One of the secrets being kept in this story from the readers by the author is Lola's secret that she had sexual intercourse with Paul Marshall and not Robbie, whom everyone thought it was. The secret was first presented when Briony saw Lola in the grass with a man. Lola was scared when Briony said "she saw him" for she did not want Briony to know it was Paul. Briony got Lola to admit that it was Robbie after saying "Listen to me. I couldn't mistake him. Ive known him all my life. I saw him." I believe that Briony wanted it to be Robbie because she had a crush on Robbie and Robbie was having feelings for her sister Cecilia. It felt to me to have been jealousy and it was a way back of getting revenge.
This secret is related to the secret later in this book when Briony claims to have visited her sister and Robbie to apologize. It is later when we found out that the event did not really occur. Just like this secret, the reader is not told until later that it was not Robbie and really Paul Marshall.
I think this secret is extremely significant because it was was made this book. If we knew all along that it was really Paul Marshall and not Robbie, Robbie would not have went to jail or war, and neither would he have died at war (this being the majority of the book). Cecilia and Robbie most likely would have spent their life together and the entire book what had to have been the complete opposite from what it was.
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I agree with Rose in the aspect that this specific secret was put in the story because it was necessary. The secret being Robbie not raping Lola and the whole story line was made for the story because it was needed in the story for it to truly live up to the title. Atonement includes satisfaction for a wrong. Therefore the wrong being Robbie being wrongful accused and the satisfaction or lack there of, follows.
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