The Narrator in Robert Frosts poem Mending Walls, illustrates people

unwillingness to accept change. The narrator wishes that his neighbor

would take down the wall that separates them, as there is nothing to be
contained and there are no cows. With nothing to hold back the
narrator sees no purpose in keeping the walls there but his neighbor is
reluctant and sees the wall as an important measure that keeps the two
as good neighbors. As Spring arrives the narrator asks the neighbor to
remove the walls that separate them a notion the neighbor replies Good
fences make good neighbors. The neighbor is unwilling to change what has
been for years and despite the lack of purpose