i got to know some Austrian words from Arnold’s book “Total Recall” that is my companion all the time as i pick a page and go through it or see some pictures and read some portion of the book. It gives me a lot of happiness to read and glance through the book. Some words that i picked up in Austrian are : Haupterschule (school), Gendermerie ( i don’t remember the meaning of this word but it has to do something with police since Arnold used this word in the book for something related to his father), Hausfrau (housewife), Gaesthaus (guesthouse).
i read that Arnold didn’t get kind treatment from his father Gustav Schwarzenegger and in fact he often got hit by his father. That’s really very unfortunate. But Arnold got the kick to become somebody big because of the harsh behavior he got from his father. Arnold also writes that he never treats or has treated his own sons Patrick and Christopher the way he got the treatment from his father Gustav. Arnold describes the reason for this harsh behavior due to the conditions and circumstances after the World War - 2 Austria being occupied by the forces. Arnold always had the dream of going away to America - the land of his dreams, and he didn’t find himself comfortable in Austria. Arnold writes that there was a sense of frustrations all around the country and Arnold always told his friends in the school that he had the vision and dream of going to America. But he never knew through what and how he would achieve his dream and later when he grew up he found his inspiration in bodybuilding.
