ATONEMENT

We are doing the same exercise as with pride and prejudice (some posts below this one) but with the book atonement.

1. What sort of social and cultural setting does the Tallis House create? What emotions and impulses are being acted upon or repressed by its inhabitants?
A ritch family is showed almost instantly, this already gives us the context that maybe the problem will be involved in some aspects of the aristocrats family. This even could have some relationship with the tragedy drama in the old times. All the tragedy always happened to the ritch and powerfull people in the ancient plays.

2. A passion for order, a lively imagination, and a desire for attention seem to be Briony's strongest traits. In what ways is she still a child? Is her narcissism - her inability to see things from any point of view but her own - unusual in a thirteen-year-old? 
All children creates stories, adding things out of the truth, not for essentialy being bad, but because they have a fast mind and imagination.

3. Why does Briony stick to her "version of the story" with such unwavering commitment? Does she act entirely in error in a situation she is not old enough to understand, or does she act, in part, on an impulse of malice, revenge, or self-importance? 
Children stick so hard to their stories, that they actually end thinking that its true, even if they weren't sure at the begining.

4. As she grows older, Briony develops the empathy to realise what she has done to Cecilia and Robbie. How and why do you think she does this? 
This shows us that their actions were just guided by her childish mind.