浅析《肖申克的救赎》的美国式英雄主义
Simple Analysis of American Heroism in The Shawshank Redemption
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Just like love, heroes are eternal themes in the world. If the love pattern is a ritual process of life when people get rid of the barbarism age sufficiently and enter the civilization age, the hero mode is complex reaction that people seek for achievements and goals. 周晓鸥老婆The Shawshank Redemption is acknowledged as one of the most popular American movies; it reflects the 井柏然付辛博core value of American heroism profoundly and deeply. In the thesis, the heroism in The Shawshank Redemption is revealed, so that how the movie reflects the heroism can be better understood by audiences. Furthermore, the author gives a brief introduction of cultural characteristics of heroism in the movie, reasons resulting in heroism and the relationship between the American heroism and American dream in The Shawshank Redemption so as to indicate the core value of American heroism.
Key words: The Shawshank Redemption; heroism; America
摘要good goodbye
如爱情一般，英雄也是永恒的主题。如果说爱情模式是人类充分摆脱野蛮时代而进入文明时代后人生的仪式过程，英雄模式则是人生追求成就目标活动投射到心灵中的情结反应。《肖申克的救赎》一直被认为是最受欢迎的美国电影之一，它深刻地体现出了美国英雄主义核心价值观。本篇论文旨在揭露电影《肖申克的救赎》中的英雄主义从而让我们更深入的理解电影是如何体现英雄主义的。该论文的论点是电影主要从英雄主义的文化特征，英雄主义产生的原因和《肖申克的救赎》中美国英雄主义和美国梦之间的关系三个方面来体现英雄主义。
关键词：《肖申克的救赎》；英雄主义；美国
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Background about Stephen King(paraphrase）
As one of America’s popular, imaginative and most productive writers of our time, Stephen King (1947- ) is a frequent recipient and nominee of literature awards and prizes over the past decades since his first novel came out. In 1982, King got the Hugo Award for his non-fiction Danse Macabre (1981), he was nominated Locus Award for forty seven times from 1987 to 2007 and received the awards for four times. In 1986, King received the O. Henry Award for his short story “The Man in Black Suit”. In 2003, the life-time achievement medal was conferred to King; the honor put him in the rank of great authors of America, such as Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison and Arthur Miller etc.
Constantly moving around the country, King’s childhood was not happy. He was born in Portland, Maine in 1947 to a lower middle-class family. King’s mother Ruth and his adopted brother Dave led a restless life after their father had gone out for a pack of cigarettes and never returned. When King was eleven years old, the family moved to Durham, Maine, where King stayed until he graduated from the University of Maine in 1970. The place carried so many King’s emotions and memories that “Castle Rock” had been the setting in many of his fictions.
Success never comes easily. As the illness in ear and throat, seven-year-old King stayed at home alone and began to imitate the stories he read from funny books. Surprised at his performance, King’s mother encouraged him to write stories on his own instead of imitation. In 1960, King’s first story was rejected; however, it did not stop his writings. With an excellent story-telling genius, his stories were popular among his peers and relatives. When King studied at the University of Maine, he began to write for a weekly column of the school newspaper. After graduation with a B.A. in English, King taught at a high school, but what he earned as a teacher couldn't make both ends meet. Both King and his wife had to do other jobs so as to support the family which owns two daughters. During the vacation, King had to work at an industrial laundry, but the salary could not even afford the charge of telephone.
King’s wife plays an irreplaceable role in his career. His wife Tabitha believes in his talent in writing, encouraging him to insist on writing no matter how many times his works were rejected by the press. It was Tabitha who found the manuscript of Carrie in the wastebasket, she picked it out, put it in order, and read it carefully, convincing King that it
was an interesting fiction worth working on it. Fortunately, in the spring of 1974, the novel Carrie was accepted for publication. King knew from his editor that the success of the fiction could provide enough money to quit his job as teacher and could write full-time. From then on, King began his journey in literary and received almost all the professional awards.
1.2 Brief introduction of The Shawshank Redemption(paraphrase）
The story of The Shawshank Redemption starts in 1947 when the protagonist, Andy Dufresen (acted by Tim Robbins) arrives at Shawshank prison. He is a soft-spoken banker convicted of murdering his wife and the man with whom she has an affair. He is serving two consecutive life sentences and is to be imprisoned for the rest of his life in Shawshank Maximum Security Prison, Maine.
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Soon after Andy arrives at the prison, “The Sisters”, a gang of prison rapists led by Bogs Diamond, turn their attentions to Andy. The story is narrated by Red-Andy’s best friend. Red is well known for being able to get almost anything into Shawshank prison. Andy ask
s Red to get him a rock hammer with the excuse that he is a rock hound. Red is a little suspicious at first, thinking this may be a lethal object (which it is). However, after negotiation, they make the deal. After some time, Andy comes into the movie theatre and asks Red to get him a poster of Rita Hayworth, who appears on the movie screen that Red is watching (This is the only reference to Rita Hayworth in the story). Andy hangs the big poster on the wall of the prison cell. At the end of the story, both items turn out to be crucial parts of a scheme that the mild mannered banker prepared for a long time.