The British Library
Briony, the main character of Atonement, tries to atone for her crimes through writing. However, it is not until she is an elderly women that she is able to achieve writing her redeeming novel. Many people have this problem as a young writer, as their imagination is not mature enough to handle large imaginary worlds and problems.
The Imperial War Museum
Briony has the advantage of working with a world that existed, Britain and the British during WWII.
The Imperial War Museum
As a woman during WWII, Briony would have seen many new job opportunities open for her.
The Florence Nightingale Museum
While remaining an author on the side, Briony decides to become a nurse.
The Florence Nightingale Museum
She attends the Florence Nightingale school of Nursing. There she follows the strict rules that Miss Nightingale set for her nurses and her hospital.
The Florence Nightingale Museum
Like Miss Nightingale, who wrote prolifically, Briony continued to write throughout her life- even after she was no longer a nurse. From seeing her maturing mind and continuos writing we can get a glimpse inside the mind of someone coming of age as a writer- especially during one coming of age during war time.
I really like your pictures from this week. The last one I didn't see while we at the museum. Your comments under the first picture capture Briony so well. Having read the novel I feel as though you were able to sum up her as a young writer very well.
ReplyDeleteI too loved the choices you made in framing and selecting images that many of us went past too quickly.
ReplyDeleteI think your pictures were very successful as well! I like them and the explanations you provided with them. Your ability to relate them so easily to the book was nice too.
ReplyDeleteI really like your links between the images and discussion of the novel. The pictures you used are great!
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