Mending Wall Critical Analysis

Throughout time, literature has always raised several types of questions. As we grow and embark on the journey to further our education, these questions formed through literature get tougher and tougher to answer, and sometimes even find. Every literary work should raise a question in your mind, and leave you with information that you must use to come to a well thought out, elaborate answer. However, these questions could be answered very simply, or never be answered within the work. “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck , “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather, and “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, all raised the central question, “In what way does uncontrollable factors affect how one lives their everyday life?” Although each of these beautifully written works answer the question differently, they all have something in common.

“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, is a very well written book, with a very deep theme. This novel brought about so many questions in my head, many of which could be answered within the text, however not all of my questions were answered. This book offered a multitude of answers to the central question, “In what way does uncontrollable factors affect how one lives their everyday life?” For Example; Lennie’s incompetence, or his lack of understanding of …show more content…
The central question, “In what way does uncontrollable factors affect how one lives their everyday life?” is answered by telling a story of two neighbors who are separated by a commodious wall. The narrator, didn 't understand why the enormous wall was necessary, but the neighbor was very persistent and only said “Good fences make good neighbors.” This frustrated the narrator because he didn 't understand why the wall was needed. He tried everything to convince the neighbor that the wall was unnecessary but his attempts all were very unconvincing.

“Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder

If I could put a notion in his