Forrest Gump

your hopes crushed, leave you disappointed, and feel as if you have failed to do what you set out to accomplish? This very same thing happened to me my freshman year of high school. I was new to the Forrest City School District, but I did not let that discourage me. I decided to try out for the Forrest City High School Cheerleading team, but unfortunately did not make it. I spent countless hours practicing and practicing, but it seemed as if it was not enough. At first I did not see what I did…

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…

Army, Forrest stumbles upon a friend that he can relate to in a young man named Bubba Beauford Blue. In addition to being a black man in an unaccepting world, it is displayed that Bubba is none too bright. Seeing the resemblance in mental processing, their Lieutenant, Dan Taylor, asks jokingly if they are twins, although it is clear they are not seeing the difference in race. Having similar deficiencies, Bubba and Forrest deal with scrutiny placed on them daily…

point of view, I cannot deny we have chance to change our destiny and fate by our striving but we cannot change others. Although Forest Gump and Gatsby get rich for different reason and by different ways, both of them change their destiny by their striving. The different is that Gatsby have a specific great traget and he do everything for his target, while Forest Gump just do what he want and he just focus the things nearly. Gatsby was a poor boy at first however, he has a dream which is become…

singled out and magnified. An example is when Forrest finds out that he can be a good friend, play ping pong and run. What is notable throughout the movie is that Forrest was not among the brightest yet he made a lot of difference in the lives of those around him. Many are in the category of Forrest as being average or less and hence the audience can identify with his situation. The average individuals are also capable of extraordinary things and Forrest proves this when he gives Lieutenant Dan…

Josh Robinson Mr. Lee Intro to Cinema 9 June 2016 Director Robert Zemeckis Robert Zemeckis has directed many films ranging in genres. His films include Cast Away, Back to the Future, Annie, A Christmas Carol, Forrest Gump, and Flight. Zemeckis has earned a reputation as a “tech-savvy auteur whose work has explored special effects and digital magic” (Ressner 2013). Zemeckis grew up in a working-class family with little, to no money, in the south side of Chicago. He grew up watching television…

proved to be our most eye-opening and complex analysis, coming from the ever-endearing Forrest Gump. This film takes us through the extraordinary life and tales of Forrest Gump, a small town boy from Greenbow, Alabama with very little intelligence, but a very big heart. Throughout the stories he tells to the many random strangers on a bus bench, we are taken through personal anecdotes and we learn who Forrest Gump truly is; a…

On top of supporting the negative stereotype of the damaged addict this film glosses over Jenny treating her addiction and presents addiction as completely curable. The directors spend a very long time establishing Jenny’s drug addiction but no time covering her treating it. The only reference we have to her troubled past in the later part of the movie is her mysterious illness that leads to her death and we never see her struggle with residual cravings, depression, or any other real things…

Historical veracity, meaning history described with factual accuracy and truthfulness, can be achieved through filmic representation, the portrayal of certain events, people, ideas or experiences within the film medium but not necessarily in the way audiences expect or film makers intend. Films can achieve historical veracity through the way they tell us more about the period or context in which in they were produced rather than the period they are about. The events depicted within these films…

desegregation movement, although unknowingly, Forrest exemplifies the trope of individual freedom by handing the girl her notebook and subconsciously encouraging her to succeed in her new life at the University of Alabama. Throughout the film, Forrest coins multiple sayings—similar to Chris Matthews’ maxims in…