About this title: Forrest Gump's life spans three decades of American history, and the heartwarming book that recounts his adventures has become not only a beloved film but a classic American novel.
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"Forrest Gump has accomplished great things in his life. His mother teaches him the ways of life and teaches him to choose his destiny until she died. When he was young, he struggled from his school friends but Forrest has a friend who is his best and only friend Jenny. One day Forrest found one of his special abilities which is run faster than other people. Jenny was abused by her father in her childhood, so she has been living a hippie lifestyle for her dream which is folk song singer. Besides after Forrest's college graduation, he joined army, where he makes other best friend who is black and his name is Bubba. Both of them are sent to Vietnam War. Forrest is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. After that Forrest started shrimp business which is Bubba's dream and his commanding officer from Vietnam, Lieutenant Dan, joined him. They earned a lot of money. At that time Forrest knew about his mother is sick, so he came back to mom and he was waiting Jenny. Finally, Jenny came back to Forrest but unfortunately, she left again. Forrest tried to forget about Jenny.One day he met Jenny, she has a young son of whom Forrest is the father. Jenny told Forrest she is suffering from a HIV. Jenny and Forrest finally got married. Jenny died soon afterward.
This noble is one of my favorite movies original version. There are differences between film and noble such as the film adds several aspects to Forrest's life that do not occur in the novel, such as his needing leg braces when he was young and his run across the country. Moreover, Forrest's characteristic and personality are also changed from the novel, among other things he is an autistic savant while playing football at the university, he fails craft and gym, but receives a perfect score in an advanced physics class he was enrolled in by his coach to satisfy his college requirements.
I believe that Forrest Gump knows what pure and true love is. It seems like silly but that can be real love. Love meaning has been faded and people don't know what real love is. Forrest Gump shows that the real love. It is also eternal love. Jenny is Forrest's first lover and last lover in his life. Even though Jenny wasn't always being with Forrest, Forrest continually loves Jenny. Forrest accepted everything from her and understood. I want to love like Forrest Gump to my lover. It won't be easy but I think silly love is true and real love. I imagined some situation. If my lover is suffering from HIV, I cannot accept her. I think it is unforgivable. Do I know about love? This noble keeps throwing the question to me and makes me think about what love is.
This noble makes us think about life. Forrest said that "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get." Life can be changed like what chocolates we pick. People don't know what they are going to face with, so people need to get a power. People should overcome and accept. Therefore, if you pick bad taste chocolate, don't disappoint or blame. Just think everything positively."
"First time I've read the book, although I've seen the movie umpteen times. They are vastly different, of course. In the book there were no magic shoes and he and Jenny did not grow up together like peas and carrots.
Forrest was not exactly the size of Tom Hanks either - he was 6'6" with the body of an Adonis. He met Bubba while he played football and then they met up again in the army. Lt. Dan was not their superior officer. In fact, Forrest and Lt. Dan met in the hospital after Forrest was shot in the behind.
In the movie, Forrest didn't realize he was shot, remember? He thought something had bitten him. In the novel, he knew - he was aware of quite a bit that movie Gump didn't.
Lt. Dan was not the angry bitter man Hollywood made him. He was philosophical and his descent into bitterness was gradual, not immediate, which rang more true to me.
Speaking of Hollywood, Forrest was in a movie, went to space with an orangutan, saw Raquel Welsh nekkid, played in a band, ran for Senate or something. More than made it into the film, to be sure.
The story, in Forrest's narrative was wonderful. The spelling and language was that of someone poorly educated, of course - since he is a simple man. Normally that's a pet peeve of mine, but Forrest can do no wrong, not by me.
"The book was given to me by a friend cleaning our her bookcase, so I read it just because it was there. Having seen the movie about a gazillion times, I thought reading the book would be a waste. However, the book and movie were very different, and I considered them as two different stories and genres--because they are. The Gump of the book is way more cartoonish and the book more purely a comedy. It gave me an appreciation of what an excellent job the screenwriters of the movie did to add more flesh-and-blood humanity to the characters and more realism, pathos, drama and accuracy in portraying the history and temper of the times in which the segments are set. The movie was richer and more engrossing; the book was more belly-laugh comic."
"I read this years ago and my memory is a little fuzzy but I remember it was a lot different from the movie. Specifically, Forrest was an astronaut at one point and also ended up stranded on a desert island."
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