Exploring the Journey of Forrest Gump in Literature and Film

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Forrest Gump, a character with an IQ of 75, takes us through his remarkable life story from childhood to adulthood. Despite challenges, he excels in football, interacts with historical figures, and navigates personal goals. His encounters with Jenny and Lt. Dan shape his growth, leading to unexpected successes like winning awards and becoming a ping-pong champion. The narrative highlights themes of friendship, resilience, and following one's unique path.

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Exploring the Journey of Forrest Gump in Literature and Film

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IN THE NAME OF GOD Instructor : Mr.Saeb Shabani Fundamentals of Literature and Film Criticism by : Amir Salar Banan Fard

Forrest Gump Movie Review Initial release: June 23, 1994 (Los Angeles) Director: Robert Zemeckis Produced by: Wendy Finerman; Steve Tisch; Steve Starkey Adapted from: Forrest Gump

When we first see Forrest Gump, he sits on a bus stop seat and tells his life story to a woman he doesn't even know. Like the lady, we can listen to and enjoy the amazing story of Forrest. That's how he was born with IQ 75 and he had to wear braces but fortunately he had a momma who always took care of him. His only friend was Jenny, who they had been with since childhood to high school.

When Forrest goes to high school, it's been a while since he's gotten rid of his braces and actually he can even run very fast. In fact, because of his speed, Forrest placed himself on the college football team. In the meantime, Forrest becomes a top player and even meets with President John F. Kennedy. Everything seems to be going well for Forrest.

Despite all the success at the university. Forrest wanted only one thing, and that was for Jenny to live with him in Forrest's house in Alabama, but Jenny wanted something else from her childhood, and that was to become famous and fly around the world like a bird. Eventually, Forrest joined the army and set a new goal for himself.

When Forrest was a child, he had his mother as his mentor, but when he becomes a man, he needs a new mentor to help him. In the meantime, he meets Lieutenant Dan, and even when Lt.Dan's legs are amputated. He orders Forrest to let him go and save himself. You might say that Forrest falls back on what his momma would have said .

After being injured in the Vietnam War, Forrest won the Congressional Opening Medal and became a professional ping pong player. So instead of going back to war, Forrest promotes the army with his ping pong skills. When he was discharged from the army, Forrest made a large profit from a ping-pong promotion deal, and then bought a shrimp boat to fulfill his promise to a dead friend named Baba.

At first, things are not going well. For a beginner, it seems that he does not have the necessary talent to work with a shrimp boat: shrimp fishing. But help comes when Lieutenant Dan, a new ally, comes to his aid. The two almost die in a storm, but in the end they are the only shrimp boats that have survived unharmed in the area since the storm ended. Crossing the storm turns them into millionaires, heals Lieutenant Dan's wounded psyche, and arranges Forrest to take care of his mother just as she takes care of him .

But then, everything gets dark. Mrs. Gump dies of cancer, and Jenny appears a little earlier than Forrest before running away just when Forrest asks her to marry him.

With Jenny gone, Forrest can think of nothing else to do but start running - something he will do across the United States for the next three years. There is no great symbolic reason in Forrest's mind. He just wants to run.

When Forrest finally slows down after three years of running, he receives a letter from Jenny asking him to visit her. This is the first time Jenny has actually asked Forrest, and it's a huge victory for him .

Forrest's return road is literally the road he takes to Jenny because he spends the whole movie waiting for the bus that is supposed to take him to Jenny's house. When the old woman sitting next to him says that Jenny's place is only a few blocks away, Forrest gets up and runs the rest of the way to Jenny's house, where she has a son and a fianc in a short order.

Forrest and Jenny returned to Greenbo, Alabama to marry. Shortly after the marriage, Jenny died of an anonymous disease, AIDS, but Forrest is just happy that he got to be her husband. Forrest now has to focus on raising their son, Forrest Jr.

In the final scene of the film, Forrest sends his son on his first day of school. Forrest Jr. experiences the same exchange with his bus driver that Forrest's father did when he was just a boy. Before Forrest Jr. gets on the bus, he and his father tell each other that they love each other. Forrest Jr. redeem both of his parents: he has a love that Jenny never had and an intelligence that Forrest never had.

HERO : In this movie hero is obviously Forrest gump . He saved lots of soldier . He forgive jenny a lot of times . He won a medal and he finally got to marry jenny and make a family with her . SHADOW : the shadow in this movie is Jenny's interest in adventure and fame caused her to hurt Forrest most of the time. MENTOR : mentors were Lt.Dan and Forrest,s momma . HERALD : first herald were the boys who hit him with rocks . Second was the war . THRESHHOLD GUARDIAN : Its funny because in this movie the threshhold guardians are actually the mentors TRICKSTER : It was Jenny who changed everything all the time . SHAPESHIFTER : In this movie no one could make the hero suspend .