...Personal Background 5 normal sider. Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria, a town bordering the Styrian capital, Graz, and christened Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger. His parents were the local police chief Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907-1972), and his wife, the former Aurelia Jadrny (1922-1998). Arnold had a good relationship with his mother and kept in touch with her until her death. As a boy, Schwarzenegger played many sports, but discovered his passion for bodybuilding when in his mid-teens his soccer coach took the team for weight training. He attended a gym in Graz. Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian army in 1965, to fulfill the one-year service requirement expected at the time of all 18 year old Austrian males. During this year he sneaked off the base to compete in his first bodybuilding competition, the junior division of Mr. Europe, where he won first place. He was punished for sneaking off, but the respect he gained from his superiors was obvious. He made his first plane trip in 1966, attending the Mr. Universe competition being held in London. He arrived in England knowing little English. He came on second place in the competition, but won the title the next year, becoming the youngest ever Mr. Universe (at age 20). Schwarzenegger moved to the United States in September of 1968, with little money or knowledge of the English language, and trained at Gold's Gym in Santa Monica under the patronage of Joe Weider. It is here where Schwarzenegger became good friends with professional...
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...true. We have seen many big personalities’ getting their chance in America, and many has later on become big stars in the whole world. The world-known bodybuilder, actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger is no exception. In the text “Arnold Schwarzenegger Recalls Lessons from 25 years as a U.S. Citizen - Learn English, Participate in Politics, and Give back”, Arnold is describing how he came to America for his shot at the America dream. The America Dream is when immigrant’s travel to America, for the hope to live out their dream. Arnold came from Austria and he succeeded his American Dream. He became one of the most well known persons in America, and even in the rest of the world. Not only for his politician career, but also his title as “the greatest bodybuilder ever” and his career as an actor. His main point in the text is, that the immigrants who travel to America to live their dream, has a responsibility as well. They have to give something back. You have to be interested in American culture and history, to learn to speak English and participate in politics. This way you will give something back to America. Arnold himself is mentioning that he had the opportunity to give something back to America, when he was elected governor in 2003. The writer of the text is Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. It was published the 17th of September in 2008, through the American newspaper called “Usnews.com”. The intention of the text is clearly that you have to give something back,...
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...Studentereksamen The texts in section A focus on the American Dream. Write a paper (700-1000 words) in which your answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately. Give an outline of how the American Dream is interpreted in texts 2, 3 and 4. Text 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger's view on the American Dream is; that it is something you have to make yourself worthy for. This is characterized by three things. To truly succeed as an American citizen you have to learn the English language. This is a necessity to blend in to the American culture. Another factor that weighs in high according to Schwarzenegger about the American Dream is the right to vote. In Austria, you do not have the right to vote, so he exaggerates the fact that the right to vote should not be taken for granted. He also says that 'democracy is not a spectator’s sport', so you should participate as much as possible. Thirdly, he emphasizes that giving back to your country should be important. According to Schwarzenegger you should give back as much and as possible. He ends the text paying tribute to all the great immigrants who have performed service for The United States. Text 3: The third text epitomizes the opinion that the American Dream is money-oriented. Since the economy was at a downfall in 2008, the American Dream had been, metaphorically speaking, been killed or at least wounded. Beyond that, the text is angled in a much more negative way, but maybe a more realistic way. The writer, Anya...
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...The American Dream Assignment 1: Text 2 interprets the American dream as something every man or woman can achieve if they have the right attitude. “Everyone is the architect of his own fortune” is a common used speech of many immigrants in America. According to this belief everything is possible to archive if you just work hard enough. In text 2 Arnold Schwarzenegger also describes his travel from Austria to the big U.S.A. According to Arnold the travel was about fulfilling his dreams instead of simply being an ordinary police officer in Austria like his old man. Schwarzenegger is a great example of the opportunities and possibilities that lies in the American dream; he succeeded and became a great and sought actor and later was elected governor of California or the “the golden state” as people call it. Text 3 has a more negative view on the American dream. Anya Kanentz, the author of the text thinks the American dream is wounded or even dead. In her opinion money in it self do not make you happy. Instead she elucidates the “real” American dream, where people spend more time on their family than their occupation. She also beliefs that people today are to materialistic thinking, they are more preoccupied by their jobs than their families. Like text 3, text 4 also takes a skeptical stance towards the American dream. The author, David Wallechinsky, argues that people should be able to live a comfortable life without worrying too much about things like money. He claims that the...
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...The American Dream 1. In text no. 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger has written a comment in the U.S. News & World Report. The American dream is interpreted as something you make yourself worthy for. Schwarzenegger came from Austria to the States in 1983, hoping to fulfill his dreams, instead of becoming a police officer like his father. Schwarzenegger succeeded, especially in his acting-career, but also in his political career. Today he is the governor of California. But there wasn’t anything given to him for free. According to this text, he had to work very hard to accomplish these achievements. In line 13 he writes that “Hard work and determination” was what it took for him to be successful. Schwarzenegger is very humble, when it comes to moving and adjusting to a new country, and he claims that it’s important that immigrants give something back, when they receive so much. Text no. 3 is an article from Yahoo! Finance. It has a much more negative/pessimistic point of view about the American Dream and the time we live in. Anya Kamenetz, the author of this article, supports her opinions on surveys and studies. For instance she found out that once people earn more than $50,000 a year, their level of happiness does not rise with the money they earn, as it should, according to the general idea of the American Dream (page 7, line 17). The last text is called “Is the American Dream still possible?”, and as the name of it indicates, it’s written with doubtfulness. David Wallechinsky...
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... something you are good at. The lawnmower is the skill and the grass is America. I have read about lots of people who wanted to get rich and famous and so they thought that they just could go to America and become rich overnight. What they don’t realize is that you have to have a skill because you need to earn your money and earn your respect. In the text about Arnold Schwarzenegger he tells us about his journey from being a little Austrian boy, to being a big American icon. When Arnold was young he said to himself that he wanted to be the best in the world in something. The dream of being the best stuck with him and now he has won the Mr. Olympia six times, and he is even the governor of California. He moved to America because he wanted people all over the world to know who he was. He wanted “The American Dream”. His dream about being the best is exactly what the American dream is all about. Arnold’s story is a success story. He made it and now he is living the American dream. In the text he says that it’s important to have more than one dream in life. You have to keep yourself occupied. I think that deep down Arnold knows he hasn’t reached “The American Dream”. The American dream is an everlasting search for a better life, a way to stand out. “The American Dream” concept started for many centuries ago. When foreigners came to America, the land of hope and opportunity, they all got settled in. Some earned a lot of money and again some went from poor foreigner...
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...to help achieve group goals. There are two types of leaders, which are formal leaders and informal leaders. Formal leaders are managers who are given the authority to influence other associates in the organization to accomplish its goals. However, informal leaders are members of an organization with no formal authority but can exert just as much substantial influence in an organization because of their special skills or talents that will build the organization’s realization in helping them accomplish the goals. From the research that I have made, I find that Arnold Schwarzenegger was an informal leader at first as he had no formal authority to influence others but he only had his special skills and talents as an actor and a bodybuilder. From an informal leader, he then managed to run for the governor of California and received authority to lead California, which makes him a formal leader. Arnold Schwarzenegger experienced what is it to be the greatest bodybuilder of all time. His reputation in the bodybuilding world and blockbuster films makes him an informal leader. In addition, the President of the United States also acknowledged him for his expertise in physical fitness and his one of a kind ability to create ideas and share it with citizens of America. Furthermore, the leader trait approach sought to classify durable personal traits that differentiate leaders from non-leaders. There are eight relevant traits which are intelligence, task-relevant knowledge, dominance...
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...Before becoming a bodybuilder, Shavershian had been described as a "skinny kid"[7][10] and an ectomorph.[21] Once he completed secondary school,[15] inspired by his bodybuilder brother, he joined a local gym and began learning about nutrition and training, applying it to his pursuit of becoming a bodybuilder. He would spend three to four hours a day training in the gym.[21][22] His favourite professional bodybuilders included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Frank Zane.[21] In an interview with bodybuilding website, Simplyshredded.com, Shavershian recalled that he originally wanted to become a bodybuilder to "impress girls". He said he would look at pictures of "shredded" bodybuilders and tell himself that he would one day be like them. Almost four years into training, he stated that: “ I can safely say that my motivation to train goes far beyond that of merely impressing people, it is derived from the feeling of having set goals and achieving them and outdoing myself in the gym. I absolutely love it, the feeling of pushing out that last rep, and getting skin tearing pumps is something I don't see myself without.[21] ” Prior to his death, Shavershian was the poster boy of a subculture of amateur bodybuilding in Australia, dubbed "aesthetics",[23] which he had made popular.[22] He had established his own protein label, Protein of the Gods, released in June 2011.[9] He also had a clothing line,[24] and Zyzz's Bodybuilding Bible was released on 17 May 2011, based on a compilation...
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...A Union Out of Control The California Correctional System which operates prisons in the state is broken and in dire need of reform but this can not be done because Correctional Officer’s union blocks any attempt to implement much needed reforms. So how does the State of California fix its broken prison system? The state must take on the Correctional Officer’s union and find a way to curtail and/or diminish its power. In laymen’s terms the state must break the union. This will be a very difficult task to undertake. This union is one of the most powerful unions in the state as well as the nation with very deep financial pockets for political action. First, we need to look at where and how the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) started and how they gained their power (“California Correctional Peace Officers Association”). The CCPOA started in 1957 and its membership was divided between itself and California State Employee Association. It was not until the early 1980’s when Don Novey was elected president of the CCPOA that he was able to unite different factions of the Correctional Department into one union. Under Novey’s direction during the 1980’s, the union spent a half million dollars on public relations campaign. Novey was known as an aggressive lobbyist who helped the union become very influential in Sacramento politics. The CCPOA had become one of the most powerful unions in the state (“California Correctional Peace Officers Association”)...
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...Technology Too Powerful? The year was 1997. The date, August 4th. Skynet, a military computer system used as a global defense network, was activated and given command over all computerized hardware and systems belonging to the United States military. The system also had control over military bombers and the US nuclear arsenal. Skynet was created to eliminate human error and respond quickly to enemy attacks. The system taught itself and by August 29th, gained artificial consciousness. The operators panicked after realizing the capabilities of Skynet and attempted to shut it down. Skynet viewed this as an attack and responded. It’s reponse was the extermination of the humans. Nuclear missiles were launched at Russia and Russia responded with a counter-attack. Over 3 billion people were killed that day. The humans were enslaved by Skynet’s army of machines but started a resistance movement. Today, we are still at battle attempting to over power the machines and regain our world. (The Terminator, 1984) The year today is 2015. We are all living outside of enslavement from machines and our world has not been destroyed by nuclear weapons. What you just read was the basis for the 1984 movie, The Terminator. Technology had been made too powerful, gained self-awareness, and took over the world. Thankfully, that is not our world. However, will it be in the future? Technology may not have progressed as fast and as far as the movie thought that it would by now, but it’s getting better by...
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...Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech to the Republican convention Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech given at the Republican national convention in 2004 is clearly of persuasive intent supporting the current President, George W. Bush and the Republican Party. The speech is given just before the presidential election in 2004, and Schwarzenegger is recommending sending George Bush to the white house for four more years. He praises the president of that time: “We are one America, and President Bush is defending it with all his heart and soul. That’s what I admire most about the president. He’s a man of perseverance.” (l. 41, p. 3) As the speech is given on the Republican convention, the audience is probably all Republicans, and throughout the speech, it is clear that it is given to an audience that has already been convinced. Especially in the introduction to his speech, we see that Schwarzenegger speaks to his sympathizers: “My fellow immigrants, my fellow Americans, how do you know if you are a Republican? Well, I tell you how. If you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government, then you are a republican. If you believe that a person should be treated as an individual, not as a member of an interest group, then you are a Republican. If you believe your family knows how to spend your money better than the government does, then you are a Republican.” We see here that he focuses his speech on an audience which he addresses as "my fellow Americans"...
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...safety net and provided a baseline of security. These are scary times and young people are the largest and fastest – growing group of American without health insurance. 2) The amrerican dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller to everyone. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to get it enough, and it is not a dream of motor cars and high income, but a dream of social order. In America people work more hours to get the big cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity for their families- but have less time to enjoy their prosperity, others looks toward a new American dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple, fulfilling life. For Arnold America was the place to go if you wanted your dreams to come true. He thinks that he have succeeded beyond his wildest imagination, because American people were so generous and welcoming. He believed that the immigrants have a responsibility to America as well, and to truly succeed as an American you have to do a lot and give something back. Americans...
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...The American Dream 1. Text two In text two, Arnold Schwarzenegger describes his American dream. He carefully gives an outline of how to succeed the dream. Arnold Schwarzenegger points out, that it is very important to blend into the American culture. To blend in, you should, among lots of things, learn the language and take responsibility as an American by doing good and needed things for the local society. It is also essential to participate in politics. Finally Arnold Schwarzenegger concludes, that once you have become an American citizen, you will have better opportunities to create a good life in America. Text three Anya Kamenetz writes in 2008 an article about the American Dream. She is very sceptic about the American Dream and it’s continuing. Anya Kamenetz finds it hard to believe that the American Dream is still the same as it was in the past. The financial crisis has made it difficult for a lot of people, because of the high prices for energy and the housing crises. The idea of the dream is a high living standard, which includes a lot of money and an ownership of material goods. The family life is also wounded by the development that is passing though America. Two working parents make it hard to have a complete family life. Finally indications show that the global warming is dangerous to our planet. If other countries, like USA, increase the amount of fast food eating, driving and shopping, the planet will suffer a great loss of resources. The American Dream...
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...up seeing this woman played by Gisele Itie and he starts falling for her while still trying to do the right thing. Once the other mercenaries find out about his feelings towards the woman they start to think that he may be making mistakes. Even though this movie is action packed it still shows people that even the toughest person in the world can be loving and kind and that we are all humans that have feelings after all. This movie is a bit graphic so if you have a weak stomach than this is not the movie for you. Another thing that made this movie such a box office smash was the fact that it had a very lengthy list of stars playing in this film. Some of the stars are Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many more. This movie Show us that society is all about power and what makes power is money. No matter where you go everybody still needs...
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...The American Dream 1. Give an outline of how the American Dream is interpreted. Arnold Schwarzenegger writes that with hard work and determination he managed to make his dream come through in America. He says, that he understands the immigrants yearning for freedom and opportunity, but that to get those and to get success you have to work hard and give something back to America. He thinks, that one of the most important things to do to be able to fit in and blend in to the American culture is to learn the language. Not out of duty, but to be able to be a part of the everyday life in America and get the best out the cultural life of America. The second thing, he thinks, is important to get a good life in America is to participate in the democracy and to be involved in how America ended out to be, as it is today. The last thing, that he considers important, is to give something back to the America who has been welcoming you. It doesn’t have to be much; just something that helps people or something that makes a difference, small or big, in other people’s lives. Arnold Schwarzenegger believes, that your dreams can come true in America and that everything can be achieved, but not without hard work. Anya Kamenetz claims that the “old” American Dream is wounded. She is of the belief that the young Americans need a new and edited American dream, where the assumption of the dreams aren’t money and material things but a dream based on a social safety net, more time for the Americans...
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