【正文】 audiences all over the world. It states the history of the second half of 20th century in America. Forrest Gump is an American film adapted from the novel with the same title, the author of the novel is Winston Groom. In the movie, Gump, regarded as an incarnation of virtue, honesty, trustworthy, and bravery, is a very pure image. He promises his rades to buy a shrimp boat. He finally realizes his last wish and wins a huge wealth for them. Gump is persistent, so he runs across the entire United States. Gump stands for the American traditional culture. Gump represents the concern of the main people and stands for all of the mainstream culture. The culture of the United States is primarily Western, but is influenced by Native American, African, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American cultures. A strand of what may be described as American cultures started its formation over 10,000 years ago with the migration of PaleoIndians from Asia, as well as from Oceania and Europe, into the region that is today the continental United States. “The United States of America has its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore” (Larry 67). “The 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” (Xiong 39). Forrest Gump revises popular memories of the 1960s through its representations of gender and race and its visualization of postwar history. The paper consists of 5 parts. The first part is the introduction to the film which tells a disabled man’s outstanding life. The second part is social and cultural background of Forrest Gump. The third part analyzes American cultures in Forrest Gump in terms of historical culture, hippie culture, the return of traditional culture, and American dream. The film is the best interpretation of the American cultures. Through the analysis of American cultures in the film of Forrest Gump, we will have a better understanding of the different American cultures. II. The Film of Forrest Gump Adapted from the NovelForrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic film based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. “The story depicts several decades in the life of Gump, a na239。 antiintellectual movie。關(guān)鍵詞：《阿甘正傳》；反智影片。影片旨在喚起人們對歷史的反思和對美國文化的重新審視。 題 目： 解讀《阿甘正傳》中的美國文化 姓 名： 學(xué) 號： 學(xué) 院： 外國語學(xué)院 專 業(yè)： 英 語 年級班級： 指導(dǎo)教師： 2014年5月Interpretation of American Culture in Forrest GumpA paper submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of ArtsThe College of Foreign Languages Zhoukou Normal UniversityMay, 2014Contents摘 要 iAbstract iiI. Introduction 1II. The Film of Forrest Gump Adapted from the Novel 2 The Author and His Novel 2 An Introduction to the Film 3III. Social and Cultural Background of Forrest Gump 3 Social Background 4 Cultural Background 5IV. American cultures in Forrest Gump 7 Historical Culture in Forrest Gump 8 Hippie Culture in Forrest Gump 10 The Return of Traditional Culture in Forrest Gump 11 American Dream in Forrest Gump 11V. Conclusion 12Bibliography 14Acknowledgements 15摘 要電影是了解一個國家的鏡子,是反映并傳播本土文化的一種主要形式。《阿甘正傳》是20世紀(jì)90年代末的一種美國經(jīng)典反智電影。本文通過分析《阿甘正傳》創(chuàng)作的社會和文化背景以及電影中展現(xiàn)的歷史文化、嬉皮士文化、傳統(tǒng)文化和美國夢等美國文化，更好地理解美國社會文化的變遷，從而為解讀電影《阿甘正傳》提供一個新的角度。美國社會和文化背景；美國文化iiAbstractThe film is a mirror to understand a country, and it is a primary form to reflect and spread the local culture. Forrest Gump is an American antiintellectualism movie in the late 1990s. It aims to evoke reflection on history and the hearts of collection of the American culture. Through the analysis of social and historical background as well as many different American cultures in the film, such as the historical culture, hippie culture, the traditional culture, and American dream, the paper is intended to understand the changes of American cultures and provides a new perspective for interpreting the film of Forrest Gump.Key words: Forrest Gump。 American social and cultural background。ve and slowwitted yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States。s birth in 1944 and 1982” (Robert 78).Released in the United States on July 6, 1994, Forrest Gump received critical acclaim and became a mercial success as the top grossing film in North America released that year, being the first major success for Paramount Pictures since the studio39。 however, it did not make Groom a famous author until it was reposed into a film with the same title in 1994. An Introduction to the FilmGump is a moron whose IQ is only 75. At school in order to prevent any other students of bullying, he obeys to Jenny’s words and starts to run. He ran from the mocking from others. He ran into the football field in order to avoid being hit in high school, when the war was over Gump was regarded as a hero and was interviewed by President Johnson. In his life, he met many American eminent persons. He exposed the Watergate Affair, and he was a referee of the American table tennis team to match with Chinese. Tow music stars, Elvis and John Lennon, contacted with him and produced many famous songs. At last, Gump became a magnate in the shrimp. To mark the dead bubba, he established the Bubba and Gump Company, and gave the pany’s half shares to bubba’s mother.