Little Fish And Forrest Gump Analysis

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

Portrayal of the south in the film Forrest Gump This film tells the story of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted but kind hearted young man born and raised in Greenbow, Alabama. Viewing the world a little differently than others, he manages to find himself involved in and even influencing many major events that play an important role in American history. Being as this film takes place in the south, there were many scenes where the stereotypical ideas of southerners were brought to attention. Touching from subjects like race relations between blacks and whites to southern culture this film takes you through many decades of Forrest’s life.

They reason why this movie is well liked. The acting in a movie is a huge part, if the actors do a good job in the movie.

Sometimes our everyday experiences can strike us in ways that will influence our thinking in ways that might forever alter the way that we view our lives. In the short story “Fish Story,” Rick Bass primarily uses conflict, symbols, and the changes in a character to present a central theme reflecting the inevitability of our maturing thoughts and growing responsibilities that come incrementally with age. Gullason (1982) shares, “A short story represents a prose narrative usually concerned with a single aspect of personality changing or revealed as the result of conflict” (p. 222). We might interestingly find both of these dynamics within our weekly discussion’s short story assignment. Pigg (2017) explains, “The theme of a work of fiction is as much a creation of readers as it is for the writer because the user’s knowledge and beliefs play a part in determining the theme(s) they will recognize” (Attend Topic 4 Unit 2 [Video]). The writer of this week’s short story was likely to have known the theme that he intended to communicate while also recognizing the diversity of human thinking that gives us a myriad of perspectives. The “’Fish Story’s’ narrator is a 10-year-old boy in the early 1960’s living in rural Texas with parents who run a service station while their customer brings a 86 pound catfish creating a task to keep the fish alive until time to cook it” (Bass, 2009, pp. 1-2). As we recall our childhoods, most can likely remember how our imagination and fantasies began to collide with the realities of life, and this overreaching concept might allude to the theme of this piece of work. The narrator tells us how “He grew dizzy in the heat and from the strange combination of the unblinking monotony and utter fascination of his task until the trickling from the water hose seemed to be saturating and inflating the clouds as one would water a garden” (Bass, 2009, p. 2). As the narrator embraces the mundane task, his daydreams seem to symbolize the innocence of his youth. Later the story’s narrator “speaks less of childhood than of the general nature of the world in which we live, while contemplating that those days were different – we had more time for such thoughts, that time had not yet been corrupted”

The movie Finding Forrester is about a 16-year old, Jamal Wallace, which has remarkable abilities for writing and playing basketball. Jamal meets William Forrester, which is Pulitzer Prize winning author, because he was trying to steal him. Nevertheless Willam Forrester mentors Jamal with his writing and helps him to engage even more with the writhing-creation process. The author William lives isolate and lonely, he do not get out from his home. Because of this factor, Jamal helps him to go out and comfort his fears.

As a human, no one really likes to be the victim of stereotyped. No one wants to be looked at get judged because the different of their skin color, culture, religion or by the choice of their outfit. Finding Forrester is a great drama movie based on significantly of different racial situation. In the movie there are two main characters, William Forrester-an author who isolated himself from the world, and Jamal Wallace-a black teenage boy from the Bronx. They become great friends despite generation gap through their passion for reading and writing.

For many years, in novels and storytelling there has always been context that is not seen nor heard, only implied; which plays an important role in the story being told. In the case of “Big Fish”, archetypal patterns can easily be applied and seen during the story being told. I am not normally a believer of archetypes, or symbolism, but in the case of this movie I can clearly see that messages were shown. To clarify, these points are based mainly off of the character Edward Bloom claims to be through his stories, for we do not know which of these stories are true or false.

However, the movie has a much deeper underlying theme that most people would not know about. Hidden behind the characters and the events in the movie is a political driven theme of the turmoil and debate that was occurring in the United States during the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Each of the characters that are present in the movie represent a specific person or persons that would have been found

The use of the both personalities told the stories in special way and made me connect more with both. The cinematic elements stood out to me while I was watching both films. While doing some research, I learned that Keaton shot all his action scenes using no props. All of the shots were real, which I thought was very ground breaking and made me want to see what he would do next.

A story is not only memorable because of its content, but also because of who told it, the way it was told, and the significance of the tale. The stories we tell or hear are a vital part of life and this is evidently shown in Tim Burton’s film, Big Fish. The film shows the true importance of stories and the impacts they have on everyone. It follows the story of Edward Bloom, as he re-tells his past in unbelievable stories, and the life of his son William, as he tries to deal with his father’s questionable past. The movie shows the usefulness of stories in several ways; they are a person’s legacy, they allow us to momentarily escape reality, and they connect and intertwine people’s lives.

Watching Forrest Gump for the first time I feel that the movie has a little of everything in it, from action and war to love and romance. For one man to overcome so many hardships and live a life full of love and happiness it is inspiring. Each character had something that reached viewers. From Jenny to Lieutenant Dan they all had something that made them easy to connect with. Even the people that sat on the bench next to Forrest created interest; they listened and were in the story for us, but were not truly part of it.

In the film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis one of the most inspirational movie characters ever was born, Forrest Gump. Forrest symbolizes the way we wish to deal with the problems we face throughout the course of our lives, and how we would go about solving them if the Universe was on our side. Forrest had 3 essential qualities to separate himself from others. Honesty, integrity, and compassion; if you have these 3 qualities as Forrest did, life will seem to work out for the best. Making it easier to find true happiness.

The Big Fish is a 2003 fantasy/ comedy-drama directed by the director of popular movies such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton. The Big Fish takes us into the life of Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney), and the feud he holds with his son Will Bloom (Billy Crudup). Will's feud with his dad stems from his dad's overexagerated stories and gaps between fantasy and reality. Will goes with his wife, Sandra Bloom (Alison Lohman), to find out once and for all the truth about his father's life. During the narration of Edward's life, the movie slips into a fantasy world where we witness the abnormal and the exdrodanary, and sit on the edge of our seats as we anticipate the ending of the phenomenal fairy tale.

Forrest Gump is the type of movie that everyone needs to see. The movie of Forrest Gump starts in 1981, when a stranger sits next to him at a bus stop. That is when Forrest (Tom Hanks) begins to tell his life story. It all starts in the 1950s when Forrest is a young boy. He lives in Greenbow, Alabama and on the first day of school he meets a girl names Jenny Curran (Robin Wright). He does not have many friends because he has to wear leg braces to correct his curved spine. He always has a learning disability. One day he is getting chased by bullies and he starts running and the leg braces fall off, revealing that Forrest is very fast. Later on, he receives a football scholarship to play at Alabama. In 1960, he becomes one of the top running

Forrest Gump is a movie that was released in the summer of 1994 and is based on a novel by the same name that was written by Winston Groom almost a decade earlier in 1986. The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Paramount Pictures. The film features Tom Hanks as the main character Forrest Gump who is a slow-witted character but also has a heart of gold and is extremely courageous. The supporting cast consists of Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan), Robin Wright (Forrest’s mother) , Sally Field(Jenny) , Mykelti Williamson (Bubba), among others. In this critique I will be summarizing the plot and analyzing what I liked and disliked about the movie and whether it stands the test of time.