Despite its simple, almost folksy language, "Mending Wall" is a complex poem with several themes, beginning with human fellowship, which Frost first dealt with in his poem "A Tuft of Flowers" in his first collection of poems, A Boy's Will.<span> Unlike the earlier poem which explores the bond between men, "Mending Wall" deals with the distances and tensions between men.</span><span>The poem explores the contradictions in life and humanity, including the contradictions within each person, as man "makes boundaries and he breaks boundaries".</span><span> The poem also explores the role of boundaries in human society as mending the wall serves both to separate and to join the two neighbors, another contradiction</span>
One of the major outcomes of Polk’s expansionist policies in the Oregon Territory was that massive numbers of settlers rushed to the area in the hopes of starting new lives--leading to a great deal of political disorder.
One of the advantages was that the old mom & pop stores were no longer practical, because the corporations were more convenient. You didn't have to ride around to go to seven stores anymore, you would just go to the big-block store and get everything you needed there. Furthermore, corporations provided a large amount of unskilled jobs - previously, the largest part of the "American dream" was to go and start your own business, farm, etc., but now you could go get a job at a factory or supermarket, so the job market was diversified. Those are just two, but I'm sure you can think of more!
