 In her analysis of Miller 's fiction , Rose Secrest connects this theme directly to one of Miller 's earlier short fiction works , quoting a passage from " The Ties that Bind " , published in the May 1954 edition of If magazine : " All societies go through three phases .... First there is the struggle to integrate in a hostile environment . Then , after integration , comes an explosive expansion of the culture @-@ conquest .... Then a withering of the mother culture , and the rebellious rise of young cultures . " 
