中美英雄对比 英语论文

1、undergraduate thesis of faculty of foreign studies yangtze university college of arts and sciencei introductionhero is a somewhat subjective concept. it generally refers to someone whose ability is beyond the ability of ordinary people, they can lead common people to do something meaningful. of cour

2、se, heroes also have their own distinct characters, which are different from nations, countries or regions and so on.in spite of different personalities of heroes, hero worship exists almost in every type of culture. heroism, result of hero worship, represents special social cultural pursuit of a cu

3、lture and to some extend influences the development of a society. however, the definition of the social value of heroism differs with cultures. in this thesis, the author attempted to analyse the hero image of hiccup in movie how to train your dragon so as to discuss the characters of american hero.

4、 by this way, we are available to have a better understanding about their values and outlook on life. in addition, by comparing the similarities and differences of heroism in both america and china in detail, we will have a more profound understanding about the cultural differencise between china an

5、d america.ii literature reviewprevious scholars have made a concrete explaination about heroism and have a brief introduction about its background. 2.1 definition of heroismalong with the progress of human civilization, the understanding of heroism has been formed into two aspects. one is the humani

6、tarian spirit values gradually took the place of the past narrow nationalism, nationalism and racialism values. heroism has a wide range of significance about mankind spiritual. on the other hand, on behalf of many kinds of culture and different national values, the heroism of different countries in

7、 mutual collisions have been constantly understanding and learning from each other. heroism with the trend of human unity and other various cultural values will always be a pair of contradiction. the united states as a representative of western culture system promoted their cultural values with its

8、strong economic strength. to speak more specificly, thats to advocate the concept of american heroism and shape touching hero image to establish the leading position of western culture .as the globalized world today, in addition to the economic strength, its more important to emphasize cultural dive

9、rsity and the coexistence of various values.the view above is from a british writer named carlisle in his book the heroes and the hero worship. he did a simple elaboration about poeples understanding to the heroism today so as to emphasize the significance of cultural diversity and coexistence of di

10、fferent values. well, the authors opinion is just consistent with my writing purpose. this thesis is based on the contrast of the american hero and chinese hero to discuss western values and their outlook on life, so that we can better understand the western culture, their way of thinking and their

11、belief to strengthen the ideological exchanges between chinese and western and promote the fusion of their values.2.2 background of american heroin the hero complex in american film, the author zhou xiaoling claimed that heroes are the product of group life. as early as ancient times, somebody outst

12、anding in intelligence or in physical strength would appear as pioneer when people felt powerless in front of nature. among these leaders, those who are superior in character than the ordinary people can be crowned by the title of “hero”. the emergence of the hero came as the public psychological wo

13、rship to hero, the dreaming of supernormal ability and the desire to succeed. in everyones inner heart, there is a deep hero complex and worship or yearning to the hero which no doubt can cause our resonance. film is undoubtedly one of the most powerful art forms. hollywood as the american “dreamwor

14、ks” has been constantly weaving a variety of fascinating dreams from the day it began to work. “the hero myth” is without doubt one of the most successful and traditional dream modes. countless heroes came out from the screen, their behaviors have been widely known, hero complex has become one of th

15、e distinct characteristics in american movies. zhou xiaoling eludicated the reason about the yearing to hero and enabled us to understand mass psychology to hero worship. in the article the basic conditons of super civilian hero in american film, the author qijin argued that “superman”, “spiderman”

16、and “swordsman” these three series of film title are translated as “man”, can be called hollywood “sanxia” movies. while, in these movies, heroes have supernatural ability, at the same time are ordinary people in daily life, so it can be called them super “civilian hero” with supernatural power. the

17、 three films has striking consistency in the literature source, building common american modern myths. americas “sanxia” movies are adapted from cartoon, as modern myth persuiting perfection of human, reflect peoples deep potential conscious and unconscious. why “civilian hero” movie like “sanxia” s

18、eries in hollywood are so popular? to explain this, we should get to know about the society and several historical events of the united states. the scholars argued that the appearance of this kind of film is closely related with its national unconscious existing deeply in the united states. so to sp

19、eak, because of the unconscious desire to the civilian hero among american people, this type of film is provided for a good opportunity to occupy the marketing. the pursuit of american with deep personal heroism complex and affirmation to each individuals value render the appearance of “civilian her

20、o” movie. the author mainly analyzed the background and foundation of the born of its civilian hero, presenting a good reference to understand the civilian hero complex in the united states.previous scholars have researched peoples psychology to the hero worship and the background and forming reason

21、s of heroism plot in america. so in this paper, the author will focus on comparing the differencies in both chinese hero and american hero, instead of the reasons or background about the formation of hero. heroism in human society has a long history, it has, in fact, already become a kind of cultura

22、l phenomenon which can reflect the basic ideology of eastern and western. such as chen duxiu pointed, “western nation lay emphasis on individualism and fighting, by contrast, the security of country and family peace is in the top priority of oriental nation ”, in this paper, the author attempted to

23、analyse the hero image of hiccup in movie how to train your dragon so as to discuss the characteristics of american hero, by this way, we are available to have a better understanding about their values and outlook on life. in addition, through the comparison between chinese hero image and american h

24、ero image, we are able to get distinct identities of values and views both in china and the united states, thereby to have a more profound understanding about the cultural differencise between china and america, or even between eastern and western.iii analysis of hero image in how to train your drag

25、onin order to get to know about the characteristics of american hero we should analyse a specific american hero as the example. during the analysis process, the author try to from three aspects to analyse the hero hiccup, as follows: firstly, hiccups growing background, then its hiccups personality,

26、 the last its his interpersonnal relations. 3.1 hiccups growing backgroundin the film how to train you dragon, the viking tribe is living in a tough environment, where is cold, lack of food and barren landed, and they are natural habitants living by hunting and fishing. when refer to how to deal wit

27、h the relationship with natural communication, the best method is still conquer. when talking about the great viking spirit, hiccups father, stoick, as the leader of the tribe, stated that the viking warrior spirit is strong enough to crush mountains, bare forests and flat sea. with the ethical valu

28、es of human centralism, the vikings believed that they are the only subject and the slaughter of the nature. they are proud of their strong power. a huge shape and thick hair are the characteristics of strong viking warriors, and their armor, helmet, sharp axe and big iron hammer and so on is the fl

29、ag presenting their great power.therefore, according to this standard, gangly hiccup is considered to be lack of the characteristics of the viking warrior, for he is not full of muscle and seems to lack of courage and honor. hiccups father is a strong and mighty leader, however, his son is thin and

30、small, a very alternative boy. under the background of the vikings ancient view that power is everything, dragon become must be conquered object for the vikings. killing dragon has been a traditional culture passing down from the generation of the vikings. the dragon has been put on a label of dange

31、rous in their ancient books. young people all were tought that dragon must be slaughtered. their definition to hero also make a profound influence, to their cultural tradition, thus, those who can fight with dragon and successfully kill dragon is credited as the viking warriors.as the son of the vik

32、ing leader, hiccup should set an example to take the lead to become a viking warrior honored by his people. however, either from the appearance or inner part, hiccup is not compatible with a viking warrior. a thin body can not fight with the fierce dragon, whats worse, hiccup would bring unexpected

33、troubles in the battle from time to time, so his father and other people in the tribe never hold out any hope on hiccup, even are a little bit disappointed. they would fight with dragon rather than stay to take care of hiccup.in general, hiccup just like a square peg in a round hole, .growing up in

34、different surroundings. though he looks weak, does not like a viking warrior of strong body, in the harsh living conditions, hiccup still has exercised out resolute and unyielding character. although hiccup did not fully accepted the view that viking warriors should be strong and brave enough to kil

35、l dragon, also influenced by it, such as great courage and superior judgment.3.2 hiccups personalityhiccups living environment contribute to his indomitable and fortitude character, view about the brave viking warriors led to his great courage and observant insight. now lets make a brief analysis ab

36、out hiccups personality. first of all, he is very clever and has strong practical ability. he is good at using his mind to invent many kinds of instruments, which prove that he is a diligent thinker with a pair of practicable hands. every time when people are in fighting with dragons, he will always

37、 use himself-made instruments trying to help his people, but mostly they are failed, and sometimes even do a disservice. from this point we can see that hiccup is not a rigid person, he wont blindly obey what others told him what to do or just stay in situ. he is eager for a breakthrough and attempt

38、s to prove himself. this also helps to lay a fundation about hiccups shake and query on the traditional concept of the viking warriors.secondly, hiccup is kind-hearted and nonconfirmed in stereotypes. when his knife stabed towards toothless, he saw toothless eyes were full of fear and despair. in th

39、is moment, he hesitated and doubted that dragons were really ferocious and evil as they assumed. finally, he gave up killing toothless, and even feed toothless with fish since toothless had been hurt without ability to feed itself. such actions would be absolutely incredible to people in the viking

40、tribe. abandoning the old idea of dragon from his predecessors, hiccup made a close contact with the dragon, toothless, and understood the true nature of dragons. he formed his own idea to dragon, established a profound friendship with toothless. they trust eath other, never desert the other part ev

41、en in need. in additon the western culture just advocate the ability of self-practice and selfcognitive. there is no absolute authority and truth, no unchanged models. they dislike to stick in the mub, to obey blindly without any doubts.finally, hiccup was brave enough to challenge fixed idea, using

42、 his own perspective to get to know about dragons. in the film, hiccup and toothless fought with the final boss-a huge greedy dragon, which again shows his great courage. at the same time, he could lead his companies wisely to attack the weaknesses of the huge dragon, which also presents his special

43、 leadership and conducting faculty. in the western views, full of strategy, wise and leadership are all qualifies that a great man should possess. especially in the election, such abilities are considered as the top priority.3.3 hiccups interpersonal relationshiphiccups father is the leader of the v

44、ikings with strong power, the vikings mission has been killing dragons. every generated leader has the long-cherished wish to find the dragons lair and eradicate it. however, his son, hiccup as a thin and small boy, would never grow up as his father expected. hiccup didnt not have such a surreal dre

45、am that one day he would be as strong and powerful as his father either. in such a background, the relationship between father and son was in a quandary, thus, both of them were eager for get the identity from the other part, but there was always a gap between them because of their different beliefs

46、 and personality.even though hiccup still hoped to prove his ability to his father. however, things always go contrary to ones wishes, instead of slaughtering a dragon, in a strange combination of circumstances, the young and inexperienced hiccup became friends with a dragon, toothless. his father w

47、as extremely disappointed with hiccup after knowing the truth. when his father led people to smash the dragons lair, the huge dragon was too strong to conquer and many people of the tribe had been badly hurt and felt scared. at this time hiccup and his friends rode their tame dragons to help to figh

48、t with that huge dragon. this moment, his father seemed to understand something so that he released toothless and let toothless go back to help hiccup. finally, the huge dragon was defeated and all the people were saved. hiccup made their people realized that all their previous views to dragons were

49、 totally wrong, dragons also can be very friendly and tractable.to try to get his fathers understanding, instead of compelling his father to accept toothless, hiccup use another way to let the father know that toothless also had its own lovely and justice aspects. on the other hand, in the critical

50、moment hiccups father can also timely abandon the fix ideas having been passed from generation to generation and give support to hiccup. so to speak, their relationship was rejuvernated by their mutual understanding and considering. whats this film advocated is mutual understanding in human beings a

51、nd living harmony with nature. the final victory of viking people was not achieved by force or violence, but can attribute to the union of all the vikings plusing tacit cooperation of hiccup and toothless. it is thus clear that violence and force only can led to temporarily obedient and yield, while

52、 sincere love between people can obtain long harmonious.in hiccup life there was another important person, his lover, astrid. astrid was a frank, sincere, brave and was born with stubborn and competitive spirit of the viking warriors. having witnessed the good partner relations between hiccup and to

53、othless, not only she put down the hostility towards toothless, also became kind and friendly to toothless, from this point we can see that astrid was very considerate and thoughtful, she knew well that hiccup was in a circumstances of contradiction and on the horns of a dilemma, so she gave the bes

54、t support to hin. when hiccups father and people knew that hiccup went close with a dragon, their hope to hiccup from the top dropped down to the bottom there was nothing hiccup could do but to helplessly watch his people risking their lives to fight with the huge dragon. at this moment, astrid stoo

55、d by him again when he felt dispirited and discouraged. under the inspire of astrid, hiccup gained the courage to put himself up again to save his people. astrids good character and her firm belief and indomitable spirit also is undoubtedly became another bright spot of the movie. there is no deny t

56、hat hiccups success is not only because of his courage to challenge stereotype, understandings and supports from his relatives, friends and lover also took a large proportion. iv characteristics of american heroin this paper, the author s opinion is that the most conspicuous characteristics of ameri

57、can hero is the personal heroism. personal heroism means a person who is divorced from the masses, believed personal power very much and to perform certain social mission using heroism thought and behavior. seeing individualism for the principle, it exaggerated or discomfort local emphasis on indivi

58、dual in social life and the role of historical activities, denying peoples power and wisdom. it shows that undeserved reputation, self-righteousness, prided himself on all as the characteristic. so the following three characters of american hero are all surrounded by personal heroism, to give a more

59、 detailed analysis on it.4.1 individualismindividualism, which has various explanations in the british encyclopedia, is a moral, political, and social philosophy, emphasizing individual liberty, the primary importance of the individual and the “personal independence. individualism is the core of the american culture. it focuses on the satisfaction of ones own desire and interests through self-reliance. the word individualism wa