Hank Cochran

The movie Forrest Gump leads viewers to believe he impacted many important parts of America’s history. Forrest Gump never existed in real life, but the movie was able to depict some of the struggles during this time. According to the movie, Forrest taught Elvis Presley to dance, he was a part of the All-American Ping-Pong Team, and he played college football for the University of Alabama. However, these never happened. In the beginning of Forrest Gump, Forest is a little boy with braces on his legs

The movie Forrest Gump contains multiple significant events that occured in the 1950’s until 1980. In these events Forrest had always played a big role, changing the outcome of whatever he was involved in. Although his role in the film was obviously fictional, it still has factual aspects within each occurrence. Major events that Forrest Gump had an impact on include the Vietnam War, the Watergate Scandal, and Hurricane Carmen. Hurricane Carmen was the most severe tropical storm of the 1974 atlantic

At the beginning of the film Forrest Gump, society views disability as the medical model of disability. When Forrest receives leg braces for his extremely crooked spine, it is then depicted that he is ‘below normal’. Forrests new braces make him walk different which caused people in the neighborhood to stare at him and make stereotypical comments. Although Forrest only carries an IQ of 75, Mrs. Gump never fails to supports him throughout his life. Mrs. Gump advocates for Forrest’s schooling because

Saving Private Ryan is arguably one of the greatest war films of all time. However, did Spielberg attempt to change the narrative of World War II? The popular opinion is that the objective of World War II was to put an end to the spread of totalitarianism and protect democracy, thus it garnered the name “The Good War”. There are some historians that believe this could skew the public’s vision of the war by leaving out the negative aspects that occurred. I do not believe this was the case regarding

Babe Ruth The story of Babe Ruth is a story of success and failure, all wrapped up in one. Every kid that has ever played the game of baseball knows the name of Babe Ruth. They may not know what records he held or how he affected the game, but they do know that Babe Ruth was one of the best baseball players ever. However, life was not all homeruns and success; it was full hardship and troubles that came with being naturally talented and the prize of the game. Personal hardships, a fiery temper

Yet again, he runs into Lieutenant Dan, who has become a bitter drunk due to being bound to his wheelchair. Forrest moves in with him and they spend the holidays together. Forrest persuades Lieutenant Dan to join him in the shrimping business, because he wants to keep his promise to Bubba. Once Forrest is discharged from the Army, he gets paid thousands of dollars for ping-long paddle endorsements. Keeping his promise to Bubba, he uses the money to buy a shrimping boat, and the Bubba Gump Shrimp

The movie, Saving Private Ryan, is a movie that is based around the time of WWII. The movie is about a captain named John Miller taking his men behind enemy lines to find a man named James Ryan. Ryan’s three brothers had been killed in combat already, and in the search for Ryan, this movie shows the many difficulties and struggles that the searching soldiers had to face. Throughout the movie, it displays the different struggles that each man faces and their victory through each obstacle. At the

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

While the Vietnam War is not the focal point of the movie, Forrest’s story of the war dominates the first phase of his life, characterizing this section of the movie as 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

In this essay, I will be writing about how different film techniques were used to; reveal and idea, develop characters and create a mood, in the dog tag scene of ‘Saving Private Ryan’, directed by Steven Spielberg. 1) The techniques tracking (long shot), mid shot and dialogue has been used to reveal the pain of the soldiers in this scene. Just before Captain Miller talks to Lieutenant DeWindt, the director use long shot and tracking together to show all the injured soldiers lying on the ground waiting