Analysis Of Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is an All American, fan favorite, award-winning film directed by Robert Zemeckis that was released on July 6, 1994. Tom Hanks stars as the main character, Forrest Gump. The award-winning movie’s genre is best described as an epic romantic comedy drama. Many rhetorical appeals such as ethos, pathos, and logos are made throughout the entire movie. Pathos is used the most effecting the audiences’ emotions from beginning to end. The film is based on Forrest Gump’s life, in which he narrated as a historical story throughout the movie. Forrest Gump was born and raised in Greenbow, Alabama by his single mother. Forrest was mentally and physically handicapped. He had to wear medal braces on both of his legs. He also faced many

The movie Forrest Gump played by Tom Hank is a story about Forest Gump a simple man and his journey through life. Gump was simple minded and lived his life by a set of values taught to him by his mother (Sally Field). While Forest sat down waiting for a bus, he tells his story. Forest takes part in several defining historical moments such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal and also had painful experiences. Despite his setbacks and naive nature, he struggles and triumphs in everything he did. Forrest developed a good self-esteem and self-concept with the help of his mother’s observation, love, and sincerity. With his mother and Jenny’s encouragements, he was able to overcome his physical handicap and become an outstanding runner among other things. This movie is an example of the how a child’s mind developed through series of stages. This paper shows the following key points; intellectual disability, Erickson’s intimacy vs isolation, low self-esteem, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Forrest had to deal with problems in his relationship with Jenny on a regular basis. Every time a problem would arise within the relationship he would try his best to work it out. He adjusted well when relationship problems arose.

In the movie Forrest Gump, Jenny is such a misunderstood person and in no way the evil woman many make her out to be. She is just a lost soul trying to find a place in this world where she belongs and can be happy. She has a hard time thinking she deserves to be happy and loved. Although she mistreats Forrest time and time again, it is not her intention to hurt him the way she does. The way she acts and the decisions she makes all stem from the abuse she went through as a child, then just continues to snowball from there.

The relationship between Jenny and Forrest is initially looked at as Forrest’s savior, but Jenny also saw it as a way to escape her father when they were children, then later giving Forrest the role of safety net. He was always there when Jenny needed someone to lean on. She cares for Forrest very much and while she is kindhearted, she has also shown how selfish and self-destructing she is. By the end of her life she redeems herself by fulfilling Forrest’s dream to marry her while simultaneously leaving her son with his father to be taken care of.

In addition to close up shots, Burton uses flashbacks in order to detail characters' pasts and show either their upbringing or significant events in their life. An example of this can be found in Edward Scissorhands, when a flashback depicts the inventor attempting to give Edward regular fingers, only to die and leave Edward with scissors for hands. Through this detail the audience is given insight that Edward has lived the majority of his life with scissors, and has learned to cope with his condition alone. And thus when he is immersed in the town below him, he is proud of his scissors and finds joy in cutting various objects. The flashback here helps demonstrate the idea that even when someone is brought up in isolation and not according to society's terms, he or she can still find happiness and contentment within themselves. Furthermore, in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka is depicted advancing through the forest in a desperate search for new candy recipes and ingredients. This flashback shows him in a focused craze to find new ideas within the forest,

Forrest Gump is a movie that follows a man throughout the story of his life. It starts out with Forrest Gump waiting at a bus stop when the bus arrives and a woman steps out and sits down next to him. He begins to talk to her and he offers her some chocolate. The way he talks hints to the fact that he is not the most intelligent person. He then starts to talk about her shoes which leads him to a flashback of his childhood in Greenbow, Alabama in about 1945. From there he starts to talk about everything that has happened in his life that has led him to where he is now. He talks about meeting Jenny on his first day of school, his running getting him a football scholarship for college, enlisting in the army and meeting Bubba, getting a medal of honor, and playing ping pong against China.

While Jenny repeatedly rejects Forrest as her lover, she is romantically attracted to him enough to keep coming back into his life. After Forrest’s mother passes away Jenny comes back, saying she misses home and is here to stay. Even after leaving again, she comes back into Forrest’s life with a letter, inviting him to her Georgia home, which brings Forrest to the bus stop where he narrates his autobiography.

Forrest Gump is one of the greatest movies of all time. It brings together many of the most relevant themes and controversial subjects in modern society. Including some of the most difficult subjects such as; discrimination, racism, war, hardcore drug use, mental trauma, as well as a disease epidemic.

The film, Forrest Gump, follows the life of the character as he goes about life while being involved with historical events. In this scene was the ending part of the Vietnam War part of the movie and it relates to the meaning of courage that are also in The Things They Carried. Both Gump, O’Brien and the other characters are fighting the same war, struggling with situations regarding relationships, death, pain, and the post war world. In the scene, Forrest and Bubba running away from the enemy as planes napalm the enemy region.

Since Forrester gained a new sense of courage from his friendship with Jamal, it enables him to go to professor Crawfords classroom and to stand up for Jamal. Jamal is accused of plagiarizing a paper that he wrote for Crawford's class, but the catch behind is that the beginning of the paper is actually Forrester's work. This accusation on Jamal creates a new conflict not only for Jamal, but also for Forrester. Jamals conflict is to either break his promise with Forrester or risk being accused of cheating. For Forrester, his obstacle is to either overcome his fear or let Jamal suffer from his mistake. Forrester builds up his courage and goes to read one of Jamal's writings to the class, and prove that he did not actually plagiarize. Since Forrester secluded himself from all of society because of his self guilt, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go out into an unfamiliar place, especially to a classroom with a professor who attempted to tear him down by criticizing Forrester.Movielocity (2000) stated, “It comes down to a moment of truth for both men; for Jamal, a choice between following his dream or betraying a friend, and for Forrester, a decision to remain closed off or to look at the world through new eyes” (p.3). Here, movielocity is saying that because this conflict occurred, it gave both of the men another conflict within themselves. For Forrester, it was to either remain secluded or to see the world through new eyes and to help his friend. Since Forrester gained confidence from Jamal, it helped him to make the right decision with his inner conflict and go to Crawfords classroom and see the world through fresh eyes. Jamal also portrays courage when he transfers to a new private school. Jamals previous school is a normal public school while this new private school is prestigious. Since this is a big change in atmosphere, courage plays a key role in helping Jamal make the transfer from one school to

Despite his low IQ, Forrest Gump leads a truly charmed life, taking part in many of the most memorable events in his lifetime. Without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as his life goes by, Forrest never forgets about Jenny, the girl he loved since a

He becomes an All-American, is present during the integration of his college, and is sent to Vietnam after being drafted into the army. Later, Forrest receives the Medal of Honor, is present during the anti-war movement, plays a crucial role in Watergate, and finally becomes a multi-million dollar business tycoon. Through all of this, Forrest holds one thing true in his mind: Jenny. Jenny is his first and only love. Next to his mother, she's the most important thing in his life, and the only thing he really wants. Yet, despite constant disappointments concerning Jenny, Forrest maintains his sweet-tempered, innocently naïve philosophy of life.

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”(Forrest Gump). Forrest is seen with a box of chocolates, eating them calmly on the bus stop. He plans to give them to Jenny, and they represent the different stages of Forrest’s life. From childhood memories, to playing football in college, to being in the army, starting a shrimping business, mastering the game of ping-pong, and the steps he took to become wealthy. Just like a box of chocolates, life is unpredictable, and you can never let your guard down because you can never know what will happen tomorrow. He is what a lot of us strive to become, wealthy, successful, and a good person. He has all the traits that we need to become a better person. Honesty, integrity, and compassion being the main 3. There is no better example of a great person than Forrest Gump himself.

“Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re going to get” (Hanks). Many times when books are changed into movies they are done incorrectly. Forrest Gump is one of these examples. Forrest Gump, the novel, was written in 1986 by the author Winston Groom. The movie Forrest Gump was created by Paramount Pictures in 1994. Tom Hanks stars as the main character Forrest Gump. The movie portrayed Forrest Gump in a different way and as sometimes more innocent than his character in the book. This is shown in three different ways: Jenny and Forrest’s relationship, Characters’ drug use, and in the book Forrest is involved in more activities and adventures.