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三亞學(xué)院本科生畢業(yè)論文論與狼共舞中狼的象征意義分 院： 外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院專 業(yè)（方 向）： 英語(yǔ)（旅業(yè)商務(wù)）年 級(jí)、班 級(jí)： 0804學(xué) 生 學(xué) 號(hào)： 0810311160學(xué) 生 姓 名： 付爍指 導(dǎo) 老 師： 劉沙沙 2012年 5 月 10 日An Analysis on the Symbolic Image of the Wolf in Dances with WolvesThesis Submitted in Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of ArtsFu ShuoNo. 0810311160English DepartmentForeign Languages SchoolSanya University May 2012獨(dú)創(chuàng)性申明及授權(quán)書本人所呈交的畢業(yè)論文是我個(gè)人在指導(dǎo)教師指導(dǎo)下進(jìn)行的研究工作及取得的成果。除特別加以標(biāo)注的地方外，論文中不包含其他人的研究成果。本論文如有剽竊他人研究成果及相關(guān)資料等不實(shí)之處，由本人承擔(dān)一切相關(guān)責(zé)任。本人的畢業(yè)論文中所有研究成果的知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)屬三亞學(xué)院所有。本人保證：發(fā)表或使用與本論文相關(guān)的成果時(shí)署名單位仍然為三亞學(xué)院，無(wú)論何時(shí)何地，未經(jīng)學(xué)校許可，決不轉(zhuǎn)移或擴(kuò)散與之相關(guān)的任何技術(shù)或成果。學(xué)校有權(quán)保留本人所提交論文的原件或復(fù)印件，允許論文被查閱或借閱；學(xué)?？梢怨_本論文的全部或部分內(nèi)容，可以采用影印、縮印或其他手段復(fù)制保存本論文。加密學(xué)位論文解密之前后，以上申明同樣適用。論文作者簽名： 年 月 日ContentsAcknowledgements 1Abstract (in Chinese) 2 Abstract (in English) 3Chapter I. Introduction 4A. Significance of the study 4B. Thesis statement 45C. Terms and definitions 5D. Organization of the thesis 6Chapter II. The wolf Double Socks 72.1 The relationship between Dunbar and the wolf 7A. Watching and doubting 7B. Acceptance and trust 7C. Intimacy and love 79D. Loyalty and integration 92.2 The symbolic image of the wolf 9A. A company of Dunbar 10B. A signal tower of Sioux 10C. A bridge between Dunbar and theSioux 11D. The compelled Indians during Westward Movement 12Chapter III. The harmonious coexistence of man and nature 1213Chapter IV. Conclusion 1314Bibliography 15AcknowledgmentsFirst and foremost, I would like to avail myself of the opportunity to express my gratitude to Miss Liu Shasha, my tutor, who has taken her precious time off from her tight schedule, reading my thesis carefully and offering me constant encouragement, valuable suggestions and enlightening instructions, which contribute to the completion of my thesis. I would also like to acknowledge my indebtedness to all the instructors who have contributed their time, thoughts, skills, and encouragement to their thesis.I am also grateful to all the classmates and friends who have given me generous supports and helpful advice in the past few years. Finally, I wish to devote this paper to my beloved family, who have given me life and love, and have been supporting me all the time.摘要 在經(jīng)濟(jì)社會(huì)日益發(fā)展的今天，人類在越來(lái)越重視物質(zhì)社會(huì)的發(fā)展的同時(shí)反而忽視了精神文明建設(shè)。人與人之間的心理隔閡正在拉開，人與人之間相互失去信任，不能共處一室和諧相處，社會(huì)正在畸形發(fā)展的軌道上運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。社會(huì)上的每個(gè)個(gè)體以及個(gè)體的特征應(yīng)該受到尊重，實(shí)現(xiàn)社會(huì)多樣性的共存。本論文通過分析與狼共舞中狼對(duì)鄧巴從觀望、疑惑到信任、親密的過程揭示出鄧巴與蘇族人相處從懷疑到接受再到彼此信任并融為一體的故事。而鄧巴榮獲的蘇族人名字“與狼共舞”則暗示著來(lái)自現(xiàn)代文明世界的白人與印第安人充滿野性與自然精神的文化可以實(shí)現(xiàn)的一種互補(bǔ)式的和諧。最后以野狼的忠誠(chéng)信任和蘇族人不惜一切營(yíng)救鄧巴的舉動(dòng)與白人士兵的獸性形成了鮮明的對(duì)比，進(jìn)而深化本片主題，即：突出人與人友好平等、和平共處的重要性。 關(guān)鍵詞：狼；象征意義；和諧共處；西進(jìn)運(yùn)動(dòng)AbstractWith the rapid development of economy, spiritual development has been ignored. Psychological barriers among people are being formed, and people lose trust in each other. They can not get along in harmony and the whole society is running in the wrong way. Each person and his personalities should be respected so as to achieve diversity coexistence.This paper tells a story about how Dunbar got along with the Sioux by illustrating the relationship development between the wolf and Dunbar: watching and doubting; trust and love. And the fact that Dunbar was awarded the Sioux name “Dances with Wolves” is suggesting that the modern civilized world from the whites and wildness and natural spirit from the Indians can achieve a complementary harmony. In the end, by comparing wolfs trust and loyalty and Siouxs action to rescue Dunbar with white soldiers cruelness, the film theme was deepened, thus, highlighting the great importance of human friendship in equality and peaceful coexistence.Key words: wolf; symbolism; harmony; Westward MovementChapter I. IntroductionA. Significance of the studyDances with Wolves was a big Hollywood film describing how American Indians live simply and peacefully in the western wilderness and how Dunbar got along with the Indians. In the film, there is a wolf appearing through the movie as a clue. Wolf acts as a symbol of the Indians. Every time when the wolf meets with Dunbar, something between Dunbar and the Indians will happen occasionally. Using the power of written word, I want to let you see and feel the hope of harmony between the Indians and the whites; each person and his personalities should be respected so as to achieve diversity coexistence. B. Thesis statement This paper tells a story about how Dunbar got along with the Sioux by analyzing the relationship development between the wolf and Dunbar: watching and doubting, trust and love. And the fact that Dunbar was awarded the Sioux name “Dances with Wolves” is suggesting that the modern civilized world from the whites and wildness and natural spirit from the Indians can achieve a complementary harmony. In the end, by comparing wolfs trust and loyalty and Siouxs action to save Dunbar with white soldiers cruelness, the film theme was deepened, thus, highlighting the great importance of human friendship in equality and peaceful coexistence. C. Terms and definitions Wolf seems to be a negative image in domestic and foreign culture. Its something cruel, vicious and cunning traditionally. However, in recent years, a sudden rise of a wolf culture wave comes out, the wolf of some little-known nature was excavated, known as the “wolfs philosophy.”In the movie Dances with Wolves (later referred to as the film). Using the images of the wolf, the movie leads us to a new angle for recognition to American aboriginesthe Indians.D. Organization of the thesis This paper is divided into five parts. The first part is the introduction, briefly describing social definition and double features of the wolf and an overview of the symbolism of the wolf in Dances with Wolves. The second part describes the relationship development between Double Socks and Dunbar. The third part is the symbolic meaning of Double Socks. The fourth part is to analyze the causes and self-questioning of the misery of the wolf; the fifth part is a summary of the above four parts, concluding the wolfs symbolic value in Dances with Wolves.Chapter II. The wolf Double Socks2.1 The relationship between Dunbar and the wolfA. Watching and doubtingOn Dunbars way to the army camp, Double Socks appeared up on a hill afar, watching Dunbar moving forward. After Dunbar settled, Double Socks wandered around the camp, doubting Dunbars purpose of arrival. Even when Dunbar gave him food by hand, Double Socks refused.B. Acceptance and trust One day when Dunbar inspected outside in the wilderness, he saw Double Socks and then prepares his gun to shoot her. But he stopped. One night when Double Socks appeared upon Dunbar, Dunbar put food on the ground, and then Double Socks accepted his kind charity. And Double Socks began to trust Dunbar when Dunbar danced with him in the grassland.C. Intimacy and loveSince Double Socks danced with Dunbar, the intimacy between Double and Dunbar has been formed, they are so close like friends having fun in the wilderness. After Dunbar built friendship with Sioux, Double Socks began to be intimate to Dunbar and dare to eat food directly from Dunbars hand. When Dunbar was caught by the white soldiers, Double Socks kept following the whites steps to show his constant love and intimacy to Dunbar.D. Loyalty and integration When Dunbar was caught in shackles, Double Socks followed his clue and guard him by standing three, not moving anywhere. The whites shoot him but Double Socks just stayed until to be shot. In the end of the movie, more and more whites came to invade Indians, when Dunbar and the white woman left, Double Socks yelled at the mountain, which means integration and loyalty.2.2 The symbolic image of the wolfThe aboriginals of America-Indians are extremely similar to wolf in life habits and fates. In the movie, an old lonely wolf without vicious ideas appeared upon us about ten times. The first time when it came to Dunbars eyes, Dunbar gave her a name “Double Socks,” implying wolfs real meaning in the movie. Wolfs natural instinct is actually the symbol of the Sioux and the whole Indians tribes. The director shows us Indians peoples simple and naive life one century ago. Before the white colonizers stepped on American continent, Indians is like wolf living in North American wilderness, carefree and enjoying natures precious gift. They are kind-hearted, unsophisticated, friendly, unified, caring, intelligent, and brave. However, upon the whites arrived, their fates are changed. The whites arrival ever made Indians feared, but they accepted whites soon and taught them to fish, hunt and cultivate. When the white learned to survive, they began to rob lands from Indians by murdering, expelling, and segregating etc. Compared with arm-powerful whites, Indians are so vulnerable in military. When East America confronted the Civil War, the Sioux Indians still lived a carefree life in the west grassland. However, with the whites deepening in the westward Movement, they felt they are closer and closer to the coming danger. They kept worried when will the whites come and how many whites will come. They began to worry about living for having not seen any shadow of buffalo. After America Independence, to enlarge lands, the whites began to use gun fires and even modern arms-law. Also they killed buffaloes to make Indians surrender. The relationship development between Dunbar and Double Socks is a bedding of Indians relationship with Dunbar. Each detail of Double Socks is an implication of Indians fate. Double Socks dancing with Dunbar in grass symbolized harmony and peace between Indians and Dunbar. And Double Socks being shot by white soldier indicated Indians fate. In the end of the movie, “Thirteen years later, their homes destroyed, their buffaloes gone, the last band of free Sioux submitted to white authority at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. The great horse culture of the plains was gone and American frontier was soon to pass into history.” (Dances with Wolves). This tells us Indians were finally conquered.A. A company of DunbarIn the first days after Dunbar arrived at the military site, he was along and kind of lonely, desiring a friend. Even this friend is just a wolf which is ok with him. When he first met the wolf when he inspected in the wilderness, He felt being followed by the wolf. He was thinking of the wolf as himself searching for a company. And when Dunbar celebrated his relationship with Sioux around a bonfire, Double Socks also appeared to show that its also he could share Dunbars happiness.B. A signal tower of SiouxThe fact that the wolf dances with Dunbar in the grass symbolized the beginning of relationship between Dunbar and the Sioux. This relationship is based on harmony and peace. In the end, when Dunbar was arrested by the white soldiers, Double Socks stood afar watching Dunbar, not caring continuous bullets. And Double Socks was shot which marks the beginning the coming of misery of the Sioux.C. A bridge between Dunbar and the SiouxIn the beginning, the Sioux didnt believe Dunbar and doubted his coming. They even discussed how to deal with him. Until they saw Dunbar dancing with the wolf in the grassland, they began to trust Dunbar from heart. They felt that Dunbar was worthy to be a trusted friend. All this relationship development thanks to the bridge-Double Socks.D. The compelled Indians during Westward Movement Although America made great achievement in the Westward Movement, but it was such a nightmare for those Indians who have lived in the west for centuries. With the Westward Movement deepening in number and scale, Indians properties began to be robbed largely. Land invaded, Indians people slaughtered wildly, and the rest expelled to barren areas, Indians were forced to forever leave their ancient homeland. This is the very famous “Way of blood and tears” Indians Migration Move. With Westward Movement deepening, biodiversity and environment were deeply affected, thus wolf faces difficulty hunting food and Indians became worried to hunt for a buffalo. In the night when Dunbar settled in the military site, Double Socks looked for food and came to Dunbar. Here Double Socks is just like West Indians who are worried about food resource because of food chain being affected by the whites invasion.Chapter III. The harmonious coexistence of man and natureAmerican Westward Movement improved the process of original accumulation of capital in the development of capitalism. It promoted extensive exploitation of the West and rapid development of economy. But there is something we couldnt ignore. During Westward Movement, Indians were robbed, slaughtered, and expelled etc. Indians land shrank a lot and Indians population decreased rapidly.Based on it, we should be conscious of the importance of harmonious development and how to treat different races in the right way. On the one hand, we all know that people are born equal and everybody should treat others equally and fairly. Skin and Human race dont matter and shouldnt influence our judgments to people. We should get along with all races in a harmonious and peaceful way, loving and helping each other. What Premier Zhou Enlai said in Jakarta Conference was totally true: Seek common ground while reserving differences. This is acknowledged as a right way to treat different races.We do each thing relying on others more or less, though sometimes we dont realize it, but outside influence is a necessary condition. In the movie, Dunbar got along with Indians peacefully and harmoniously, thus he was not evacuated or killed. Instead, he was accepted and got gift from Indians. When the white soldiers arrested Dunbar, the Sioux didnt give him up but rescuing him. However, the white soldiers were helpless and finally failed in the swamp.On the other hand, conscience is never out of date. Its always shining no matter what era we are in. Without conscience, human is not human anymore. The colonized expansion is a new civilization which facing contradiction with Indians. When whites first arrived at the west, Indians taught them to fish, hunt, and cultivate etc. But on the contrary, the whites returned to slaughter Indians which is so unconscious. Actually, the whites moving west needs Indians help and instruction.Chapter IV. ConclusionBy analyzing the miserable life of the Indians affected by the whites, the thesis tells us the basic information Westward Movement led to the misery of the Indians. Thus we human beings should recall the history again. Innovation of this thesis is: first of all, the wolf is a clue going through the whole thesis; se