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1、ComparativestudyonsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanheroinmovieUpdated: -10-09 15:19ByWanyingZheng()Thissummer,IhaveachancetotaketheclassoflearningAmericaculturefrommovie.AfterwatchingthemoviesintheclassI,IdiscoveredthatheroesinAmericanmoviesareapparentlydifferentfromthatinChinesemo
2、vies.Thisisduetothedifferentdefinitionsofherointhetwocultures.Therefore,thisessayfocusesonthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanheroesinmovies.Atthesametime,theessayalsodwellsonculturalbackgroundsofheroesinbothcountries.IntroductionEveryculturehasitsowndefinitionofhero,whichresultsin
3、differentcharacteristicsofheroinitsmovie.Meanwhile,movie,asashallowculture,willalsoreflectthedefinitionofheroofthatcountry,whichrelateswithitssocialidea,geography,andhistory.DifferentkindsofheroinChineseandAmericanmoviesprovethisexactly.WhiletheheroimagesofChinaandtheUShavesomesimilarities,theyalsoh
4、avegreatdifferencesbecauseofdifferentculturalbackgrounds.ThesimilaritiesbetweenChineseheroismandAmericanheroisminmovieInmypointofview,heroisthepersonpeopledreamtobe.Peoplefromallovertheworldhassomesamepursuance,thustherearesomesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandAmerican heroes.Firstly,heroesfrombothcountr
5、ieshavecharacteristicssuperiortoordinarypeople,bothphysicallyandpsychologically.Theyalwayshavestrongbodywithperfectskills,andgreatwisdomthatcanhelpthemescapefromdangers.Wecanseethesecharacteristicsclearlyincountlessmovies.InAmerica,wehave007,SpiderMan,andCaptainJackSparrow.InChina,wehaveDayuinancien
6、tChina,JinkeintheQindynasty,andalsoJackyCheninmoderntime.Secondly,heroesfrombothcountrieshavenoblequalities.ThepersonportrayedasaheroinmoviesbothinChinaandtheUSalwayshasunbelievablecourage,unswervingpursuance,andishighlycompassionate.Forexample,inTheShawShankRedemption,ShawShankusedhiswisdomanddeepf
7、aithdefeatingtheevilpeople,andeventuallyescapingfromtheprison.InChinesemovieHero,directedbyYimouZhang,thecharacterWuMinggotachancetoapproachandmurdertheKing,byhisuncommonkungfu,andremarkableChinesephilosophy.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandAmericanheroisminmovieEverysocietycreatesitsownhero.Thecharac
8、teristicsinoneculturecantbeduplicatedinanother.Suchadivergencecomesfromthedifferentdefinitionsofheroindifferentcultures.Whatkindofpersoncanbeseenasahero?Theanswersarevariousindifferentcultures.InAmericanmovies,firstly,heroeshaveallkindsofpersonality,withbothadvantageanddisadvantage.InPiratesoftheCar
9、ibbean,CaptainJackSparrowcandefeatthecanningmerchant,savagekillers,andusehiswisdomtoprotecthislover.However,hecantresistthetemptationfromneithermoneynorbeauty.HeroesinAmericanmoviesarenottotallyperfect,andarenotidenticalwitheachother.Theyhavetheirownpersonality.Secondly,heroesinAmericanmoviesalwaysh
10、aveintenseemotion.Theylovetheirfamiliesandhavestrongresponsibilitytothem.Also,thehumorstheyexpressedindangeroussituationoftenleavedeepimpressionontheaudience.InKungfupanda,thepanda,Abao,notonlyhaveperfectKungfu,butalsohaveadeeplovetohisfather,master,andfriends.Hissenseofhumorandalittlebitsillyisoneo
11、fthemostattractiveelementsinthismovie.Thirdly,beforetheirsuccess,heroesinAmericanmoviesalwaysexperiencelotsofdifficulties.Thisisbecausethatfightingwithfailureisalwaysconsideredasacapabilitytobecomeahero.InCowboyandAlien,beforedefeatingthealiens,JakeLonerganhasexperiencedlotsofmisfortunes,suchaslosin
12、gmemory,misunderstoodbythepeopleinthecountry,betrayedbyhisfellows.Butfinallyheovercomesallthesedifficultiesandearnsthetrustfrompeopleinthatvillage.However,affectedbydifferentculturalbackgroundsbetweenChinaandtheUS,theCharacteristicsofheroinAmericanmoviescantbeduplicatedinChinesemovies.IntheChinesemo
13、vies,firstly,heroesalwayshavegreaterresponsibilityofthewholecountryandnation.Wheneverthereisacontradictionbetweentheinterestofnationandtheirown,theyalwayschoosetosacrificethemselves.InthemovieTheHero,directedbyYimouZhang,inordertorevengeforhisnation,Wumingsacrificedhisfriendsandalsoherself.Secondly,
14、heroesinChinesemoviesseemstobeperfectintheirpersonalities.Theimageoftheheroismoreextraordinary,canbehardlyfoundintherealworld.Forexample,inChineseKungfumovie,heroesalwayshaveunbelievableKungfu,whilealsohaveanextraordinarypeacefulandpowerfulheart.Chinesearemorefondofprettifyingtheirhero,sothattheimageoftheh
