Reflection # 7

Reflection # 7

I can’t believe I have read a 755-page history book! It’s been awesome.

Chapter 21 – It was only expected, at least I think, that all great things must come to and end at some point. It’s only part of life. The collapse of Europe was bound to happen like that of the United States’. Thousands of years later we have seen both of the countries fall more than once. These falls came in small ways and other in much larger ones. For example, the collapse of Europe was a huge one with the help of the wars and Nazi Germany. In the United States capitalism lead to the Great Depression and we still didn’t learn our lesson. Again, in 2008 our capitalism ways lead to yet another financial collapse. I’m appalled at all the wars that broke out in the last few centuries and the atrocities that came with it. Hitler is by far one of the worst people I have read out. Very disgusting. This was a sad but good chapter in terms of learning about the wars and their purpose though some not reasonable enough.

Chapter 22 – “At communism’s high point in the 1970’s almost one-third of the world’s population lived in societies governed by communist regimes.” (p. 660) My jaw dropped when I read this. This book really gave time a different meaning. 1970 feels like it was only a few years back. Hard to believe that communism ruled that late into the 20^th century. Communist feminism is one of the only good things I read about in this section. Women made a name for themselves in a society that was all twisted in values.

Chapter 23 – Another interesting chapter. After reading this chapter I stopped and thought to myself…why is it that these countries are taking so long to catch up to the rest of the world when they were the first ones to show signs of human existence? Kind of ironic to me that they are now considered developing countries and they have been around the longest.

Chapter 24 – most interesting by far must be because I can relate to it. These are issues that are most concerned with my life directly. From globalization to environmentalism the list of things going on in my world are endless. Some of them are good and some are bad but I believe that in the next few decades our history books are going to get even bigger. An issue that concerns me the most if the world’s population compared to economic development. We need to find a solution to this problem ASAP. We need to find ways to aid those developing third world countries. I believe that education will be fundamental in getting these countries to par with the rest of the world. Feminism is also a very interesting topic in which I want to learn more about. I work for a feminist co-author and financier and I love the way she approaches life. I see something major happening in favor of feminism in the years to come. In some sense I believe the male and female roles are going to switch to a certain extent.

I close this chapter of world history with so many questions in my head of what will come of our history in the centuries to come.