Responsibility: Phil realises, after spending more time at work than at home with his family, his responsibility as a father to his children, and learns to reduce the amount of time at the office, and spend more time at home, with his family. We see this in the following scenes:
· Phil staying late at the office, trying to get the newspaper together in time.
· Phil at home, not knowing that his eldest daughter’s birthday is tomorrow.
· We then see Phil attending his daughter’s birthday party, giving her a cricket bat, and her hugging him. Phil looks much more relaxed and happy.
Grief: Both Meryl and Nick are grieving over the loss of their fathers. We see Nick having flashbacks of how badly his father was suffering, before he died. Meryl sees death everywhere, and this fear is heightened with the death of her father.
Compassion: Nick shows compassion towards Meryl, consoling her over the death of her father, while visiting her at her home. Phil shows compassion towards Nick, after hearing about his cancer. Phil quits smoking, and puts Nick’s photograph of Julia on the front page of the paper. Meryl shows compassion and understanding to Nick, and understands why he treated her the way he did, after learning about his suffering of cancer.
By Steph
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