美国价值观在电影《当幸福来敲门》学位论文Word文件下载.docx
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好莱坞电影《当幸福来敲门》是一部典型的励志电影,它改编自美国著名投资经济人克里斯加纳的自传《当幸福来敲门》。
作为一个单身父亲,克里斯加纳无家可归流浪在旧金山的大街上,但他还是努力抚养他的儿子。
加纳曾经在海军服役,并且高中后没有接受更高教育,但是最后还是靠自己双手成为了一名拥有百万资产的投资经纪人。
这部电影感动了海内外许许多多的观众,并且在他们中有很好的口碑。
该电影还获得了2006年的奥斯卡最佳男演员奖提名。
自始至终,该论文旨在研究美国文化价值观在电影《当幸福来敲门》中的体现,以此探究当代美国文化价值观,并以此解释这个国家的特性以及文化性格。
相应地,该论文将有助于我们对美国人的生活以及他们的价值观有更进一步的了解,消除文化障碍,以及减少因文化差异带来的交际困难。
关键词:
《当幸福来敲门》;
价值观;
体现
TableofContents
Abstracti
摘要ii
1.Introduction1
2.Values2
2.1Conceptofvalue2
2.2ContemporaryAmericanValues2
3.TheManifestationofAmericanValuesintheMovie3
3.1Individualism3
3.1.1ThebackgroundofindividualisminAmerica3
3.1.2Individualisminthemovie3
3.2Self-reliance4
3.2.1Thebackgroundofself-relianceinAmerica4
3.2.2Self-relianceinthemovie4
3.3EqualityofOppotunity5
3.3.1ThebackgroundofequalityofopportunityinAmerica5
3.3.2Equalityofopportunityinthemovie5
3.4Competition7
3.4.1ThebackgroundofcompetitioninAmerica7
3.4.2Competitioninthemovie7
3.5MaterialWealth8
3.5.1ThebackgroundofmaterialwealthinAmerica8
3.5.2Materialwealthinthemovie8
3.6HardWork9
3.6.1ThebackgroundofhardworkinAmerica9
3.6.2Hardworkinthemovie10
4.Conclusion11
5.References12
6.Acknowledgements13
1.Introduction
HollywoodisaplacecalledDreamWorksthatmanufacturesdreams;
theUnitedStates,becauseofitsuniquesocialenvironment,isalsoknownastheplacewheredreamscanberealized.Itcreatedagreatdreamspacetomovie.Besidespursuingdreams,mostoftheHollywoodfilmsconveytheircontemporaryAmericanmainstreamcorevalues.
HollywoodmovieThePursuitofHappinessisatypicalAmericaninspirationalmoviesearchingAmericandreams.ThoughithadnotwonanOscar,themoviewonthehighestboxoffice.ThemovieadaptedfromtheautobiographyinthesamenamebyChrisGardner,afamousblackAmerican,anexpertininvestment.Inthestory,hetellshishardtimesfromthesalesmantoasuccessfulmanager,includinghiswife’sbetrayal,bankruptcy,homelessnessandothersufferings.Alldifficultieshavenotdefeatedhim.Healwaysmaintainsoptimismwithhissonandstrugglescontinuallyforhisowngoal;
atlast,hewinsthesuccessandgainsthehappiness.
ThemovieThePursuitofHappinessissuchamovinginspirationalclassicstorywhichtellsthatChrisGardner,fromtheslumstoWallStreet,asasinglefather,hasneverbetrayedaftersufferings;
especially,ChrisactedbymoviestarWillSmithandhissonChristopher,theyareexactlythefatherandsoninreallifethatstrengthentheaffectionbetweenthefatherandsoninthemovie.Chris’sstrugglingtobehappyisthemainlineofthefilm,andtheaffectionbetweenthefatherandsonistheviceline.IttellsaninspirationalstoryaboutthepursuitofAmericandreamandthedeepaffectionbetweenfatherandson.SothroughabriefanalysisofthefilmThePursuitofHappiness,wecanperceivethecorevaluesofAmerican.
2.ContemporaryAmericanValues
2.1ConceptofValue
Cultureisasocialphenomenon,isahistoricalphenomenon,isasedimentofthesocialhistory.ItIncludesbeliefs,values,customs,knowledge,etc.Cultureistheguideofpeople'
sbehavior,andvalueisthecoreofculture,peoplecandistinguishdifferentculturalvaluesaccordingtodifferentvalues.AccordingtoMichaelProsser,Valueissuchamodecreatedbyindividualsorgroupsthroughculturalcommunication.Theyarethedeepestlevelofculture(Prosser.M.,1978).ThereforeItcanbeseenthat,Valueisthereflectionofpeople’ssocialexistenceanditiscriterionthatusedbymembersofsocietytoevaluatethebehavior,things,andchoosetheirowndesiredgoalsfromvarietypotentialtargets.Value,reflectedthroughpeople’sbehaviororientationandevaluationofthingsandattitudes,isthecoreoftheworldview,theinnerforceofdrivingpeople’sbehavior.Itcontrolsandregulatesallthesocialbehaviors,involvingallareasofsociallife.Culturalvalueguidespeople'
sperceptionsandbehaviors,anddetermineswhatkindofbeliefsandattitudespeoplehave.
2.2ContemporaryAmericanValues
AfterthefirstEuropeansettlerslandedinNorthAmericainNewEngland,thedifferentethnicgroupsfollowed.CulturaldiversityofdifferentnationalitiesintheUnitedStatesbroughttogethercrossandinfluencedeachother,formingamixedAmericanculturalsystemcontaininguniquevalues.Thevalueswhichthepaperintendstodealwith,isavarietyofvalueswhichinfluencedbytheEuropeantraditionalcultureandthenaturalenvironmentoftheAmerica,formedinthedevelopmentofthehistoryoftheunitedstatesgradually,andstillplayaleadingroleintheideasofthecontemporarysocialclass—middleclass.Itincludesindividualfreedomandself-reliance,equalityofopportunityandcompetition,materialwealthandhardwork.
ThroughtheU.S.massmedia,weknowtheAmericanvalues.Movie,asamassmedia,inevitablyhasitsownvaluesinitsdelivery,sothroughtheanalysisofthevaluesthemovieconveys,itcanreflectcertainsocialrealities,anditalsocanreflectthefilm’ssocialsignificance.AmericanHollywoodmovie,alsoasamassmedia,ofcourse,conveysitsowncountry’smodernvalues.ThePursuitofHappiness,thisinspirationallargeHollywoodclassicfilmiswithoutexception.
3.TheManifestationofAmericanValuesintheMovie
3.1Individualism
3.1.1ThebackgroundofIndividualisminAmerica
AccordingtowhatDengYanchang,“TheearliestsettlerscametotheNorthAmericancontinenttoestablishcoloniesthatwerefreefromthecontrolsthatexistedinEuropeansocieties.Theywantedtoescapethecontrolsplacedontheirlivesbykingsandgovernments,priestsandchurches,noblemenandaristocrats.Toagreatextent,theysucceed.
ThehistoricdecisionsmadebythosefirstsettlershavehadaprofoundeffectontheshapingoftheAmericancharacter.Bylimitingthepowerofthegovernmentandthechurchesandeliminatingaformalaristocracy,theycreatedaclimateoffreedomwheretheemphasiswasontheindividual.TheUnitedStatesassociatedintheirmindswiththeconceptofindividualfreedom.ThisisprobablythemostbasicofalltheAmericanvalues.Scholarsandobserversoftencallthisvalue‘individualism’,butmanyAmericansusedtheword‘freedom’.Perhapstheword‘freedom’isoneofthemostrespectedandpopularwordsintheUnitedStatestoday.
By‘freedom’,Americansmeanthedesireandtheabilityofallindividualstocontroltheirowndestinywithoutoutsideinterferencefromthegovernment,arulingnobleclass,thechurchoranyotherorganizedauthority.Thedesiretobefreeofcontrolswasabasicvalueofthenewnationin1776,andithascontinuedtoattractedimmigrantstothiscountry”(DengYanchang,2001:
32).
3.1.2Individualisminthemovie
AmericanstreatindividualismasaNear-perfectcharacter,whichpresentsthespiritofindependence.Thisisespeciallymanifestedinchildhood.AsLuoYuehongsaid,Theindependenceofthechildrenisencouragedbythewholesociety,theydestinetobeindependentsincetheyareborn(骆越虹,2007:
87).Childrenshouldsleepalone,andtheynotonlyhavetheirownbed,butalsohavetheirownroom.Atthebeginningofthemovie,itwasshowninthemovie.EvenChristopherwasatsuchayoungage,atwhichtheageinChinamostchildrenstillsleptwiththeirparents,hehadtosleeponhisownbedinaroomseparatefromhisparents.EventhefinancialstatusoftheChris’wasnotthatgoodenough,theystillhadtohavethelittleChristopherhadhisownroom.
AccordingtoLuo(2007:
87),inUnitedStates,whilecommunicatingwithadults,childrenarealsousuallyseenasanequalindividual.Whilecommunicatingwithadults,theywouldusewordssuchas“No”“Ithink”andsoontoexpresstheirownwillandopinion.Notexceptionitwaspresentedinthemoviemanytimes.
Whenchildrengrowup,theconceptofindependencewouldrootintheirheartdeeply,eveninfluencethedestinyofhiscareer.Takeworkingforexample,thebossinthecompanyusuallywouldselectsuchpersonwhowithindependenceoruniquecharacteristicsashisstaffbecausehebelievehiscapacitycanleadhiscompanytosucceed,regardlessofotherfactorssuchaseconomystatus,etc.Itwasalsowellrepresentedinthemovie.WhenChrisattendedtheinterviewafterhewasjustsetfreefromtheprisonlessthananhouragobecauseofrelayingtopaythetax,thoughhedressedmessedwiththepaintinhisclotheswhichwasleftyesterdaywhilehewaspaintingthewall,thebroadacceptedhimtoattendtheinternshipwhichwasapreciousopportunityforChrisevenforothers.
3.2Self-reliance
3.2.1Thebackgroundofself-relianceinAmerica
AstowhatDengYanchangsaid(2001:
33),“Thereis,however,apricetobepaidfortheindividualfreedom:
self-reliance.Americansbelievethatindividualsmustlearntorelyonthemselvesorrisklosingfreedom.ThismeansthatAmericansbelievetheyshouldtakecareofthemselves,solvetheirownproblemsand‘standontheirowntwofeet.’Tocqueville,afamousFrenchhistorianandsociologist,observedtheAmericans’beliefinself-relianceinthe1830s:
Theyowenothingtoanyman,theyexpectednothingfromanyman;
theyacquirethehabitofalwaysconsideringthemselvesasstandingalone,andtheyareapttoimaginethattheirwholedestinyisintheirownhands.
Thisstrongbeliefinself-reliancecontinuestodayasabasicAmericanvalue.Itisperhapsoneofthemostdiffic
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