Forrest City

A Jewish father with his wife and son are trapped between the appalling situations of discrimination and fall of a race. La vita è bella (Original title: Life is Beautiful) will certainly leave you in awe once you finish the film. According to IMDB (n.d.), it lavished prestigious awards including three Oscars (1999), one from the Cannes Film Festival (1998), four Italian Golden Globes (1998) and one Grammy Award (2000). The Italian film was directed by Roberto Benigni and was released on 20th…

The movie Forrest Gump has many actors, the main characters within the movie are Tom Hanks who plays Forrest Gump, Sally Field who is mama Gump, Gary Sinise who is Lieutenant Dan Taylor and also Robin Right who plays Jenny Curran. Forrest Gump is a man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950’s- 1980’s to become involved in major events in America. In this movie you will notice that Forrest takes things for exactly what they are and never complains because he is fine with the life that he…

If one does nothing and simply makes unconscious decisions, fate will not be changed. One must act consciously to change the path set forth by the outside forces. Destiny is in one 's own hands. It takes the realization of that for a change to occur and without this realization one will just act based off what they believe their destiny to be. A person 's life is planned out for them the day they are born by their parents based off personal expectations that will try to be reached. The…

Challenges are presented to everyone within their daily lives, each struggles does not compromise who a person fundamentally is. Rather, the actions taken whilst one undergoes adversity forms a person’s character. Through the use of the characters in, Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis shows the audience different forms of adversity, and different reactions to such. For example, Jenny Curran --the love interest of the main character-- has a life riddled with strife, and the ways she responds to…

Mud Stained Nikes Only in the movie Forrest Gump can one witness the late JFK being mooned by an imbecile. A comedy, drama, and romance all packed into one hundred and forty minutes. This simple-minded man lives a life of wandering filled with action and adventure. This is a movie one could watch on repeat and find themselves on the edge of their seat each time. Forrest Gump follows the life of Gump (Tom Hanks) as he touches the life of Jenny, Bubba, and Lt. Dan as well as its audience. The…

programmed. A great example of this is at the beginning of the movie when Forrest first appeared on screen; the cinematographers used of the technique of zoom shot to shoot from high above and lowering down to eye-level with wide angle lens. This allowed the audience to have a full view of the setting. The reason for that is because this setting was the most important setting of the film, it was where Forrest told his story. When Forrest started talking, the shot was then being focused closer to…

The main protagonist in the novel Forrest Gump is Forrest Gump. Forrest is named after his ancestor Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Scotch-Irish American and a noted Confederate general in the American Civil War. Some examples of Forrest being the main protagonist are Forrest always trying to do the right thing which shows his heroic traits and protagonists usually try to do the right thing. Even after Bubba died, he still continues to fulfill their dreams of making a successful shrimp business. When…

In the 1994 American epic romantic/comedy/drama, Tom Hanks plays Forrest Gump. Forrest was mentally below average, but he never characterized himself as anything less than ordinary. Encouraged by his mother, he lived a very good, compassionate life full of fulfillment. He traveled the world being success in many different things like ping-pong, the army, college football, to even opening a shrimping business. However, no matter where he traveled to in the world, his true love was always Jenny,…

The Confederate flag is a symbol that everyone seems to have an opinion on. Some people are disgusted by the flag and claim that it represents hate and racism. These people feel like it should not be flown in public places and should only be displayed in historical museums, away from the public eye. Other people, though, look upon the Confederate flag and see a sense of pride and heritage, and strongly disagree with the accusations that accompany flying this particular symbol. Although the…

Environmental education exists in a multitude of forms. Some argue that any interaction with nature is environmental education, some would say that is not enough, that environmental education must be facilitated. Regardless of these opinions, environmental education is critical to the education all types of children. It is especially important for children living in urban settings to gain better understandings of their roles in the environment. It is vital that children understand that they are…