Atonement Big Ideas

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Lying leads to lack of trust and failure of relationships

Lying can become out of control

Even small lies can greatly change somebody's life

Moral and ethical consequences can shape our identity

That all narratives are lies- novilists ask us to enter into an unspoken agreement to suspend our beliefs and have faith in the events and people constructed. McEwan positions us to see this agreement for what it is - a lie and that novels like all art are only representations of reality after all

Atonement uses Brionys central lie to show us the multifaceted and complex nature of 'truth'. McEwan represents several (apparently different) perspectives on events to illustrate this.

VALUES

family

fair and truthful trials for all

Ideological position:

Thakes a stance about the war and how the main victims of these horrors is not the soldiers or the nurses but are the civilians who have no protection and who are generally innocent from all war crimes yet get the greatest punishments.

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