City vs Village Life

City vs. village life

Basic Points:

I. Define city and village life & trend and customs (Para 1 ,2 ) 

II. Health, education & communication  (Para 3, 4) 

III. Life activities & demerits (Para 5, 6 ) 

IV. Pleasure of Village & activities (Para 7, 8) 

V. People and life & Conclusion

    

     A city is a vast built up area where a large number of people live and work. Life in a city embodies all the bright and the dark shades of a civilized life. A village, on the other hand, is small town situated in a country area. Village life is calmer, quiet, pure and peaceful than city life but it also has some demerits. Neither city life is perfect nor is village life flawless. There is no single opinion about which is one better because the merits of city life are missing in country life but the advantages that the latter offers are not found in the former.

“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.”             -William Clement Stone

   

Life in a city introduces us to the up-to-date trends and tendencies of the age. Its highways and by-ways, its places of entertainment, its facilities, its buildings and banks, its colleges and universities help its people to enjoy liberty of thought, speech and action. While most villagers live like squirrels locked up in the cages of feudal lords. However, village life is closer to the great customs and golden traditions of our forefathers. The people there feel pride to observe their customs. They love all and hate none.

          “I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.”                                     -Julius Caesar

   

  Cities are the center of trade and other activities. People are provides with modern amenities. Adequate facilities are available for education and health. There are many educational and technical institutions. The city dweller are usually more advanced and enlightened than the people living in villages. They are more prosperous as they are more educated and trained. They also enjoy better medical facilities. There are large hospitals and specialists are easily available for the treatment of complicated diseases. The country-men move towards these cities for treatment of their diseases and education.

“I love capitals; everything is the best at capitals.”                                 -Lord Chesterfield

   

  The sources of entertainment, communication and transportation are easy accessible in a city Newspaper and magazines are within the reach of everyone. Television, internet and smart phones are big sources of information and entertainment.  These are rarely found in villages. Moreover, in cities, one lives among the educated people where points of common interest are discussed and the exchange of views becomes another sources of information. Cars, buses, wagons and many other forms of vehicular traffic are available for transportation in lesser 

  

    “This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.”                                

   –Plato

   A city offers many kinds of recreation and amusement parks and playgrounds which attracts people of all ages. People work all day long, and need entertainment for relaxation. They can enjoy food of all types. Cultural, musical and drama shows organized by different organizations are a source of great enjoyment for the people and visitors. Moreover, the city life provides man with a lot of chances of progress. From specialist to a layman (common person), all can find something of their interest in city life.

“God made the country and man made the town.”                        - William Cowper

  However, the city life is not all comfort and blessing. Cities are full of din and clamour, haste and hurry, crowd and congestion. There is no peace of mind, no leisure and no contentment in cities. There is neck-break and cut-throat competition everywhere. Most of the city dwellers are like hollow, stuffed men. In contrast to this, the villagers are large hearted people. They are simple, innocent, kind and hospitable. The respect and help each other. This is the reason we say that a urban life is a far cry from a rural life.

“Clearly then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.”         - Desmond Morris

     The pleasure of a country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live.  There is an abundance of natural scenery, refreshing greenery and pure light atmosphere. One can enjoy one’s fill to marvelous and matchless beauty of sunrise and sunset. Flourishing fields, flower meadows, gurgling brooks and chirping birds are there to feed our eyes and ears upon. The food is fresh and pure.  Vast, open, clean atmosphere and smokeless air does an immense good to our lungs. In contrary, air is polluted, houses are ill-ventilated and food is not pure in cities.

      “Anybody can be good in the country.”                                              -Oscar Wilde

  The population of a village consists of farmers and a group of artisans like carpenter, blacksmiths, shoemakers etc. The main occupation of majority is to grow food and other necessary crops. They live a very difficult and tough life. They have to do their work whether it is raining or is unbearable heat of the burning sun. There is no special fun for villagers however the marriage ceremony and the village fair are among the most amusing events of the village. On these occasions they show their feelings of joy and pleasure.

              “When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.”                  -

William Hazlitt

    Most of the villagers are rough and uneducated. They are given to countless prejudices and superstitions. But they are free from the corruptions of city life.  They are honest, sincere and sympathetic. We find more sincerity, more humanity and more fraternity in villages than in cities. The village life is life of struggle and poverty but it has not dampened the spirits of our countrymen. The gusto and sincerity with which they celebrate religious and seasonal festivals show their zest of life.

                 

  “A village is such a piece of glass where nothing unobserved passes.” 

  -Charles H. Supurgeon

   In a nutshell, both city and village life have pros and cons. Although the village life has hardships and lacking of many modern facilities of life, it has its own peculiar charm. It is natural and pure. The city life is somehow artificial but has a lot of its advantages over country life.  The villagers grow crops and provide food for the country. Crops make a large part of our country’s economy. City dwellers do technical work and the stability of country owes to them as well. Therefore, both these patterns of life are necessary for the survival and development of human race on the global scale.