catchin up on the blog

Aldous Huxley is considered "the spiritual father" of the hippie movement. He was born in England in 1894 into a big family. He became a french teacher and also worked at a chemical plant. He completed his first novel at the age of 17, many of his novels were on pacifist themes.


Pacifism is the opposition of violence or to war as a way of settling problems or obtaining advantages.

Satire is a literary technique that uses humor and wit through sarcasm or irony.

Fascism is a principle in which one is devoted to their Nation, it's usually antisemitic and racist.

The world was affected by the Great Depression in many ways and many places. Australia was dependent on agriculture and industrial exports, the falling of export demands affected prices and wages. These effects increased unimployment. Canada was impacted by the economy falling and the Dust Bowl. It's industial production was the second lowest level in the world, the lowest being the United States. France had well self-sufficency so did not have as many problems as other countries did. However the increasing unimployment rate cause many riots. Germany depended on American loans to help rebuild their economy, sothey were hit hard. Many people were unemployed, they also could not repay the was reparations. Japan was not badly affected by the depression. In Latin America facist movement came about due to the effects from the depression. The Netherlands were in a depression due to the stock market crashes in the U.S. The United Kingdom was affected by the depression but not nearly as bad as other places. They managed to recover sommewhatg easily. The United States was greatly impacted. Unemployment was high and there was no welfare at the time. Poverty became very common in the unemployed and was starting to happen to those still with jobs. Loans were also called in so repossesion on items became very common. The rich were even affected due to investments and stock markets crashing, causing fortunes to be completely gone.



I still have to read the book so I'll do the next blog probably early next week.