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1、ForrestGumpandtheAmericanDreamAbstract‘AmericanDream’isthefamouswordeveryAmericanhearsthroughouttheirlife.AmericanDreamdriveseveryoneinUSAandevenmanynon-AmericanpeoplewhocametoAmericafortheirdreamstoachievethemselves.However,whatistheAmericanDream?Inthispaper,itwillb
2、ediscussedwithanalyzingthefamousmovie‘ForrestGump’fromfollowingseveralpoints:(1)ThedefinitionoftheAmericanDream;(2)TheevolutionoftheAmericanDream;(3)ThereflectionsoftheAmericanDreaminthemovie‘ForrestGump’.Introduction‘TheUnitedStates,oneofthefrequently-mentionedcount
3、riesintheworld,hasestablishedahighlydevelopednationaleconomywithinamatterofabouttwohundredyears,countingfromthetimeofitsindependence.’(Lai,2003:214)WhyAmericanscanachievesuchgreatsuccess?WhyAmericancanexpandtheirlandfromasmallcountrywithonly225squarekilometers(Theare
4、aisequaltothesizeofXinjiangandQinghaiofChina.)tothefinal9.37millionsquarekilometersrankingfourthlargestcountryintheworld?InthedecadesfromtheFirstWorldWartotheSecondWorldWar,whyAmericancouldhavebecomea‘worldpolice’froma‘housewife’?Theanswersinevitablyinvolvedinthecore
5、ofAmericanSpirit,namelytheAmericanDream,whichisdeeplyrootedineachAmericangeneration,andinspirethemtorealizethemselves.Manynon-AmericanshavehadtheAmericanDreamoraredreamingit.ButmostofthemprefertounderstandtheAmericanDreamfrommaterialaspectratherthanspiritone,suchas:g
6、oingtoAmericatostudy,gettinga‘green-card’tobecomeaAmericancitizen,makingafortunetolivealifeofluxury,etc.Infact,however,AmericanDreamisnotlimitedtothese.Ⅰ.TheDefinitionoftheAmericanDreami.WhatistheAmericanDream?Americanisnotjustadream,andeventhoughitisadream,itisnotas
7、impledream,buta‘nationalideal’weavedbythefoundersofAmericaforAmericanpeople,whosebasicmeaningis‘pursuitoflife,libertyandhappiness’.(Hu,2005:17)Thesewords,‘life,libertyandhappiness’,arepartofAmericanhistorywrittenintheDeclarationofIndependence:‘Weholdthesetruthstobese
8、lf-evident,thatallmencreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheircreateorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,Liberty,andth
