Forrest Gump and American Dream《阿甘正传》与美国梦

Forrest Gump and American DreamABSTRACTForrest Gump won the 67th Annual Academy in1995. It is not ju

Forrest Gump and American Dream ABSTRACT Forrest Gump won the 67th Annual Academy in1995. It is not just amovie. It has become acultural phenomenon. The movie is the prevailing social perspective of low IQ and involves anumber of historical figures and historical events. It evokes reflection on history and the hearts of collection of the American Dream. From the “stupid” behavior of Forrest Gump, people can see the virtues of kindness, trustworthiness, seriousness; honesty, courage, loyalty, and many other virtues and behaviors that Americans are advocating now. The spirit of Forrest Gump’s independent personality, his free spirit, strength of character and arealistic attitude towards life, etc. is aperfect interpretation of the core of American cultural values of Forrest individualism. In this paper, through the analysis of the main characters of Gump, the paper wants to resolve aconcrete manifestation of the American dream. The American Dream is aconcentrated expression of American values. It is rooted in the early development of Puritanism after the founding of the Westward Movement, disillusionment in the period of great development of monopoly capitalism. American Dream by different historical events, at different times, has different content and performance. This paper analyzes the origin, development of the Americans who are pursuing the American dream. Also it analyzes the expression of the American Dream and its positive significance. Forrest Gump Keywords: American dream, development, influence, ,success I