The Satirical Paradox of Feminism in the novel Forrest Gump and the Fate of Feminism Campaign.docVIP

The Satirical Paradox of Feminism in the novel Forrest Gump and the Fate of Feminism Campaign 　　Abstract Women were depicted as characters that were eager to break away from convention in many novels. However， the subject role of women was never improved during the turbulent feminism movement. Paradox between public conception and reality got stronger and stronger. The genre of the literature represents such a change. The novels that can be demonstrated， in order to support this view， is the Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. 　　Key words Forrest Gump， Feminism Campaign， Paradox 　　中图分类号：I206 文献标识码：A 　　This novel told us a story ranging over 30 years， during which many small characters also show up to pursue feminism. Raquel Welch is a good case in point. When she comes to buy dresses without money and people surrounding do not believe her， she pulls down her upper clothes with anger to prove her identification. “Who else is got tits （breast） like these in this one-horse town？”①Her cloth is like a constraint on women， she is eager to free out. Woman’s body is always regarded to be beautiful and holy， but it would be rude to expose it oneself in public. Men have this freedom. So nakedness is a radical way for women to express that. Women at that time were crazy. Miss French， a tenant of Gump， lures him to sleep with her. It was something only men would do rather than this fair maiden in the past. 　　In spite of these voices， the prejudice on women is more rampant day after day. “Girl Goon and Gorilla to Lift off Today”；② “American Launching Odd Messengers toward Alien Planets”.③ These titles are published on newspapers when American government send Gump 、a lady and an ape into space to make an experiment. Woman is mentioned in the same breath with a retard man and an animal. To some extent， that shows great discrimination on woman. 　　Welch， a famous star， seems noble； Miss French is the representative of fair maiden； the girl on the rocket contributes so much to A