Briony's limitations and how she views herslef

What are Briony's limitations?
Briony is limited in the fact that she believes that everyone will interperate her writings the way she wants them to be interpreted. For example she thinks her brother will understand after watching her play the Trials of Arabella that it is time for him to settle down and get married. She also lets herself see what she wants to believe. For example she has this preconceived notion that Robbie is evil and her sister is good. Therefore when she sees them having sex she assumes Robbie is attacking her sister, and later says that Robbie is a rapist. She lets her mind dictate what she sees rather than her eyes. Briony is also a very selfish character who only considers her own needs. While she might seem like a helpful selfless person because of her desire to help, her desire to help is driven by her need to feel wanted and loved, not the pure need of helping others.

-what defines Briony
Writing defines Briony. A majority of this book talks about her love and passion for writing, as well as how she loves the clearness and certainty or her writings. In my opinion what Briony fails to realize is there is not certainty in her writing because it often makes no sense. Examples include the “ambiguous sunlight” How s sunlight ambiguous? Briony’s actions as always trying to be helpful also define her. This is exhibited through her desire to save her sister, to becoming a nurse, to right her wrong of convicted Robbie of rape. However she is also an extremely narrow minded and impulsive character, which she herself fails to acknowledge. She sees things not for what they are or could be, but rather what she wants to see them as.

-how Briony defines and uses her imagination
Briony definantly considers herself to be an imaginative person. She is constantly writing stories and therefore assumes she has this grand imagination. In reality I find Briony’s character to be close minded, since her imagination sees only what she tells it to see. She defines things in her head, such as who is a good person and who is not. Her imagination does not stray from this course, instead it follows it very closely. I would consider somebody and imaginative person if they imagined and then came to a conclusion, not had a conclusion and them imagined.