Yet Another Brick in the Wall
“Mending Wall” by Robert Frost tells a story of two neighbors who, year after year, meet to mend the wall between their properties. The two neighbors have differing opinions on the necessity of the wall. The narrator of the story discusses the idea that the wall is not necessary, and the neighbor disagrees by saying “good fences make good neighbors.” The narrator in the poem has a very clear opinion of the necessity of the wall. He first states “there where it is we do not need the wall” since the wall is unnecessary because he already has an apple orchard and his neighbor has pine trees to separate them. When the narrator discloses this to the neighbor, the neighbors only response is “good fences make good neighbors.” The narrator seeks to create mischief by asking “why do they make good neighbors?” further stating that he would understand the purpose of this wall if he and the neighbor were to have cattle to retain on their properties. The narrator would also like to a
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Approximate Word count = 686
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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