Globalisation looms in the form of the airport and the need to extend to make way for bigger, longer and more runways to stay abreast of increasing economic demands of the global marketplace, eventuating in the compulsory acquisition of private property. ... Dennis is a small time conveyancing lawyer who knows little about litigation and is clueless in the realm of Constitutional Law. ... It is this belief that breathes life into the philosophy that "a man's home is his castle' and more important than "a driveway". ... Bonnie Doon is also seen to have a "sacred link", the house...

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But the one home that has remained a part of me for more than fourteen years is the little, single-story grey cottage surrounded by a bright green lawn, pink and purple flowers, and a breathtaking Atlantic Ocean view. ... Being a part of these parties since I was little boy has taught me the values in celebrating each other's backgrounds and heritage, as well as appreciating the quality time spent with loved ones. ... But more importantly, the little grey cottage in Souris, Prince Edward Island, has helped to make me the big independent man that I am today who values the stability and c...

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The author does not like the ways of the Victorian times and its patriarchal society and dees not waste any time with 'thoroughly British dissatisfaction' the author sets the scene early on with the estate agent when he describes the house to family and sets the image of a typical Victorian family with George being the head of the house, provides for the family brings the money in and makes all important decisions, the wife knows exactly what her role in the family is having to beg 'George to see about getting a nice house in the town for season' although she does go on...

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Willie Loman is an ordinary man who embodies traditional American values of success. ... "She more than loves him, she admires him, as though his mercurial nature, his temper, his massive dreams and little cruelties, served her only as sharp reminders of the turbulent longings" (Miller 1195). ... After realizing that he did not accomplish all the success that he wanted, or any success at all, he told his sons they needed to make a big business, but he told them to start big, instead of telling them to start from something little and then go big. ... He kept asking his sons, about ...

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In the foster home there were other kids, amongst them were a few babies and one seven year old little black boy named Harmon. Janie became to look to Harmon as her big brother and he was the only on she ever came to know as for the babies she could barely stand to be around them. ... While Leshaya was doing that she found a shoe box full of money, she had taken the money and figured she would go to Harmon's when she had showed up there he was not home but she was still invited in and had told Harmon's parents what was going on they had told her that she could stay there for a li...

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I am in a relationship with a man who has two children and as long as I have known him, he has put his children first. ... The children's birthdays are a little more than a week apart so we usually have one big birthday party for the two of them, where we all celebrate as a family unit. ... The man's ex-wife does not like that he got remarried and has never taken the time to meet the new wife. Instead, she creates a hostile environment between homes by explicitly voicing to her children her disdain for the man and his choice to remarry. ...

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"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy". ... Through her hardships Ellen faces a number of family members who only "want what the fancy people in their big houses got" Whilst Gibbons forces the readers to feel sympathy for the young girl, she allows the reader to feel close with her to once become a child again. Although only young, Ellen is far from naive and Gibbons cleverly portrays her to be an independent girl who can see anyone's undisclosed ambitions whether it be for power or wealth, "Aunt Nadine was only laughing at the smiley man becau...

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The old ideas have been hard to overcome, but as women have sought equal rights in regards to employment and social circumstances the shift has gotten a little easier, and both men and women are shedding their old roles. ... As the economy changes, a big impact is made on the family. ... If they end the relationship as friends or cooperative colleagues, they increase the ability for the children to cope with the divorce a little easier. ... Usually, the trophy wives are younger, thinner, better educated, and boost the older man's corporate image of being successful both professionally and...

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