Atonment part two key quotes

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But it wasn't where
he thought it should be - Robbie and the map
1 of 22
He also took the
dead captain's revolver - Robbie
2 of 22
It was a
leg in a tree
3 of 22
Dazzling the three soliders
as they rose into it
4 of 22
Bees
metaphor for the army
5 of 22
All who received it were compelled to
come and sting and die at the same place - metaphorical for people at war
6 of 22
My sons are brutes
They'll kill me - woman in the house
7 of 22
There was no pretending
that they would meet again
8 of 22
A whole civilisation
was about to fall - ironic
9 of 22
I'll wait for you
come back
10 of 22
They chose to believe the
evidence of a silly, hysterical little girl
11 of 22
The hand on
his throat again - Robbie, feeling Cecilia's pain
12 of 22
I get the impression she's taken
on nursing as a sort of penance - Cecilia about Briony
13 of 22
he lied his way
into sanity - Robbie
14 of 22
troubled him to think that she was destroying
a part of herself for his sake - Robbie
15 of 22
his thoughts had shrunk to the small
hard point of his own survival - Robbie
16 of 22
he would never forgive her
that was the lasting damage - Robbie about Briony
17 of 22
the mother seemed incapable
of running - 'the' definate article
18 of 22
an amo
bar - shows Paul Marshall's presence, reminds us it was him who commited the crime
19 of 22
like everyone else
Turner kept going - when a man was begging for water, shows what conditions of the war can do to a man
20 of 22
the intricacies were lost to him
the urgency had died - Robbie about seeing Cecilia
21 of 22
I promise you won't hear
another word from me - Robbie, ironic as doesn't wake back up, reader initially unaware of this
22 of 22

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Card 2

Front

He also took the

Back

dead captain's revolver - Robbie

Card 3

Front

It was a

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Dazzling the three soliders

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Bees

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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