walls are put up to isolate one area from another, whether it separates the inside from the outside of a house or prevents a dog from leaving the yard. In addition, people put up walls of their own. They could do it to avoid someone, hide a certain side of themselves, or just as a barrier. In the poem “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost uses symbolism to demonstrate people put up barriers to separate themselves from other people and will not let people break traditions because it is difficult change. Barriers between two people can limit their connection. The barrier one person sets will only let their interactions go so far. In the poem, the two neighbors have a wall built between their yards. However the one neighbor realizes “there where it
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Especially when the routine has not been altered for a long time. Every year the neighbors would meet at the wall and fix its gaps, both staying on there side of the wall. When the one neighbor wants to take down the wall the other one disagrees, not only does he not want to break the barrier in their relationship, but does not want to end their yearly tradition. In fact, “He will not go behind his father’s saying” (Frost). His father's saying represent the barrier between the two. The one has had this tradition so long, going all the way back to his father, that when his neighbor wants to change it there is no way he can do it. People do not like changes in their life and always like to follow their routine. Taking down the wall would interfere with the one neighbor's life, even though it does not seem like a big deal, and the change would be too difficult for him. Opening up to his neighbor would pose many obstacles and challenges which is why he put up the barrier in the first place, so there were limited to meeting once a year. Even when other people suggest change it is difficult to change especially a tradition that has been kept for so long. The barriers people build between each other are hard to change even if change is wanted. Especially depending on how long those barriers have been in place. The barrier can be set in stone because when people make up their mind it is hard to change
Especially when the routine has not been altered for a long time. Every year the neighbors would meet at the wall and fix its gaps, both staying on there side of the wall. When the one neighbor wants to take down the wall the other one disagrees, not only does he not want to break the barrier in their relationship, but does not want to end their yearly tradition. In fact, “He will not go behind his father’s saying” (Frost). His father's saying represent the barrier between the two. The one has had this tradition so long, going all the way back to his father, that when his neighbor wants to change it there is no way he can do it. People do not like changes in their life and always like to follow their routine. Taking down the wall would interfere with the one neighbor's life, even though it does not seem like a big deal, and the change would be too difficult for him. Opening up to his neighbor would pose many obstacles and challenges which is why he put up the barrier in the first place, so there were limited to meeting once a year. Even when other people suggest change it is difficult to change especially a tradition that has been kept for so long. The barriers people build between each other are hard to change even if change is wanted. Especially depending on how long those barriers have been in place. The barrier can be set in stone because when people make up their mind it is hard to change