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Forrest Gump is a classic American movie that attempts to subvert the hegemon of American masculinity. In Gump’s simplified southern world, gender roles and expectations are very cut and dry, Gump attempts to turn the patriarchy on its head through the relationships he makes, but still falls victim to masculine expectations. Gump challenges our idea of masculinity by respecting people of various backgrounds and races, falling in love with Jenny, and becoming a respected solider of the United States

war genre. At basic training, Forrest both challenges and embraces the idiot label that has been attached to him, as he excels in his exercises but is also considered to be one of the dumbest soldiers his commanders have ever seen. Once in Vietnam, Forrest settles into his new environment, and his social skills begin to develop after he befriends another less-than-intelligent soldier named Bubba. When their unit gets ambushed by a group of Vietnam soldiers, Forrest flashes back to his childhood and

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know when your going to get” This quote from Forrest Gump, I feel is somewhat true, but at the same time, can be false. Sure, you don't always see what is coming at you, but somethings you can know, or guess what's coming. We can all see that people die, so we know that's coming, and losing loved ones can be seen coming as well. You just have to see it right. If things go out of control, and negative things happen, you have to live with it, you can’t

‘Castaway ‘, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a 2001 film starring Tom Hanks. Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx delivery man whose life is headed in the ‘right direction’, until his plane crashes and he is stranded on an island. He must adapt to his new life on the island; overcoming many obstacles in order to survive. ‘Castaway’ explores three different journeys; physical, inner and imaginative. Chuck Noland is a filmic representation of the philosophy of time equals money equals fulfilment. Zemeckis

Audience as Forrest Gump Tom Hanks plays the main character in the film Forrest Gump.' When the film was released in 1994, it shot Tom Hanks to international stardom as the film received unbelievable amount of critical and financial success. Due to the international stardom of 'Forrest Gump,' Tom Hanks has now appeared in several big names films, such as Apollo 13, Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and the film that launched his career Forrest Gump. Forrest

Post War Impact of Vietnam Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is an excellent piece of metafiction. While highlighting the revulsions of the war, O’Brien often times narrates his personal experiences in Vietnam. Line between fiction and actual account of the war is typically blurred. Book is not only quite descriptive but it also perfectly conveys the horrors and realities of combat. For this research paper I will analyze Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ and examine the transformations

audiences or it is just mainly to entertain viewers with subtle relations with social issues. In 1994, Forrest Gump, an American epic romantic-comedy-drama film was released and was directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the 1986 novel written by Winston Groom (Wikipedia). The film’s setting was focused in the middle of nearly every major event of the 1960s and 1970s. The Subject matter of the Film, Forrest Gump, was mainly to demonstrate what happened in the United States of America during the 1960s and

Forrest Gump The movie “Forrest Gump” uses flashback to narrate the Forrest’s story. Forrest sits on the bench and waits 9th bus. A black woman comes and sits next to Forrest, there’s a unilateral talk by Forrest. In his words, “mama” appears in 80% sentences which shows he is not a strong-minded people, might be a low-IQ person. He reminds while he was a little boy who wore support leg machine, his mom always told him that he had no differences with others. But No one likes making friends with him

11/6/17 Response paper #3 Editing In Forrest Gump Editing is all about bringing a creative force into a film. The process could mean fixing a number of things like moving things around, meaning to arrange, select, and assemble - this goes for every component in the film. What you visualize, hear, with the use of special effects all are components that are edited and added to the film in a unique way to create a good story. The movie to be analysis is the film Forrest Gump with editor, Arthur Schmidt

Forest Gump is a movie about man of the same name, from Alabama. A majority of the movie is Mr. Gump sitting on a bus stop bench narrating his life story to strangers who sit next to him. It may not sound like a very exciting film however, though being a poorly whited man, Forest has an exceptionally fascinating life and pulls the audience in with all his accomplishments, things that many people dream of. Forest Gump was not a smart man and was very simple minded. As a child in the 1950’s Forest