【正文】 beliefs, sexual attitudes, and drug use. The most memorable questioning of the United States government came during the Vietnam War. Many hippies felt that the Vietnam War was an unjustified war and that all American military personnel should immediately be brought back to the United States. “In order to have their opinions heard, many hippie groups participated in antiwar and antiVietnam protests”(Teng 67).Jenny is one of the representatives of the Hippie Culture. The unfortunate childhood crashes her traditional values and makes her rebel the social. We can view many bad scenes in the movie to response her character, such as her excessive drinking, drugging, violence, sexual intercourse and so on. The Return of Traditional Culture in Forrest GumpThe United States of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of largescale migration from many ethnically and racially different countries throughout its history as well as differing birth and death rates among natives, settlers, and immigrants.The movie reflects the return of traditional culture from an intellectual disability. Gump stands for the traditional culture. He goes through many affairs in different historical periods, but he still keeps simple and kind. Gump is honest, kind, earnest and brave. The film excites people’s rethinking of traditional culture and makes people acquire the confidence of life. American Dream in Forrest Gump If you want to succeed in the United States, you must work hard. Americans match their energy and intelligence against that of others in a petitive contest for success. People who like peting and are more successful than others are honored by being called winners. On the other hand, those who do not like peting and are not successful when they try are often dishonored by being called losers. The pressures of petition in the life of an American begin in childhood and continue until retirement from work. Learning to pete successfully is part of growing up in the United States, and petition is encouraged by strong programs of petitive sports provided by the public schools and munity groups.Forrest Gump is the best interpretation of the American Dream. His IQ is only 75, below the normal minimum 80 standard. Forrest Gump grew up to be bullied by local resident called idiot. He was often asked in his upbringing: Are you stupid or something? And he always answered: Stupid is as stupid does. Finally, he makes a success. He gets rid of the orthopedic folder, enters the full American football star team and meets with President Kennedy. Of course, he also does many other things. He is simple and loyal. He’s trying to make his success dramatic continuously. His success emerges the American dream again. Entire movie is full of humor and it deeply moves the audience heart. The individualism of American cultures can be concentrated to the “American Dream”. In the movie, Jenny leaves home alone and battles throughout the United States as the bar singer, restaurant waiter and social activist. This is a uniquely American the local culture, called the “American Dream”. American Dream is not a dream, but a pursuit of an ideal and a philosophy of life in the United States. For different Americans, the American Dream is not entirely the same.V. Conclusion Winston Groom is a great novelist whose works not only conquer the literature lovers but also open up a window for those who struggle for their life. Forrest Gump is much more than a story. It is an encouraging book, a book of hardships and survival. Forrest Gump makes the movie a good source for introducing American cultures in a motivating way. America is a very young country with more than 200 year’s history. However, America is a super developed country now. Many people are curious about American cultures. We can have a better understanding of the American social and cultures backgrounds of the filmmaking through appreciating the film, such as racial discrimination, the Vietnam War, antiwar rallies, the civil rights movements, the women liberation of the president’s assassination, Watergate, pingpong diplomacy, antitraditional culture and so on. The film is also an appealing to the return of traditional values. Forrest Gump stands for many excellent qualities of the white men in the United States in the 1950s: honest, faithful, earnest, and brave. We will have a spiritual stimulation. The social issues or individual concerned have been discussed in the movie. Although the issues are in some ways universal, the special American nature of many of the staged settings of the film Forrest Gump helps NonAmerican people understand an even wider range of American feature films in which many similar issues arise. We can have a better understanding of the American social and cultures backgrounds of the film through appreciating the movie, therefore, we will thoroughly understand American cultures. 16 Bibliography[1] Krait, Marwan.s sale to Via earlier in the year. The Author and His NovelWinston Groom was born in Washington, ., and was brought up in Mobile, Alabama where he took part in University Military School (now known as UMSWright Preparatory School). Groom’s earliest aspiration was to bee a lawyer like his father, but he finally turned into a writer. He joined the army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of obligation in the Vietnam War. When he returned from Vietnam, he acted as a reporter for the Washington Star. Groom retired when he was 32, and started writing his first novel Better Times than These which was e out in next novel As Summers Die got better appreciation. In 1985, Groom move back to Mobile, Alabama where he started to write the novel Forrest Gump. The novel was published in 1986。 more specifically, the period between Forrest39。 American culturesInterpretation of American culture in Forrest GumpI. Introduction Forrest Gump is a well received American movie by