Across The great Divide Entry #14

Across the Great Divide

Twenty seven years after having been demolished, the Berlin wall still continues influencing the west and the east citizens’ lives in Berlin .It might have been assumed that after the demolition of the barrier that had sliced Germany in two, not only the lives of the Germans would have been restored but also Germany itself. Easterners still earn less money that the westerners who also live in better conditions and are more likely to be successful bosses or to have successful marriages. Despite the fact that the great divide is no longer a real division in Berlin, the consequences of its construction still linger across Germany.
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Regarding the article´s macrostructure,  we can identify the title and the pictures which gives us a clue about what the article is about. Reading the title " Acorss the great divide", looking at the pictures, reading the subtitles and also reading the month in which the article was pubished (november: the anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin wall  ) gives us a hint that the article may be related to the Berlin wall. 

• Regarding its semantic organization we can identify instances of

Exophoric References: Ossi, Wessi, Berlin, Germany 

Endophoric Refereces; through the use of pronouns( it, they, he, his, their)

Semantic field: Words reated to the Berlin wall ( to slice, to split, west berliners, east berliners, counterparts, citizen, side, barrier, to collapse, half, border, to come down, reunified country)

Synonims:  Wall- Barrier- Border
                   To slice- To split
                   To come down- To collapse
                   Half- Other side

Repetition of words: Wall, Berlin , East, West, City, Dissapointment

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1st and 2nd  Paragraph: Introduction: Ossis and Wessi`s Life in Berlin
3rd Paragraph: West and East Berliners
4th and 5th Paragraph: Present events
6th, 7th, 8th 9th,10th Paragraph: West and East Berliners
11th Paragraph: Ostalgia for the old life
12th Paragraph: Reunification
13th Paragraph: Conclusion