Log #1

Atonement

Author: Ian McEwan

        From the cover of this book, you may regard it as a romance story. However, its content is more related to the title, Atonement. Everyone will make mistakes, even saints will also make mistakes. This is what Atonement want to convey. Briony who likes writing is a twelve-year-old girl. Due to her misunderstanding of adult motives and her precocious imagination, she makes an error which will change her entire life. Not only her life, but also her older sister, Cecilia’s life is affected.

The story begins with Briony’s interest, writing the play. She has just completed a play about a princess named Arabella and a good doctor. There must be some reasons why Briony enjoys writing. It’s because she can control over the whole story. Moreover, her family also encourages her to develop her writing skills. As far as I have read, I think Briony is a pretty lucky girl. She has something that she really likes to do at a very young age. Furthermore, her family supports her to do what she loves. I totally forgot what I was doing when I was twelve years old.

In the chapter one, it doesn’t describe the interaction and relationship between Briony and Cecilia. It mostly talks about Briony’s writing and imagination. Even a twelve-year-old can write a complete play. She must be mature and have lots of experience of sundry respects. I think these elements are the foundations of the following story. The brief introduction on its cover has a perfect connection with the first chapter.