Identifying and analysing Ian McEwan's use of a plot twist in 'Atonement'
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I can identify and analyse McEwan’s use of a plot twist in ‘Atonement’.
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Writers may choose to use a plot twist to subvert the readers’ expectations around life and people’s behaviour.
In ‘Atonement’, McEwan’s use of a plot twist may subvert our expectations of love and forgiveness.
To create an emotional plot twist, McEwan arguably uses idioms, juxtaposition, and plosive sounds.
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