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疯狂动物城英语论文

AnalysisoftheHiddenDiscriminationinAmericaundertheCircumstancesoftheCultureIntegrationinZootopia

YANGTian-qing

Abstract:

InMarch2016,themovieZootopia,onceshown,madeagreatsuccessaroundtheworldandbecamethemoststrikinganimationfilminearly2016.Thefilmisakindofmediumofculturetransmission,andthedeepculturalconnotationiscontainedinthefilm.Inthispaper,Iwillanalyzethemoraldifferencebetweenthe"PoliticalCorrectness"cultureandtherealityinAmericanamelythevarioushiddendiscriminationinAmericaunderthecircumstancesofthecultureintegrationbyanalyzingthetypicalcharactersshapedinZootopiaandcombingwithconcreteexamplesfromvariousangles,atthesametime,toletreadershaveacertaincomprehensionofthepresentpoliticalrealitiesintheU.S..

KeyWords:

Zootopia;AmericanCulture;PoliticalCorrectness;discrimination

1.TheIntroductionoftheFilm

FilmZootopia’sEnglishnameisZootopia,anewwordcombinedfrom“Zoo”and“Utopia”,whichmeansanutopiancountrymadeupofanimals.Thisstoryconstructsamagnificentanimalutopianforus.Filmtellsthestoryinamodernanimalsmetropolis,allspeciesofanimalsliveinharmonyandeachonecarriestheirownduties.RabbitJudydreamsofbecomingthepoliceofZootopiathroughherownefforts,tobreakpeople’sinnateideaso-called"Onlyabigmancanbeapolice”.Duringtheprocessofdetectingthemajorcases,foxNickwholivesonbluffanddeceivewasgraduallyimpressedbyJudy’spassionandcourageandbecamehergoodpartner,andatlasttheybrokesheepdeputymayor’conspiracyofconvertingthesystemofZootopia,endingwithbothbecomingthecompetentpoliceofficers.Zootopiaisananimationfilmforallages:

Childrensawthelovelycartoonimagesofvariousanimalsandlikesmallfurryanimalsmuchbetter;Teenagersunderstoodthatthepursuitofdreamswillneverstopandloveisnotracial;AdultswhopaysattentiontothecurrentaffairsnoticedabouttheracialdiscriminationandthepoliticalsituationandcouldmakeareflectionontheracialintegrationandAmericanculturaldiversity.AudiencecanfindtheirownfiguresfromtheanimalsanddiscoveredtheshadowsoftheirlivingworldinZootopia.

2.AmericanCultureMirroredintheFilm-theEmbodimentofthe“AmericanDream”.

ZootopiatellsastoryofhowtherabbitJudyrealizedherdream.IntheZootopia,everybodythinksthatrabbitscanonlysellcarrots.Judy’sdreamistobecomeapolicesinceshewasyoung,buteveryonethinkitisimpossible.HoweverJudysaidthatthereisagreatcitycalledZootopiawheretheancestorssignedthepeacefulagreement,andtheydeclaredthateveryonehastheinfinitepossibilities.ThiscityactuallymapstotheUnitedStates,wherethelandattractstalentsfromallovertheworldbecauseitisfullofpossibilities.AndJudy,justlikethemillionsofordinarypeople,shedidnothavethegrandfamilybackground,butshehadherownlittledreamandworkedhardforit.Atthepreliminarytrainingatthepoliceacademy,Judywasnotqualifiedforeveryproject,andtherepeatedsentence"You'redead"didnotshakeherdream.Sheworkeddayandnighttoconquerthedifficulty.Intheend,shegraduatedwiththebestgradesfromthepoliceacademy.Whenshewenttowork,shewasassignedasatrafficpolice-ametermaidwhichwasregardedasthesafestjobbyherparents,butshestilldidn'tgiveupherdreamofbecomingarealpolice.Shefinishedthedutyassignedtoher,atthesametimesheactivelystrivefortheopportunitytocrackthecase.Ultimately,Judyprovedherabilitytoallthepeoplewithherexcellentperformance.JustaswhatJudyhassaid“Anyonecanbeanything”,thiswasexactlytheAmericanDreamwhichAmericanshavebelievedforgenerations.AmericanDreamisabeliefwidelybelievedbymanyAmericans,andtheequalityofopportunityisthesouloftheAmericandream.Intelligence,diligenceandperseverancearethenecessaryconditionsoftheAmericanDream.Hugesocialclassverticalflows,especiallythesocialflowsfromthelowerclasstoupperclassisthemostsignificantfeatureoftheAmericanDream.ThetypicalAmericanmillionairesRockefellerandCarnegie,aretheexamplesofsuchrags-to-riches.HoratioEgilistherepresentativewriterofAmerican’sGoldAge,hedescribedmanycharacterswhobornfromapoorfamily,butgotrichandachievedtheAmericanDreamfinallydependingontheirarduousefforts,peoplecalledthem"HoratioEgil"myth.

InthepresentU.S.,BillGatesisprobablythemostsuccessfulimplementoroftheAmericanDream.TheformerU.S.PresidentClintonisalsothetypicaloftheAmericanDream.TheimageofrabbitJudyistheperfectmapofthepeoplewhohavemadeunremittingeffortsinthereallifeandultimatelysucceed.Nodoubt,manyfansintheworldsawtheirownstrugglehistoryfromJudy,resonatedwellwiththeplot,andgainedgreatcourageandencouragementfromJudy.Atthesametime,asananimationofDisney,Judyhasanaffinityimageandconveysabelieftotheteenagerfansthatistouseapositiveattitudetodealwiththedifficultproblemsinlife.ThroughJudy'sstrugglehistory,childrencanrealizethetruththatsuccessneedstoworkhardandspenttheenduringefforts.FromthedayofthefoundingoftheUnitedStatesin1776,Americansdeeplybelievethatthiscountryisfree,equalanddemocratic.Nomatterwhichclasstheyarein,theycangainthebetterlifeandrealizetheirdreamsthroughunremittingefforts.TheAmericanDreamrunsthroughthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.Overthepasttwohundredyears,theAmericanDreamalsoinspirespeoplewithdreamaroundtheworld.ManypeoplegiveuptheirhomelandandcometotheUnitedStatestostudy,workandevenemigrate,astocreatetheirownvaluesandrealizetheirdreams.

3.WhatisAmerica’s“PoliticalCorrectness”ReflectedfromtheFilm?

3.1TheDefinitionof“PoliticalCorrectness”

"PoliticalCorrectness"（PC）referstotheuseofanotherkindofwords,behaviorsandthoughtsinordertoavoidrealorso-calledunfairdiscriminatorywordsandthoughts.Toputitsimply,itisapopularsayingwhichreferstotheattitudetowardssomethingisveryconsistentwiththeuniversalvalues.Onewaytoshow"politicalcorrectness"istousethemostneutralwordstocommunicatewitheachotherinordertoavoidthediscriminationorharmtoothers.TheunremittingpursuitofequalityofAmericanisthehotbedofgeneratingandapplyingAmericanEnglish"politicalcorrectness"words.Theuseof"politicalcorrectness"inlanguagereflectsthesociety’sattentionandrespectforthevulnerablegroupstoacertaindegree.

3.1.1“PoliticalCorrectness”andDiscriminatoryLanguageinAmericanEnglish.

I:

“PoliticalCorrectness”andDiscriminatoryLanguageagainstAfricanAmericans.

Nowadays,thenameof"politicalcorrectness"forblackAmericansshouldbe"AfricanAmerican"."AfricanAmerican"isthesecondlargestraceafterthewhiteAmericansandthelargestethnicminorityintheUnitedStates.However,duetohistoricalreasons,AfricanAmericanssufferfromthediscriminationofwhitesinthemainstreamofsociety,leavingbehindmanydiscriminatorylanguageagainstAfricanAmericans,namelythe“BlackLexicon”.“Nigger”isthemosttypicalandrepresentativeoneinthediscriminatorylanguageagainstAfricanAmericans,andalsothemostinsultingone.ThiswordcomesfromLatin,originallymeant"black",butlaterwhiteAmericansusedittodegradetheblackAmericans.JustasanarticlepublishedononePublicWelfareEducationInstitutionWebsitenamed“AfricanAmericanRegistry”hasmentioned:

“Theword“Nigger”isfullofthehatredanddisgustforAfricanandAfricanAmericans.Historically,usingonlyonewordtodefineandlimittheimagesofallblacksAmericans,andinsultthem,thisisarepulsiveterm,providingthebasisforthediscriminatoryspeech,whetheritistobeusedasanoun,verboradjective,itstrengthenedtheinherentimageoftheblackAmericansthattheyarelazy,stupid,dirty,insignificant,andthesecharacteristicsarebeingdeliberatelygiven,sothatthereisnocruelanyotherthantheAmericanvocabulary."Today,although“Nigger”stillhastheabovemeanings,butithasbeengenerallyconsideredasoneoftherepresentativewordsaboutthediscriminatorylanguage,whichispoliticallyincorrect.

II:

“PoliticalCorrectness”andDiscriminatoryLanguageagainstAsianAmericans.

Fromtheendofthe19thcenturytothebeginningofthe20thcentury,owingtoalargeamountofChineseimmigrantswenttoNorthAmerica,thewhiteAmericansregardedthissituationasathreatandeventuallyledtotheemergenceoftheso-called"yellowperil"panic.Then“Chink”asacallforwascreatedexactlyinthiscontext.Afewyearslater,theUnitedStatespassedtheso-called"ChineseExclusionAct".Hence,theword“Chink”wasgeneratedwiththeinsultingmeaning,andatthesametimeitwasopposedbytheChineseintheUnitedStates.“Chinaman”wasaearliercallforChinese,andMarkTwinhaseverusedthiswordtorefertoChineseinhisarticle“DisgracePersecutionforBoy”publishedin1870.Althoughwhenhewrotethisarticle,therewasnodiscriminationmeaning,butwiththetimegoingonandthedevelopmentofthesociety,thiswordwasalsomarkedastheinsultinglanguage.

ManyChineseAmericanshavetriedtochangethenegativemeaningofthiscallinvariousways,makingitmeaningfultorepresentthepositiveimageoftheChineseethnicgroup.In2004,theAmericansingerLeehomWangfromTaiwanissuedhisnewlypublishedmusicalbumas“chinked-out”,whichtranslatedintoChineseasChineseHip-Hop,hopingtogivethepositivesig