Globalisation

On the basic of the story" The Tomorrow -Tamer" as well as a picture of a pipeline construction, I wrote an assay on the culture-clash that usually comen with the "civilization" of a Third World village, and its possible consequences.

A cultural- clash is not as a matter of course and needs an activator to get the ball rolling. In the story "The Tomorrow-Tamer" Margaret Laurence deals with this point - the beginning of civilization, which is also visible in the pipeline photo, where the reader is shown an image of the change and the disharmony between nature and modern inventions.

The simple life in the village Owurasu in Margaret Laurence's story is affected by traditional values, religion, its own social structure and harmony, which are the opposite aspects of civilisation and culture-clash. The villagers have an every-day life and obey the elders' instructions. This way of life, which is orientated around nature, is put to the test by the start of the bridge building. This new object is a monument for the beginning of the civilisation and the reason why a village with cohesion splits into fragments.

The new arrivals present a new lifestyle with unknown opportunities for the village inhabitants. The change of earning money and working not only in the agricultural sector brings an unexpected reform to their way of thinking.

This infiltration of the bridge builders is followed by the disrespectful treatment of the villagers and the destruction of their holy place, which is representative of their faith.

This development and the split of the village establish two halves of the once whole community with opposite mentalities.

On the one side are the young people, who see future prospects in new opportunities for education and self- development. On the other, the elders of the village with a callousness adversity to