Between Forrest Gump and the Shawshank Redemption, shows many different ideas of how the world works and how people feel in their area of life. Comparing and contrasting these two stories is actually very interesting because of how many different types of things in the movies are different but the same. Forrest Gump and Shawshank Redemption are two different but similar stories because of the main characters. Forrest Gump portrays a very optimistic and simple main character. In this film, many things and people try to put him down by making bad things happen but his simplistic attitude keeps bringing him to great things in life. From the beginning to the end of Forrest Gump, it tells the story of the many ups and downs throughout his life.
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Tommy learns many things from Andy and is sadly killed because he is willing to defend Andy for his innocence. That just adds to the shear sadness of this movie because as if it seems everything else does not already sucks, it goes and gets much worse with a significant death of a young, newly intelligent young boy in Tommy. But it begins going up, which compares very well with Forrest Gump. After Tommy’s death Andy finally makes his final adjustments before he makes his escape from Shawshank prison. He tells Red about his plans for when he gets out and that he still wants him to be a part of his life, then he leaves, leaving no trace. That relates well with Forrest and Lieutenant Dan’s relationship because they continuously return back to each other after accomplishing what they need to. All in all, there are many differences between The Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump that are quite apparent such as dark plots versus light ones. Even the way conversations happen is a significant difference. But it is also filled with many similarities like the long story being told throughout. Both stories take a long time to unfold and show the hidden messages in which were building since the beginnings. Both stories within these two great films bring happiness and tears but that’s just a part of the emotional roller coaster these two excellent ideas both
Tommy learns many things from Andy and is sadly killed because he is willing to defend Andy for his innocence. That just adds to the shear sadness of this movie because as if it seems everything else does not already sucks, it goes and gets much worse with a significant death of a young, newly intelligent young boy in Tommy. But it begins going up, which compares very well with Forrest Gump. After Tommy’s death Andy finally makes his final adjustments before he makes his escape from Shawshank prison. He tells Red about his plans for when he gets out and that he still wants him to be a part of his life, then he leaves, leaving no trace. That relates well with Forrest and Lieutenant Dan’s relationship because they continuously return back to each other after accomplishing what they need to. All in all, there are many differences between The Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump that are quite apparent such as dark plots versus light ones. Even the way conversations happen is a significant difference. But it is also filled with many similarities like the long story being told throughout. Both stories take a long time to unfold and show the hidden messages in which were building since the beginnings. Both stories within these two great films bring happiness and tears but that’s just a part of the emotional roller coaster these two excellent ideas both