【正文】 ism is the key point of American cultural pattern, even between the father and the son. But in Chinese cultural pattern, fathers have the right or responsibility to educate the sons, no matter in a legal way or his personal way. We tend to take it as family privacy, instead of family violence or child abuse. In traditional Chinese culture, family conflict is often solved between family members and it?s a shame to spread family conflict outside of the house, while in America, the law and regulations make the difference. There was a very plain role in this movie, Lao Huo, the man who acted terracotta warrior, which was a loser in pursuing American dream pared with Datong. There were only the daily life and death of Lao Huo in this movie, which reflected the pursuit and struggling of an ordinary person in America. The death of him made the father of Datong think a lot, which was a clue to tell us the old man will return to China finally. According to the two different results of pursuing American dream, two different result of cultural conflict revealed. After the Gua Sha treatment rendered by the grandfather, Datong and his wife accepted it because of their Chinese culture background and the previous experience. It?s natural for the couple to keep the accident of child abuse secret to their father. And Datong confessed it was he who gave the treatment to the child, although his wife showed a little reluctance and hesitance. Actually his father gave the Gua Sha treatment to the son. There was an obvious culture difference in the episode. Chinese people behave on the basis of experience, while American act with the reference to the specific evidence. It?s praiseworthy for Datong to be a scapegoat for his father. In Chinese traditional culture, the law is important but sometimes affection counts. It?s dutiful and responsible to reduce the pains of parents both in China and America. If Datong admitted his 6 father gave the treatment to the child and his to father will be accused by the court. Although it?s lawful, it?s unfilial in Chinese culture, which is an unfivable fault. Chinese view on interpersonal relationship work has been illustrated richly in this movie. When Datong needed a lawyer to help him, he sought help of his friend, who is actually not a lawyer of family law, but copyright law. Because of the lack of legal knowledge and the good relationship between them, Datong insisted on his help. Before the hearing menced, Datong?s wife asked why the court was not the same as she saw before on TV. The tiny episode accounted for the difference between the judicial systems. Because Datong was in trouble, he turned to his friend for help, regardless of his professional field. Chinese weak legal consciousness was also criticized and satirized in this movie and Datong?s family became victims of culture shock. Although Gua Sha treatment is mon and effective in China, we never tried to understand how it worked. We learned our culture from folk tales, mass media, and education. Culture is transmitted from generation to generation, so we never question the therapy. Everyone is a product of his own culture, it?s undoubted for American to have nothing idea about the treatment. But we can also find strong prejudice and ethnocentrism of America in the response to the case. The trial of this child abuse case could be regarded as the climax of this film. Datong?s family fights against the charge, which is an intense conflict between the Chinese and American cultures. Traditional medical treatment cannot be proved and admitted. They have no interest in proving why Gua Sha treatment is advisable but tried to prove how much the couple loves their son. The judgment and condemnation are just based on the scratch, the judge never showed a fair and sensible attitude to the medical treatment. Chinese classical book Journey to the West is considered from the negative perspective, even though the accuser knew it was wrong. The malicious and deliberated objection described American petition and materialism. The aim of the dispute is just for the victory in the court, regardless of the wicked ways. The prejudice and discrimination are two apparent obstacles in the intercultural munication. Moreover, the ethnocentrism of America was also perceivable. The judge and the accuser never showed justice to Datong?s rebuttal. Because of the ignorance of the treatment, they were very indifferent and pride to Datong?s statement. This uncooperative attitude made this event worse. It seems all of them are welleducated and civilized, but the munication problems repeatedly arose. Both of the parties held respective strong cultural background and different values, which have implemented enormous impact. Additionally, the stereotyping to Chinese or easterners are mentionable. When Datong said he hit his son to save his boss? face, to make him feel better. The boss felt it was twisted and absurd. When Datong said it was a mon sense to save his wife rather than the child, the female accuser said, your Orientals are barbarian. Stereotypes were a means of anizing our images into fixed and simple categories that we use to stand for the entire collection of people. In most distances, stereotypes are the products of limi