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1、 About Forrest Gump, Xue Yuemin and Guo Jians The Charms of Forrest Gump explores that in what way Forrest Gump goes along with so many peoples mind and wins the admiration of the public from esthetic value; Ji Tingting and Yin Lus The American Dream out of Forrest Gump （2011） illustrates the Americ

2、an Dream by analyzing the qualities and characteristics of Gump; Zhu Meihong and Liu Lihongs Analysis of Black Humor in the Movie Forrest Gump From Rhetorical Perspective list a series of rhetorical methods such as simile, metaphor, irony and hyperbole and it also explains how the black humor affect

3、s with a lot of examples; Liu Yuxia, Li Meng and Zhou Mins Cultural ContradictionA Brief Analysis of Jenny: Symbol of a Cultural Rebellion in Forrest Gump（2012）; Zu Wanhuis The Analysis of Religious Culture in Forrest Gump（2012）; Yang Lis The Masculine Ideology in Forrest Gump （2010） illustrates the

4、 cultural phenomenon that women are predominated by men by using the examples of Mrs. Forrest and Jenny; Chen Jings On American Culture From Forrest Gump（2010） States the history that happens in the background of the second half 20th century in America to arouse a deep thinking for the past and the

5、American Dream which is cherished by every American people, from this people can see the footstep of the development of American culture and the core of American culture; Wu Wentings The Lonely Runner（2009） refers to all aspects of Americas politics, economics, culture and history, it hints a lot of

6、 philosophy of life; Yan Huis Forrest Gump and American Dream points out the resource of American Dream and its effect on people including Jenny, Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan, it also expresses the call of American Dream; Li Nans A Breeze from the Chaos An Analysis of the Film Forrest Gump （2012）

7、 reflects the negative poits of the popular culture and the positive points of the traditional culture; Liu Yangs Looking For the lost hero（2004） tells about a story about a common character whose name is Forrest Gump, although he is common, he has played and experienced a significant role in the ev

8、ents of that time. He is a typical American hero and still has an influence to todays Americans; Li Pengs The Return of Social Value in Forrest Gump（2009） criticizes the popular culture and tries to heal the schism of social value and praised a return of value which bases on the traditional and reli

9、gious conservational value; Zhang Jings The Analysis of American Culture in the Anti-intellectual Movie Forrest Gump calls for the return of American traditional culture and shows the spirit of love, purity and perseverance which are the best explanations to American Dream, it also embodies the chan

10、ge of American culture and the liquidity and expansionary of American culture; Li Hongmeis On the Reflection of American culture and society in Forrest Gump analyzes three aspects including the holy fool phenomenon, Forrest Gump philosophy and the symbolism of Forrest Gump.It is well known that ever

11、y country has its own culture. Edward T.Hall says that “Culture hides much more than it reveals and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants” （Datesman, 2006:1）. This essay intends to expose American culture in Forrest Gump. America is an immigrant country

12、who brings different languages and different cultures to the Unites States, so America is a nation of cultural diversity. Forrest Gump is an inclusive and extensive novel, which has many implications that need readers to taste. It is like a box of assorted chocolates, as long as the readers have the

13、 intentions to taste, everyone will have a different understanding of it. In the novel there are so many deep meanings hidden behind the simple events that have taken place in those years that one can get a fully understanding by reading it once only. It is worthy of repeated reading. Some deeper me

14、anings can be understood by reading over and over again. It tells a life experience of an intellectual impaired man: Forrest Gump, whose IQ is only 75, much lower than the normal, his successful experience of becoming wealthy through his hard work and luck. Besides, the events that happen in the nov

15、el are all typical and significant ones in those times, such as the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, anti-war movement, anti-racialism and the turning of American presidents, they form the centre of American culture. This thesis aims to analyze the reflection of American culture in Forrest Gu

16、mp from three aspects: religious culture, popular culture, traditional culture. II. Reflection of Religious Culture in Forrest GumpReligious culture has an irreplaceable position in American life. Most of Americans believe in Christian. God has a very important position in their heart. They use “oh,

17、 my God” to express surprise and use “God bless you” to express blessing. They also print “In God We Trust” in the American dollar to express national belief and even in Presidential Inaugural Address, the president needs to put his hands in Biblical. In Forrest Gump, religious culture also has an i

18、mportant part in the three main characters: Forrest Gump, Jenny and Lieutenant Dan. This part intends to analyze the reflection of religious culture in Gump, the impact of religious culture to Jenny and the attitude change towards religious culture of Lieutenant Dan. 2.1 The Similarity of Forrest Gu

19、mp and JesusIn some ways, Forrest Gump and Jesus are alike. First, their family backgrounds are alike. Forrest Gump comes from a single-parent family and is reared by his mother while his father never occurs in the novel. Similarly, Jesus, according to Biblical, is born in the primitive lodgings of

20、an animal stable. His mother Mary is said to be pregnancy when she is a virgin. She feels very strange until one day an angel comes and tells her that this child is made by the power of Holy Spirit and he is to save the world. She must give birth to this baby and name him Jesus, so Jesus is the son

21、of God. He has not the real father in the human world.Second, they all run in the way. Forrest Gump is unlucky when he is a child. There is something wrong with his legs and he has to use the braces to walk and Jenny is his only friend. Every time when Forrest Gump is bullied by other boys, Jenny al

22、ways tells him to run, just run. With Jennys encouragement, he runs away from bullies, runs to high school, runs to the football team of university and runs out of dangers in the Vietnam War. It seems that he is running all his life and never stops. Similarly, Jesus devotes all his life to preaching

23、 and hasnt a stable profession, he and his followers are running and preaching everywhere and never stop.Third, they have the similar life ending. Forrest Gumps son has the same name with him, little Forrest Gumps first time to take the school bus to school almost reoccurs the scene of the beginning

24、 of the novel. It is easily to make people realize the scene of Forrest Gumps first time to take the school bus. More dramatically, the driver is exactly the same woman. These details may point out that Forrest Gumps life is continuing in this way. Similarly, Jesus is continuing his life in the heav

25、en. Their life endings coincide with each other.2.2 The Symbol of an Angel of JennyJenny is as pure as an angel. The most impressive plot of Jenny is the first meeting on the school bus with Forrest Gump. When other children all look down upon him as he is an “idiot” and dont want to sit together wi

26、th him, it is Jenny that helps him. Forrest Gump says: I, Idont recall what I got for my first Christmas and I dont know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voicein the world. I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like a

27、n angel. （ibid: 268） This is the kind and nave girl who never looks down upon Forrest Gump because he is an idiot. It is the very beginning of their friendship and the love between them. Whats more, no one can forget Jennys pious pray in the corn field. “Make me a bird, so I can fly far, far, far fr

28、om here” （ibid: 142）. She is Forrest Gumps angel. When Gump is bullied and teased by other boys in their childhood, Jenny always shouts anxiously that run, Forrest, run! Even before Forrest is sent to Vietnam, Jenny says: “listen, you promise me something, ok? Just if youre ever in trouble, dont try

29、 to be brave, you just run, ok? Just run away” （ibid: 204）. From a little girl to a lady, Jenny keeps on telling Forrest to bear this in mind and it really works. With this faith, he runs away from the bully; with this faith, he becomes a famous football player in America; with this faith, he rescues his comrade-in-arms from battlefield; with this faith, he becomes the runner who is followed by a lot