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I Introduction
Hero
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
course,
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
culture
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. 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
and America.
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II Literature Review
Previous scholars have made a concrete
explaination about heroism and have a
brief introduction about its
background.
2.1 Definition
of Heroism
Along with the progress of
human civilization, the understanding of heroism
has
been formed into two aspects. One
is the humanitarian 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 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
strong
economic
strength.
To
speak
more
specificly,
that
?
s
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, it
?
s
more important to
emphasize cultural
diversity 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
poeple
?
s understanding to
the
heroism
today
so
as
to
emphasize
the
significance
of
cultural
diversity
and
coexistence of different
values. Well,
the author?s 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 belief to strengthen the
ideological exchanges between Chinese
and western and promote the fusion of their
values.
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2.2
Background of American Hero
In
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
outstanding
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 worship to hero, the dreaming of
supernormal
ability
and
the
desire
to
succeed.
I
n
everyone?s
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
“dreamworks”
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
the
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
”
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
three
films
has
striking
consistency
in
the
literature
source,
building
common
American
modern
myths.
America?s
“SanXia”
movies
ar
e
adapted
from
cartoon,
as
modern
myth
persuiting
perfection
of
human,
reflect
people?s
deep
potential conscious and unconscious.
Why
“civilian hero” movie
like
“SanXia” series
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 speak, because of the unconscious desire to
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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 individual?s value
render the appearance of
“civilian hero” 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
people?
s
psychology to the hero worship and
the
background and forming reasons 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
cultural
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 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 hero 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.
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III
Analysis of Hero Image in
How to Train
Your
Dragon
In
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,
Hiccup
?
s
growing
background,
then
it
?
s
Hiccup
?
s
personality,
the
last
it
?
s
his
interpersonnal
relations.
3.1
Hiccup
’
s growing background
In
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
with
the
relationship
with
natural
communication,
the
best
method
is
still
conquer.
When
talking about the great
Viking spirit, Hiccup
?
s
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 values
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
flag
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. Hiccup's
father is a strong and mighty leader, however, his
son
is thin and 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
dangerous in their
ancient books. Young
people all were tought that dragon must be
slaughtered. Their
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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
Viking 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,
what
?
s worse, Hiccup would
bring unexpected 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 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
kill dragon, also influenced by it, such as great
courage
and
superior judgment.
3.2
Hiccup
’
s Personality
Hiccup?
s living environment
contribute to his indomitable and fortitude
character,
view about the brave Viking
warriors led to his great courage and observant
insight.
Now
let
?
s
make
a
brief
analysis
about
Hiccup
?
s
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 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
won
?
t blindly obey what
others told him what to do or just stay
in situ. He is eager for a breakthrough
and attempts to prove himself. This also helps
to lay a fundation about
Hiccup
?
s shake and query on
the traditional concept of the
Viking
warriors.
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Secondly,
Hiccup
is
kind-hearted
and
nonconfirmed
in
stereotypes.
When
his
knife
stabed towards Toothless, he saw
T
oothless? eyes
were full of
fear and despair.
In this 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 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
even in need. In additon the western
culture just advocate the ability of self-practice
and
self
–
cognitive.
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
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 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 Hiccup
’
s
Interpersonal Relationship
Hiccup?s
father
is
the
leader
of
the
Vikings
with
strong
power,
the
V
ikings?
mission has been killing dragons. Every
generated leader has the long-cherished wish
to
find the dragon?s
lair
and eradicate it. However, his
son, Hiccup as a thin and small
boy,
would
never
grow
up
as
his
father
expected.
Hiccup
didn
?
t
not
have
such
a
surreal dream 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 and
personality.
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Even though Hiccup still
hoped to prove his ability to his father. However,
things
always
go
contrary
to
one
?
s
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
was
extremely
disappointed
with
Hiccup
after
knowing the truth.
When his
father
led people to smash
the dragon?s 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
fight 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 totally wrong, dragons also can
be very friendly and tractable.
To try to get his
father
?
s 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
moment
Hiccup
?
s
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.
What
?
s
this
film
advocated is mutual understanding in
human beings and 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 sincere love
between people can obtain long harmonious.
In Hiccup? lif
e 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
Toothless, 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
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and on the horns of a
dilemma, so she gave the best support to hin.
When
Hiccup
?
s
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
stood 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.
Astrid's
good
character
and
her
firm
belief
and
indomitable
spirit
also
is
undoubtedly became another bright spot
of the movie. There is no deny that
Hiccup
?
s
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.
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IV Characteristics of
American Hero
In this paper, the author
?
s opinion is that the most
conspicuous characteristics of
American
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 individual in social life and
the
role
of
historical
activities,
denying
people's
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 detailed analysis on it.
4.1
Individualism
Individualism, 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
“Perso
nal
Independence.
Individualism
is
the
core of
the American culture. It focuses on the
satisfaction of one?s own desire and
interests
through
self-reliance.
The
word
individualism
was
first
promoted
by
the
French political
reviewer
Alexis
de Tocqueville
in
his
classical
book
Democracy
in
America published in 1835.
As expounded in Tocqueville?s book
Democracy in America, Individualism has
three meanings: Firstly, Individualism,
as an aim of values, emphasizes on oneself is
the
aim
of
one?s
words
and
behaviors.
“
s
elf”
has
the
most
important
value
and
the
society
is
only
the
method
to
realize
“self”.
Secondly,
as
a
thought
of
political
democracy, individualism opposes any
intervention from authority, nation, collective
or individuals. It put high value on
the s
logan of “free government” which
leads to the
spread
of
anarchism.
Thirdly,
as
a
thought
of
economy
and
possession
system,
individualism advocates sustaining
private system of possessions.
In
American?s
social
values,
Equal
opportunity
and
personal
freed
om
are
the
basic foundation for
every member of the society to achieve their self-
fulfillment. And
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liberty
and
equality
have
the
tightest
link
with
Individualism,
so
Individualism
is
viewed
as
the
basic
social
value
for
American
people.
In
Habits
of
the
Heart
the
author Robert Bellah, Richard Madsen
pointed out that Individualism was the core of
American value. Americans believed in
personal dignity and the sacred rights which
were inviolable.
The
value
system
of
individualism
is
mainly
seen
in
the
following
fields:
individual is the
center and core of all values; society is the
means to the realization of
personal
goals in which individual is the only purpose;
morally speaking, all men are
created
equal and each person is entitled to free choice
of life style. Since the birth of
individualism, it has been influencing
American society and has penetrated into every
aspects of American life.
Individualists considered that the
function of a nation was to supply service for
individual development. The aim of the
activities of human beings was self-interests
even
sometimes
this
self-centered
system
developed
into
egoism.
Individualists
advocated
that
one
should
live
by
his
or
her
own
lifestyle
and
it
is
one?s
personal
rights
to
live
without
the
correspondence
to
the
conformity.
There
are
obviously
different
explanations in the Catholic Encyclopedia:
Individualism is not the opposite
of
socialism, except in a very general and incomplete
way. Individualism is scarcely a
principle for it exhibits too many
degrees, and it is too general to be called a
theory or
a
doctrine.
It
means
that
the
individual
conscience
or
the
individual
reason
is
not
merely
the
decisive
subjective
rule;
rather
it
has
no
objective
authority
or
standard
which is bound to
take into account.
In
American
society,
different
people
have
different
understanding
of
Individualism.
Most
American
believed
that
it
is
self-reliance,
self-
improvement,
self-expression,
the
forces
to
personal
success
and
social
development.
Benjamin
Franklin
was
the
successful
representative
of
Individualism
in
the
early
American
history. Benjamin
Franklin who was born very poor, gained his
success through his
hard working which
was considered the only way to wealth at that
time.
Americans have prized success
through individual efforts. The heroes they have
shaped,
whether
it
is
the
white
settlers
expanding
westward
or
American
soldiers
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fighting
overseas,
police
officers
or
firefighters,
generally
have
similar
traits:
individualism.
They
are
independent,
self-confidence
and
have
a
strong
will,
and
finally they achieve their goals and
cherish their values. We can went back to the hero
Hiccup in
How to train your
dragon
. Tough Hiccup was influenced by
the traditional
tribe of the Vikings,
when he met with Toothless, he
didn
?
t comply with the old
rules
to
kill
Toothless, but
followed his
own wishes to attempt to
get
on
with
Toothless.
Finally, he found
his own unique way to get on well with Toothless,
thus, achieved
his
own
wish
and
realized
his
goal.
In
this
movie,
individual
spirit
again
has
been
fully represented.
4.2
Democratic Spirit
To understand the
democratic spirit of the American, we should have
a brief talk
about
democracy.
According
to
one
definition,
democracy
is
a
political
system
in
which
all the members of the society have an equal share
of formal political power. In
modern
representative democracy, this formal
equality is
embodied
primarily in the
right
to
vote.
Democracy
is
a
non-violent
alternative
to
civil
war.
It
involves
the
casting of votes to determine the
winner of the side to govern the country. It can
also
encompass
social,
economic
and
cultural
conditions
that
enable
the
free
and
equal
practice of political self-
determination.
Based on the
concept of democracy, democratic spirit highlights
America's sense
of
social
equality
and
mutual
respect.
Americans
are
anti-authorities,
they
neither
obey to absolute
authority, nor surrender under the authority of
the leaders. From the
colonial period,
the pilgrims have put a strict supervision on
their power. People have
the freedom to
put judgments on their leaders, anyone would
without exception even
those
who
are
the
president
enjoying
a
high
prestige
and
great
honor
such
as
Washington,
Jefferson,
Abraham
Lincoln,
Roosevelt
Americans
pay
attention
to
working
hard
not
empty
talk.
Early
pioneer
spirit
has
been
passing
down.
To
the
Americans
life
is
of
survival
and
development,
adapting
and
changing
the
environment, making it more suitable
for their life. Americans believe that everyone
can be someone and filled with
practical spirit. Americans are inclined to legal
reform
not
violent
revolution.
In
hundreds
of
years
of
political
of
the
United
States,
when
divergences
or
branched
were
emerged,
that
would
tend
to
settle
them
down
by
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negotiation or national
discussion.
Democratic
spirit
is
a
spirit
of
pursuing
freedom
and
equality.
It
is
emphasis
greatly in America. Today heroes are
free from excessive political and social controls,
and
they
have
an
equal
right
to
express
their
own
ideas
and
an
equal
chance
for
success.
In
the
film
called
Milk,
Harvey
Milk
was
the
first
gay
rights
activist
and
politician in American history. He once
said, “Politics is not important, win or lose, as
long as you make an announcement, I'm
in here, then they will receive
attention.”
He
fought the
right for gay people. So we can say American
people have an equal chance
to control
their destiny and cherish their own values. This
movie delivers a democratic
spirit to
us.
Of course, in the
film
how to train your
dragon
also show us this typical
American
spirit.
Hiccup
didn
?
t
unquestionablely
stick
on
the
stereotype
having
existed from many
years, but made a breakthrough to form a newly
idea from dragons.
On the other hand,
the heroine Astrid also gave a fully respect and
comprehension to
Hiccup
?
standpoint after knowing the partnership between
Hiccup and Toothless.
4.3
American Dream and American Spirit
“I
had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of
two things I ha
d a right too,
liberty or death. If I could not have
one, I would have the other. American spirit has
an effect on how Americans live today.
Someone who has pride and respect for our
country
and
feeling
in
their
heart
is
someone
with
American
spirit.
Someone
who
fight for their country,
someone who is open minded, someone who goes out
of their
way to dress up to show their
pride and patriotism.”
The sentences
above are quoted
from a
speaker
?
s view about
American spirit. I think it was a concise
summarize to
American spirit. Indeed,
in many films, we can see that different heroes
campaigned
for freedom, or fight for
evil, they were justice and upright men, and they
never gave
up. Then
let
?
s talk about American
dream.
What
is
American
dream,
everyone
has
his
own
conception.
In
my
opinion,
America dream is a popular belief that
hard work will bring forth America's bounty in
the form of material well-being.
Whoever you are and wherever you were born, you
only
need
to
devote
yourself
to
course
or
business,
you
will
find
the
life?s
bounty.
There is a proverb in china, which is
“do not ask hero where he comes from.” So, the
American
dream
tells
us
don?t
give
up
easily
and
do
your
best.
As
the
films
says:
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