Abstract:In 1994, Forest Gump came into people’s sight. This movie told us a story about the persistence and the pursuit of American dream. Since a long time, American dream has become a hot topic in many movies. This paper aims to analysis the pursuit and dissolution of American dream by the movie, and the recreation of their American dreams in the pitfalls. This paper focuses on the following aspects: the introduction to American dream; the introduction to the movie’s background; the analysis of the movie’s characters; the pursuit of American dream in the 1960s and 1970s, and the recreation of American dream. In the movie, it can be found out that Americans did not bury their dream in that unsafe and turbulent period. They moved forward to create their dreams like Forest Gump. At the same time, American dream, which is still being pursued by many people, is regarded as a double-blade sword. An American dream can give one not only a promising future, but also the loss and failure. However, instead of giving up, they still keep going for the American dream stated in The Declaration of Independence.
Key words: American dream; Forrest Gump; The Declaration of Independence
中文摘要:本文作者尝试通过特定的历史背景，结合电影《阿甘正传》来探讨人们在美国梦的追求与幻灭，并且讨论美国人们如何在一次次的挫折中重新塑造自己的美国梦。这里主要关注的是以下几点：美国梦的介绍、电影的时代背景、电影人物分析、美国社会六七十年代的美国梦追求和美国人在挫折中重塑美国梦。结合电影分析，我们能够看到在上世纪美国那动荡的十年里，人们的梦并没有埋没在不安和动荡之中，他们用自己的方法对抗时代的挑战。而美国梦，这个既能带给人们安稳，也能带给人们灾难的梦，至今仍是很多人追求的目标，因此，他们不惧怕失败，更懂得如何在一次次的失败和挫折中重塑自己的梦想，建立一个像《独立宣言》所说的那样的美国梦。
关键词：美国梦；《阿甘正传》；《独立宣言》
