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I argue that he does not change in the novel, even though he goes through rehabilitation, after murdering lizzie parks, his elderly neighbour. Pat barker in border crossing uses her dialogue, characterisation, narrative perspective and character parallel techniques to encourage the reader to feel sympathy towards the character danny, even after committing murder. Border crossing is a novel written by english author pat barker, and first published in 2001 the novel explores the controversial issue of children who have committed murder, in particular the aftermath after their sentence is served out. Danny miller in pat barkers border crossing a study in.