Family is very important in this movie, like in previous movies we've seen. In The Devil's Own, Frankie goes to live with New York cop Tom and disguises himself as "Rory". By living with Tom, Frankie sees what the family he was robbed of as a child could have been. Tom effortlessly incorporates him into his family.
On Frankie's first night in the O'Meara household, he sits down to dinner with the family which parallels the scenario where he lost his father and his vendetta began. He sees how the family relates to each other and to him as if he were one of them. They say grace, pass each other food, and talk. Showing this level of family interaction solidifies how important family is to Tom.
This importance is a foreshadowing of how Tom reacts when he realizes that Frankie has put his family in danger.
Try to do more than simply restate the obvious. Look at the beginning and the end of the film--notice anything. write about that.
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