Briony must have longed in her heart that Robbie could yell at her, just like her own fictional plot, to expose her hypocrisy and selfishness. She must have imagined those words Robbie scolded her countless times in her mind, but Those can only be imagined, just like the happiness that Robbie and Cecilia ultimately failed to achieve in reality. But who can really admit that Briony finally returned Robbie and Briony's happiness? Not getting is not getting, and missing is missing. No amount of repentance and self-torture can make up for it. After all, Robbie and Cecilia failed to usher in the happiness they long for in life. But for Briony, it is so important to put her confession into words. Unlike her sister and Robbie's death and untimely death, she lived to the end of the age with heartbroken self-blame. When she was 19 years old, she is now terminally ill, and the memories of those teenage years are more and more vividly circling in her mind. She recorded that story in words. This is a ritual for her, a ritual of self-salvation. In the text, Robbie and Cecilia were finally able to live their happy lives in the house with "white walls and painted blue window lattices" by the sea, and forever and ever.
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