characters (Nettle & Mace), even new dialect (the "f" word). It is almost as if this is a completely different book entirely. I believe McEwan does this to show a different style of writing and a different feel of the next portion of the story. He is conveying a different plot, the first part was about destruction but now it is about hope and determination. Even though this portion is sad and depressing due to the war, there is also some happiness. Robbie is determined to make it back to England to see his true love.The section ends with a letter Cecilia writes to him stating she will wait for him and he needs to “come back”.

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