The Analysis of American Traditional Values from the Characters in Forrest Gump

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1、AcknowledgmentsThanksforgivingmethischancetoachievethispaperandtomakeaconclusionformyfouryears’universityeducation.Throughwritingthispaper,IhaveacquiredmoreknowledgethanIsupposed.Mysincerethanksareduetomysupervisor,ZouQiangzhen,forhelpingmetoclarifymymindandstrengthenthedepthofmythinking.He

2、re,Ialsowanttogivemythankstootherteachersandmyclassmateswhogavememuchhelp.Thankyou!AbstractThefilmForrestGumpisabiographythatwasdirectedbyaHollywoodfamousdirectorRobertZemigisi,whichwonthe67thOscarin1995forsixawards.AtthattimeForrestGumpwasnotonlyamovie,butalsoaphenomenonofculture.Thispaper

3、mainlyanalyzesAmericantraditionalvaluesfromfiveaspectssuchasindividualism,optimism,pragmatism,religionvaluesandfamilyvalues.Itdescribeseachcharacterfromtheirwordsandtheirexperiencesoflife,whichreflectsdifferentvaluesfromthem.Audiencescanknowthemovieintuitively.Afterresearching,Americantradi

4、tionalvalueshaveavitalroleinAmericanlife.ItinfluencesAmericansandAmericansformedtheirownuniquewayoflife.Throughtheanalysis,peoplewillhaveadeepunderstandingofmovie,knowmoreknowledgeofAmericanculture,improvetheirabilityofcross-culturecommunicatingandacceleratetheculturalcommunicationofChinese

5、andAmerica.KeyWords:Individualism;pragmatism;optimism;religiousvalues;familyvalues摘要由好莱坞著名导演罗伯特·泽米吉斯导演的电影《阿甘正传》,获得1995年第67届奥斯卡的六项大奖，这时它已经不仅仅是一部影片，更是一种文化现象。本文主要从个人主义、乐观主义、实用主义、宗教价值观和家庭价值观这五个方面来分析美国的传统价值观，然后通过对各个角色的话语与生活经验的描述，展现了他们所代表的价值观，让观众能对电影有更直观的了解。经研究发现，美国的传统价值观在美国人的生活中扮演着一个举足轻重的角色，它对美国

6、人的影响无处不在，并且美国人形成了他们独特的生活方式。通过此研究，人们对电影有了更深入的了解，掌握了相关美国文化的知识，提高了跨文化交际能力，并促进了双方的交流。关键词：个人主义；实用主义；乐观主义；宗教价值观；家庭价值观ContentsTOCo"1-3"hzu1.Introduction12.AmericanTraditionalValues22.1TheDefinitionofAmericanTraditionalValues22.2TheContentofAmericanTraditionalValues33.AmericanTraditionalValuesf

7、romtheCharactersinForrestGump53.1Individualism53.1.1ForrestGump63.1.2Mrs.Gump73.2Pragmatism73.2.1ForrestGump83.2.2Mrs.Gump83.3Optimism93.3.1ForrestGump93.3.2LieutenantDanTaylor93.3.3Bubba103.4ReligiousValues103.4.1ForrestGump113.4.2Mrs.Gump113.4.3Lieuten