“Self-reflection” can be defined as a tentative means of exploration based on the assertion that reality consists of objects and of events. How clear they are in “human consciousness” and not in something independent of human conscious experience, where the self becomes an object for itself. The novels give the notion of “self-reflection” in “Atonement” by Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood. Both of these novels are associated with palpable revelations of introspection. Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement" declared "a conversation with modernism and its dereliction of duty", as a result it draws attention to its apprehension for modern history and the moral principles of fiction. . The novel insinuates that the modernist inter-text of the novel is a “pre-text.” This is a fabricated form of text, fictitious to suppress the real reason. For self-examination and atonement, a reliving of the author's ethically disturbing early works. Atonement revises modernism and McEwan's early fiction in the reversionary sense of the term. By trying to ask for forgiveness, to mark, to name and to positively atone for the wrongdoings of the past. Besides "Briony Tallis", the protagonist's one lie clearly had a ripple effect on the other characters. The characters in the novel were also given the opportunity to atone for their lives. The character “Robbie” is the most expressive about guilt, regret, and salvation because he thinks about it in a “Dunkirk” way. His wishes were quite simple, to be acquitted of raping Lola. Completely clearing his name would be considered a form of atonement that would launch him into a new life. However, an additional difficulty develops inside Robbie, a realization that a greater and more ... middle of paper ...... throughout the first section of the novel. Later, when she begins to write her own books and tells the story of Robbie and Cecilia in her own modern way, she overturns her childhood belief in simplicity and unity of interpretation. Today, she believes that interpretations are numerous and ambiguous and that as a writer she does not have to provide clear messages to her readers. The protagonist steps back again for fear of misunderstanding and only offers vagueness. She ends up believing that this is not enough and that her lack of enthusiasm to understand is instead an act of weakness. Author McEwan explores the fragile nature of interpretation and the limits beyond which readers are no longer justified in making insinuations and verdicts. This message lies at the very heart of the "Atonement" which was born from "self-reflection »..”