“Homeland is something one becomes aware of only through its loss, Gunter Grass.” In Peter Gay’s memoir, My German Question, he articulates what it was like living in Germany with the presence of the Nazis or in his own experience the lack there of. Peter lived in a family that didn’t directly practice Judaism and most German families didn’t perceive them as Jews until the Nazis defined what a Jew was to the public. The persecution of other Jewish families in Germany where far worse than what Peter experienced growing up. There was a major contrast between how Gay’s family was treated and how other Jews who actively practiced the religion in Germany were treated which played a contributing factor for why the family stayed so long before they left.
To understand the linkage between sexuality and gender, it is important to reimagine the relationship between sexuality and gender and the rapport they hold with self-identification. Not long ago, sexuality was tied to procreation - becoming the core of one’s identity. Gender had always been tied to biological sex. However, a crisis of gender identity emerged and blurred the gender and sexuality binaries that had become commonplace social facts. A fluidity was created that allowed individuals to not feel the pressure of fitting inside distinct identification categories.
In a time before the United States was a country, and striving for independence, an infamous man, Roger Sherman, took a stand against Britain countless times with his fellow patriots to create a new and independent government. The government we know of today wouldn’t have been possible if Roger Sherman hadn’t taken a stand by signing all four original American documents, ratifying the Constitution, and coming up with the Great Compromise. At first, when he created these works, it caused for major differences in opinion and an upheaval in the world, but in the end, helped establish a government the world had never seen before. Throughout history, people see issues within their society and do nothing or act upon them.
The Trauma of the Christian Aryan Disguise in The Nazi officer’s Wife by Edith H. Beer This Jewish autobiographical study will analyze the trauma of the Christian disguise during WWII that Edith Hahn had to endure in The Nazi officer’s Wife by Edith H. Beer. Edith Hahn was a Jewish woman that had to disguise her Jewish identity by pretending to be a Christian Aryan woman by the name of “Grete.” Two examples of Edith’s most fearful incidents revolve around (1) being interrogated by German officers for identity cards, and (2) not taking an anesthetic at childbirth when giving birth to her daughter. These fearful scenes define the characteristics of the Christian Aryan lifestyle that Edith had to endure when pretending to be a Nazi officer’s wife during
The first half of the novel is about Peterson’s theory that the sin of Sodom is regarding the people’s homosexuality. Chapter one discredits the common myths and theories behind the different interpretations of homosexuality within the Bible. Some biblical scholars avoid and belittle the seriousness of the matter due to their experience with some sort of close friend or family member that has struggled with homosexuality. In these cases, scholars create a gray area about whether or not God actually condemns same-sex relationships and marriages (pg. 2). Peterson even refutes ideas concerning the frequency of homosexuality in the Bible and how some scholars conclude that it directly links to importance.
When one is being forced to endure the abysmal conditions of those who were imprisoned by Nazi soldiers, one becomes desperate. In times of desperation, the morality of individuals is questioned, to others as well as themselves - whether they realize it or not. Prisoners of
Trust No Fox on his Green Heath, And No Jew on his Oath, written by Elvira Bauer, is a short children’s book that was published in 1936 as a propaganda tool to promote the antisemitic ideas of the Nazi party in Germany. Firstly, this essay will explore the purpose of Bauer’s piece as a propagandist tool and how it is being used to promote the image of the Inferior Jew, the superior Aryan, and the Nazi state. Secondly, I will examine the antisemitic elements that are used by Bauer to present the Jew. Finally, I will examine the psychological influence that works of this nature had on German children when it was used as an educational tool.
One of Pinneberg’s former workers at his bookkeeping job is part of the Nazi party. The Nazi party is the party that helps create even more anti-Semitism towards the Jewish population. Many people know the story of what the party did to the Jewish party. Yet, in the novel people often supported other political views. Lammchen and Pinneberg illustrate their political views in the novel and their views are among the minority who believes that the system of government is corrupt.
Max was a Jew that Liesel’s family had to hide because the Nazis were hunting all the Jews down because Germany had blamed them for all of their problems after the first war World War One (“The History Place” 5).Max had a passion for Literature and Reading and love to write books that most of the time would be considered ‘Un-German’ (“Book Burning” 2).Because Max was in hiding and did not have access to a large variety of supplies to make his own books he had to find other ways. To make his books he would rip out pages from german books like Mein Kampf and cover them in white paint so they were “gagging,suffocating,under the paint as they turned. ”(Zusak 237).
Wolfenden found that in 1955 30% of those prosecuted were imprisoned. The irony of imprisoning homosexual men in institutions which were all-male seemed lost on the system. (‘Gay’ in the 1950s) With knowing the severity of homosexuality during the 50’s , it brings clarity as to why problems came about when creating the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. When deciding to make the play into a film, one main change had to be made due to restrictions of homosexual references in films.
Inside and beyond the myth and the social impact of the subject as One or Substance. Alan H. Goldman’s essay ‘Plain Sex’ is a central contribution to the academic debate about sex within the analytic area, which has been developing since the second half of the ‘90s in Western countries. Goldman’s purpose is encouraging debate on the concept of sex without moral, social and cultural implications or superstitious superstructures. He attempts to define “sexual desire” and “sexual activity” in its simplest terms, by discovering the common factor of all sexual events, i.e. “the desire for physical contact with another person’s body and for the pleasure which such contact produces; sexual activity is activity which tends to fulfill such desire of the agent” (Goldman, A., 1977, p 40).
David Carter’s book, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution, analyzes the Stonewall riots that occurred during the summer of 1969. Carter views the Stonewall riots as the birth of the Gay Revolution. Carter broke down his book into three sections. The first section was titled, Setting The Stage.
The 1960’s was truly an age of reform and revolution that set the stage for Susan Sontag 's, “Notes on ‘Camp,’” published in 1964. The decade saw the emergence of large scale political campaigns aiming to increase opportunities for all people, such as the Civil Rights movement. Some reformers demanded social change and denounced capitalism in order to create a counterculture encouraging self-exploration and fulfillment, often involving sex positivity, drug use and communal living. To counter some of these liberal movements the modern conservative movement was born with the ideals later reflected in the Reagan era. Additionally, 1960’s America saw a the development of several new forms of art such as Op art (or Optical art), Pop art, Performance
The fact that Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published in the year after private male homosexual acts was made illegal […] Two characters that paint the most homosexual undertones are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Utterson. While Jekyll represents the negative and repressed views of homosexuality, Utterson is the opposite. Utterson’s characterization represents homosexuality that was tolerated in the 19th century. Through clever storytelling and characterization, Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is able to provide insight on how homosexuality was viewed in the 19th century.
I want to rip his eyes out. I want to see him dead. […] Being without my son is torture.” These short sentences do not only represent the deep yearning that Madame Angellier held to see her son, but also the disgust and anguish that she felt towards every single German; it did not matter who, or what they were - if they identified as a German they were scum. Therefore Nemirovsky is ultimately able to state that through this vulnerability Madame Angellier held, it turned into blind, putrid hate even though Bruno Von Falk was nothing but pleasant.
