Portfolio entry #14 "Across the Great Divide"

The title of the article "Across the Great divide" refers to the division that still exists between East Germany and West Germany, despite the fact that the Belin Wall had been blown down many years ago. The fall of physical barrier seems not to have knocked down the social, economical, cultural and political ones. The differences between the two sides are still of notable consideration.

As regards the macroestructure, the article is made up of twelve paragraphs.
The first two paragraphs deal with Berliners' personal experiences: these paragraphs are devoted to explain what the daily lives of an Ossi ans a Wessi are like.
The third paragraph illustrates the current physical condition of the Wall.
From the fourth to the tenth paragraph, the social, cultural, political and enocomical situation after the Fall of the Wall. More precicely, paragraphs number four and five give an explanation of the political division; paragraph number six and ten deal with a sociocultural analysis; the following three paragraphs depict the socioeconomical situation; the eleventh, states the invesment of money on reunification; and the last paragraph reveals the similar attitudes that the western and easter Berliners share.

Source: Wallace, Ch. (1999). "Across the Great Divide" in Time. Nov. 15. pp 22-26.