... be introduced into the story, when they move into their new street. The characters in 'Neighbours' are more of a mystery compared to the characters in 'Stolen Car'. The reader is only given an insight into the characters profile from the authorial background. The first characters to be introduced into the story are a young couple, a female who works in a hospital, and a male whom is working on his thesis to develop his twentieth century novel, a reversal in gender roles. From the beginning of the story to the end there is a clear change in values and attitudes. At first the couple appear to be snobbish and arrogant, but as the story progresses and so to the time in which the story is set, they learn to relax and understand the traditions of their foreign neighbours, to become more tolerant and with the birth a their child ...

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