Essay About Forrest Gump

The film, Forrest Gump, is a romantic drama riddled with comedy. The plotline follows Forrest Gump and his childhood love Jenny. Although they live separate lives, their paths continually cross over time. Forrest, the main character, is a young man who has a low IQ. Despite this obstacle, he manages to excel in life and even grasp the meaning of love. He is quite naïve, but still lovable. Although he faces many difficult circumstances throughout his life, these challenges are matched with success and joys. Audiences find the film one full of spectacular special effects and heartwarming scenes. The novel, however, has a different plot line and falls into a completely different genre.

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.

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.

Once Forrest reaches Jenny’s house, he is confused that there is a child there, and does not believe Jenny when she first tells him to child is his. Gump instantly falls in love with his son, and is delighted to learn that he does not suffer from the same mental illness as his father. Forrest soon learns that Jenny called him to her home for more than simply introducing him to his son; Jenny was dying, and she called him there to say their final goodbyes. Less than a week later, Jenny had passed, and their lifelong romance came to a peaceful end.

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.

I’m going to write about the topic 1, because “Forrest Gump” is my favorite movie.

A family has decided to go to Florida for vacation but, the grandmother tries to convince her son to go Tennessee instead. Afterwards, she shows him that an article saying that a convicted felon called The Misfit has escaped and moving towards Florida. The grandmother never-the-less comes along and hides her cat with her. During their trip, the grandmother wakes up from a nap and says a plantation she has visited once is close. She convinces her son to go there and shows him the way. After driving into the woods, she then realizes that the house she visited was in Tennessee, not in Georgia. Startled by her mistake, her cat jumps and scares Bailey who then crashes the car. A car that happened to be passing by, stops and three men, with guns

In Finding Forrester, Jamal withstands his punishment after his professor, Crawford, falsely blames him for plagiarism. It takes a great deal of courage for Jamal to retain the secret friendship that him and his mentor have. William Forrester faces his own problems as well. He puts his writing days to a halt and, according to Holden (2000), “It has something to do with his paranoid fear of being critically misinterpreted” (p. 8). The audacity of the critics ripping apart the author’s book causes him to stumble in his career, but he finds the courage to continue doing what he loves most. If he gives up writing forever due to someone else’s opinion, he will never truly be happy and may let this difficult time ruin his life. His bravery, however, allows him to persevere through this drawback. He eventually gains enough courage to take on this strenuous challenge. Unfortunately, Forrester is aware he has cancer when he meets Jamal, but does not let his young companion know. Before the friendship forms, the lonely elder has nothing to lose. He has no known family members, and not even a single soul is aware that a famous author occupies an apartment in their building. Forrester then utilizes his inner courage and allows Jamal to take a deeper look into his life. This action, however, puts William in a tough situation: to befriend Jamal while aware he has a deadly disease or push him away in order to save his feelings. Forrester

Paraphrase and list Key Points: 1. The Faust deal with the devil as foster explains when a protagonist is offered something he wants but must give up soul. The soul aspect can also be one's pride, self-respect, or his identity; all of which can be like selling your soul. Foster gave an example using Walter Lee from Raisin in the Sun and his deal with Mr. Linder. 2.

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

Since Forrest wasn’t very smart he never thought he would go to college, but one day he was seen running across a football field and they (who’s they) wanted him.

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.

I’ve wondered, since then, if Jenny really loved him. I don’t think she did. He was handsome, of course, and charming, but I don’t think he was what she really wanted. It makes me ache inside to think of all the opportunities lost because she settled for something she did not want.

True love was the driving force behind Forrest's success; in all of his accomplishments, he wanted to make his mother proud but most of all, he struggle to prove to Jenny that he wasn't stupid. He wants her to be with him so he can protect her from the world. He realizes that he goes through life

One day as he is mowing the lawn he notices Jenny. He later proposes to her and he declines. Forrest loves Jenny, and Jenny loves him too, but she had some issue in the past. She didn't think she was good enough for him since he was so innocent compared to her. The next morning Jenny is gone and Forrest is heartbroken. So he decides to go for a run. He runs across the country and he becomes famous for it. After he gets home from his run he receives a letter from Jenny saying she saw him on television. She wants him to visit her and when Forrest saw that he got up and went to the bus stop. Which brings us to present day, on the bus stop bench. He is told that Jenny's address is only a few blocks away, so he got up and ran to her. When he gets their he is