31 dic 1939 anni - Robbie is released from prison

Descrizione:

Robbie is released from prision and has to join the war he briefly meets Cecilia and they send letters, they also plan to have a holiday in a cottage but it never happens due to the war

shows other crimes outside of briony could be seen to take blame off of her or to make her crime not seem as bad
Briony's criminality

'Prison had made him despise himself' 'He had shrunk in every sense' - McEwan shifts blame onto Briony in order to show how Briony manipulates evidence