The Great Gatsby Loss Of Innocence Quotes

HOST: Robbie’s loss of innocence was significant in the novel. Was it important to include his trauma in the novel?

MCEWAN: Robbie’s loss of innocence was significant throughout the novel because it was his social status that condemned him. When Robbie returned to the Tallis mansion after University he would work as a landscaper making sure that everything on the Tallis property was presentable. He didn’t get to relax and enjoy the summer like the Tallis children. His home was a petite cottage which he and his mother had lived in for several years as they both worked there and his father used to be the groundkeeper. When he was inappropriately removed from the Tallis mansion and charged with rape, his life disappeared. Accused of rape and

When Paul Introduced himself to Lola Quincey, he gave her a chocolate bar but didn’t give her brothers any. While he told Lola to “bite it” he sat back in the arm chair creating an uncomfortable sexual attraction. Lola loved the attention, especially from an older, wealthy business man that her cousins had known for years. He raped Lola because she was a young fifteen-year-old girl that was naive and listened to anything he said. Yet she defended him because he had already burnt her arms by holding her down before the family dinner. I would agree that Paul Marshall was deceitful as he left Robbie to suffer and take the blame for the crimes he committed. After raping Lola, Paul deviously walked back to the Tallis mansion and fell asleep whilst Lola was being questioned by the police. Paul realised that Briony would think it was Robbie so he didn’t have to cover anything up. Robbie was an innocent young boy that was just there to help, and Paul was aware of that. But because of his class it would’ve been impossible for him to get the help he needed to prove that he was innocent. Paul was deceitful throughout the whole novel and his class allowed him to get away with raping an innocent young