Katharina Gerhardt

Ariane Novel

Caterina Kirsten

Die persönlichsten Online-Texte, etwa von Sarah Connor, Stefanie Sargnagel, Anke Domscheit-Berg, Jaafar Abdul Karim, Margarete Stokowski, Karim Hamed oder Michael Seemann, in einem E-Book: bei der Spendenausgabe am Bahnhof, beim Mitnehmen von Syrern im Auto über die Grenze, mit einer irakischen Familie im Wohnzimmer. Ein Beweis für die vielfältige neue Willkommenskultur in Europa. Herausgegeben von Katharina Gerhardt, Caterina Kirsten, Ariane Novel, Nikola Richter, Frank O. Rudkoffsky, Eva Siegmund. Die Blogger Paul Huizing, Nico Lumma, Karla Paul und Stevan Paul riefen Ende August 2015 die Crowdfunding-Aktion Blogger für Flüchtlinge ins Leben, um Spendengelder zu sammeln und Aufmerksamkeit für die vielen Menschen, die in Not nach Europa kommen, zu generieren. Seitdem haben sich zahlreiche Blogger für diese Aktion engagiert, über sie berichtet, das Thema Flucht reflektiert und den Hashtag #BloggerfuerFluechtlinge viral verbreitet. Gestartet mit einem Spendenziel von 5.000 Euro sind inzwischen weit über 130.000 Euro für die Flüchtlingshilfe zusammengekommen. Das E-Book soll eine Sichtbarmachung dieser Solidarität sein, ein deutliches Zeichen, dass die Hetzer nicht die Mehrheit sind. Sämtliche Erlöse aus dem Verkauf des E-Books werden gespendet.

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Willkommen!

Franziska Krafft

»Ich weiß nicht, wie unser Bootstrip ausgehen wird. Alles ist offen. Aber jetzt und hier klaut Jonas nicht und nimmt auch keine Drogen. Da kann er hundertmal am falschen Ende der Leine ziehen.« Die alleinerziehende Mutter Franziska Krafft ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten: Sie will ihren drogenabhängigen 16-jährigen Sohn Jonas, der in die Kriminalität abgerutscht ist, von der Entzugsklinik auf ihr Segelboot holen. Himmel und Hölle setzt sie in Bewegung für diese Idee, redet sich beim Jugendamt den Mund fusselig, bis es endlich heißt: Jonas darf mit ihr und seinen Brüdern den Sommer auf dem Boot verbringen. Doch wie gestaltet sich der Alltag an Bord, wenn Mutter und Sohn drei Jahre lang kaum Kontakt hatten? Wird Jonas ohne Drogen durchhalten? Und kommt die Teenie-Crew auf der stürmischen Nordsee klar? Ein mitreißendes Buch, das zeigt, welche Kräfte eine Mutter mobilisiert, wenn es um das Leben ihres Kindes geht.

Ein Sohn im Drogensumpf. Eine Mutter setzt Segel.

Wendemanöver

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, language: English, abstract: The American Dream is one of the most essential myths in American history. To this day its meaning and value are a vital part of American culture, but since it is such a powerful and influential concept, it is also the object of manifold interpretations, which at times turn out to be opposing. In my paper, I will compare the different ideas on the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus". While Fitzgerald presents a rather negative view of the American Dream, leaving us with the notion that although we know that we must eventually fail in trying to achieve our goals, we still keep on trying. Lazarus on the other hand presents the reader with the positive side of the American Dream and New York when she says that everyone is welcome, no matter what their background is, everyone has a chance to achieve a better life in the city. This shows that in a way New York was a symbol for the American Dream, because for many the city stood for a better life and the possibility to achieve your dreams during the time when these two works were written. Lazarus includes everyone in her poem, whereas Fitzgerald leaves out real success stories and different races are portrayed negatively. Therefore, it can be said that although both might present parts of the ‘reality’ of the American Dream and its impact on society, they still offer very narrow and incomplete images of it, since both of them stay focused on specific (also subjective) views of this myth and the city of New York. In order to show this, I will first analyze The Great Gatsby and the idea of the American Dream Fitzgerald presents in it. Then I will describe Emma Lazarus’s role in the shaping of the American Dream and how her words also partially oppose reality. I will then continue to analyze the ambiguity of the American Dream and New York as a city of dreams, fascination and new beginnings, but also of failure and lost hopes as it is presented in The Great Gatsby and in Lazarus’s poem.

The Ambiguity of the American Dream. Two Differing Views in Literature about New York City

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Advanced Academic Writing II, language: English, abstract: This paper explores the differences between liberal feminists and those women who do not feel represented by today’s liberal feminist ideas, but rather claim a different, conservative view on what empowers women. The fact that there are more and more younger women who feel this way is also evident in the growing outrage media sector. Thus, in order to examine these differences, the paper looks at one example of outrage media: “Tomi’s Final Thoughts.” Tomi Lahren is clearly a representative of a different, conservative, and anti-liberal feminist worldview. Through her use of outrage methods such as mockery, emotional language, and belittling, she deliberately vilifies and attacks liberal feminism, and, thus, promotes a conservative feminism. This paper shows that Lahren and other conservative women believe liberal feminists cast women as victims and demand special treatment. On top of that, conservative feminists see liberal feminists as man-hating or even show a fear of changing traditional gender roles or family values, all of which leads them to feel misrepresented by liberal feminism and its supposed claim to speak and fight for all women’s interests. Although both sides have the goal of empowering women, they mainly attack and denounce each other.

Differences between Liberal and Conservative Feminists. Tomi Lahren As a Young Voice for Conservative Feminists

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, language: English, abstract: "’But there’s no remaking reality,’.... ’Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way’". This quotation from Everyman’s main character himself gives a good insight into the theme of this novel. It deals with the limitation of life which at some point becomes real for everyone, and a man’s attempt to escape this reality. The book describes the hard truth that there is no turning back, once you have realized your mistakes, you will have to live with the consequences. For most of his life though, the main character does not accept what he advices his daughter in the previous quote, namely that there is no way around reality. At some point of his life, his only aim is to escape death. Before that, however, he tries to elude growing older, hence starting a race against time, although he knows, he can never win. As Robert Kastenbaum explains, "[a]nxiety - all anxiety - is rooted in the awareness of our mortality. The consequences are enormous, and reveal themselves in virtually every aspect of individual and cultural life". The protagonist is caught up in a frantic fear of aging which is at the same time connected to a fear of loss. Therefore, he does not immediately realize the damage he has caused to others and to himself. This leads to the thesis that in Philip Roth’s novel Everyman, the main character’s destructive behavior towards relationships, mirrors his desperate attempt to cope with his own aging process. The first chapter of this analysis will reveal the origin of the main character’s fear of aging by examining the reasons and the development of his anxiety. After that chapter two will discuss these findings in relation to the protagonist’s way of living and his dealing with his own aging process. In the last section the consequences of his behavior will be worked out. Furthermore, the reasons for his increasing loneliness as he grows older and his lonely death will be analyzed.

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