Similarly, the novel Atonement proves forgiveness has the power of redemption through the challenges Briony faces. Briony is a young girl who likes writing and she is with a vivid imagination. When she is thirteen years old, she witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her sister, Cecilia and Robbie, the son of a servant. Her extended imagination and misunderstanding of adult motives lead to a terrible result to Robbie, which puts Robbie into prison. Therefore for the rest of her life, she is suffering from “the terrible thing [she] did” (McEwan 439). The challenges that Briony faces become evident when she realizes that she makes a wrong judgment on Robbie. After the Second World War explored, Robbie joined the fighting in France against the