relations in the U.S. far more than any racial differences. The never ending struggle of the

"have-nots" to become one of the "haves" produces a frustration and feeling of oppression

that acts as a catalyst for spawning racial tensions. Minorities see the majority of wealth in

the hands of the white population and feel that the wealth is unevenly distributed. Whites

hear of government programs for minorities and feel as if they are lazy or just looking for a

handout. This occurs and stereotypes are formed. Combine all of this with the United States

system of "dual welfare"and the perfect environment for racial strife is created. In our

"classless"society of false hope the working class and poor are continually seeking

opportunities to excel that just aren't there. They have been led to believe that intelligence

and ambition are key contributors to one's success. This belief lays blame on the

unsuccessful themselves, even if they do possess ambition and intelligence. These people

are in a never ending cycle of struggle, followed by minimal rewards, which eventually

produces a frustration that sometimes leads to desperate measures. The Summer

game. I must emphasize that what is being told in the poem is from the personals point of

segregates the two from one another by contrasting the type of people they are with each

I let my neighbour know beyond the hill. This gives the reader something to think about.

lives we are to find the basis of our human nature, we must look to our early years, the

the wall seperating his property from his neighbours. This man, this person created by

poem we may understand to a greater extent why he does this. When the two start building

they are mending their friendship. These are all viable options and as we read further into the

to converse with one another (to a certain extent). The line directly after this comment

One way you can read Mending Wall by Robert Frost is that it is about a man who rebuilds

after the comment on the uselessness of the wall suggests that it is these kind of attitudes

the persona is wrong in some of his comments. There where it is we do not need the wall.

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