Read the excerpt from "mending wall." something there is that doesn't love a wall, that sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, and spills the upper boulders in the sun; and makes gaps even two can pass abreast. the work of hunters is another thing: i have come after them and made repair where they have left not one stone on a stone, but they would have the rabbit out of hiding, to the yelping dogs. the gaps i mean, no one has seen them made or heard them made, but at spring mending-time we find them there.

whom does the speaker blame for the gaps in the wall?

a. himself
b. his neighbor
c. nature and hunters
d. rabbits and dogs

C. nature and hunters

In the excerpt, the author blames nature and hunters for the gaps in the wall. Nature does not love the wall, and through natural phenomena tries to destroy it. It swells the ground under it, knocks the upper boulders, and makes huge gaps. Moreover, hunters sometimes destroy the wall as well to get a rabbit out and please their hunting dogs.

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.

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