"Mending Wall" --p532 #3
"Mending Wall" --p532 #3
3. The neighbors meet to mend the wall. One neighbor has pines, the other (narrator) apple orchards. One believes the wall is necessary, one wonders why that is. The narrator does not see the need for the wall, the neighbor thinks "Good fences make good neighbors", so clearly, he likes his privacy and enjoys keeping people at bay. You cannot be bothered by a neighbor, if they are not allowed in to bother you. The wall is destroyed by hunters passing through, as I understand it, so the wall plays the part of a barrier in the world. I think the narrator has a more balanced view of the world, and thinks perhaps, the wall would not have to be mended yearly if there were no wall. The other neighbor enjoys the wall, and his privacy.
3. The neighbors meet to mend the wall. One neighbor has pines, the other (narrator) apple orchards. One believes the wall is necessary, one wonders why that is. The narrator does not see the need for the wall, the neighbor thinks "Good fences make good neighbors", so clearly, he likes his privacy and enjoys keeping people at bay. You cannot be bothered by a neighbor, if they are not allowed in to bother you. The wall is destroyed by hunters passing through, as I understand it, so the wall plays the part of a barrier in the world. I think the narrator has a more balanced view of the world, and thinks perhaps, the wall would not have to be mended yearly if there were no wall. The other neighbor enjoys the wall, and his privacy.
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