The Lines That Continue To Separate Us Analysis

Useless to Mother Earth Metal, brick and glass walls are usually created to separate two or more places; however, the purpose as to why they are truly built has been in question for thousands of years. In “The Lines That Continue to Separate Us,” David Newman explains that borders can either be places in which people develop dislike towards one another due to the fear of the unknown on the other side of the border, or they can be places in which the society can eventually learn to interact and collaborate with one another. He states that while borders can be profitable to a country, they can also create a divergence between the people living on each side of the wall. Gloria Anzaldúa also supports this claim in “The Homeland, Aztlán/ El Otro Mexico,” where she highlights the separation that borderlands create within societies. According to Anzaldúa, the greed of power creates injustice in many nations,

As explained by “The Homeland, Aztlán/ El Otro Mexico,” “borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish the us from them” (Alvarado, Cully 392). These group categorizations are the foundation of what trigger the society into creating a divergence from one another. Social affiliations are intoxicated by preexisting stereotypes and labels forced upon different individuals. David Newman also creates guilt and realization towards the public by admitting that “we are all cognisant of the fact that borders create (or reflect) difference” (Newman, 147). Walls, made up of either brick or metal or glass, symbolize privacy, and restriction. This restriction creates stern differences between communities that are oblivious or unfamiliar with one another; correspondingly, these differences create fear and concern. The differentiation between the savage versus the civilized and the wealthy versus the poverty-stricken influences