Readers will find that “Eli is perhaps the most endearing killer [they] will ever meet” (Christie). As a result, these conflicts lead Eli to yearn for a better life. Both, Atonement and The Sisters Brothers demonstrate how one’s conscience can alter how they perceive and make decisions in the same world through one’s emotions and one’s choices. To begin, in the novel Atonement, due to the lack of maturity in Briony and Lola, the emotions they experience affect how they perceive the world. Firstly, Briony feels this immense burden, that she needs to return a favour to Cecilia. Cecilia is always taking care of Briony and protecting her when the “monsters” under her bed scare her. Thus, when Briony reads Robbie's private letter for Cecilia, she interprets the letter as a threat to Cecilia’s life and not the love Robbie is showing through the letter. When Briony finds Cecilia and Robbie making love in the library, Cecilia quickly pushes past Briony due to the awkwardness of the situation; however, Briony perceives the situation as if Robbie is hurting Cecilia instead and in return
Readers will find that “Eli is perhaps the most endearing killer [they] will ever meet” (Christie). As a result, these conflicts lead Eli to yearn for a better life. Both, Atonement and The Sisters Brothers demonstrate how one’s conscience can alter how they perceive and make decisions in the same world through one’s emotions and one’s choices. To begin, in the novel Atonement, due to the lack of maturity in Briony and Lola, the emotions they experience affect how they perceive the world. Firstly, Briony feels this immense burden, that she needs to return a favour to Cecilia. Cecilia is always taking care of Briony and protecting her when the “monsters” under her bed scare her. Thus, when Briony reads Robbie's private letter for Cecilia, she interprets the letter as a threat to Cecilia’s life and not the love Robbie is showing through the letter. When Briony finds Cecilia and Robbie making love in the library, Cecilia quickly pushes past Briony due to the awkwardness of the situation; however, Briony perceives the situation as if Robbie is hurting Cecilia instead and in return