He is also in his twenties and has just returned from his university studies in literature at Cambridge. This is the young man we follow into combat during World War II in the middle sections of the book, as well as the character falsely accused of raping Lola Quincey by Briony Tallis. When he is falsely accused of raping Briony's cousin, he is abandoned by the Tallis family and sent to prison for three years. In 1939, when Britain entered the war, Robbie was given the opportunity to emancipate himself by fighting in France as a soldier. he does it. As the novel continues, it follows him throughout his tour of the front lines of Belgium to Dunkirk, where the remainder of his army must retreat to England across the English Channel. He is, however, injured by shrapnel and despite the bright and happy ending Briony gave him and Cecilia, died from his injuries before he could return home to England. In her youth, Briony considered Robbie a sex demon who could not be trusted. Although as she became an adult, she understood and truly understood what she witnessed between Robbie and Cecilia and, in a way, she grasps the gravity of what her lies caused. His way of making up for this was to construct an ending to the story in which Cecilia and Robbie end up together, happy and healthy. Briony admits that she is not directly responsible for their deaths, but if it wasn't for her stupid false accusations, then