Abstract

Family is a microcosm of society. It is the foundation of society. Family value is the core in the research of cultural value system, which plays a key role in people’s behavior. It has a great impact on the performance of family members in the society. In other words, family values affected the formation of social values in a certain degree. At the same time, because of geographical, historical background, religious belief, different countries have formed different family values. Once family value has formed, it cannot be changed easily, and it will accompany and affect people’s whole life-time. So it is necessary to study the family value.
Everybody’s Fine is a typical film that reflects American family values. In the film, when the elder father visits his four children, the different plots show the different living state of American. This movie explores the relationship between family members in the modern society. Therefore, based on this movie, the author used comparative research method to analyze American family values. In the first part, there is an introduction to the movie, and the author expounds the concept of family values as well as the significance of researching family values. In the second part, it analyzes the characteristics of family values between the two countries. In the third part, based on the plot of the movie, the author analyzes the causes of the different family values from the point of historical reasons, marriage, and family education and expounds the influences on society and individuals.

Key words: family value; reason; cultural differences

摘  要

家庭是社会的缩影，是社会组成的最基本单位。家庭观是文化价值体系研究的核心，它对家庭成员的行为起着决定性的作用。家庭成员的价值观影响了其在社会中的表现。换句话说，家庭观在一定程度上影响了社会价值观的形成。同时，由于地理，历史背景，宗教信仰等原因，不同的国家会形成不同的家庭观。家庭观一旦形成，就不易改变，它会伴随并影响人的一生。因此，家庭价值观的研究是很必要的。
《天伦之旅》是一部典型的反映美国人家庭观的电影。剧中年迈的父亲探望四个儿女时发生的不同情节，表现了美国人的家庭生活状态。另外，影片对现代社会中家庭成员之间的关系问题进行了探讨。因此，本文以影片为依托，采用对比的方式对美国的家庭观进行分析。本文第一部分介绍了电影《天伦之旅》剧情，阐述了家庭观的概念，研究家庭观的意义。第二部分，分析了中美两国家庭观的特征。第三部分，结合《天伦之旅》剧情，从历史原因、婚姻，家庭教育等角度分析了形成家庭观差异的原因并阐述了家庭观差异对社会以及个人的影响。

关键词:家庭观; 缘由; 文化差异