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    release in the summer of 1994, Forrest Gump has become one of those movies seemingly everyone is familiar with. It 's a cultural touchstone with lines like ‘Life is a box of chocolates’ appearing everywhere from tee-shirts to greeting cards.” I admit that Forrest Gump is really popular and inspiring since I watched it so many times, especially when I am upset. Forrest Gump has encouraged me through my teen years till now. However, some people regard Forrest Gump as an unrealistic, ridiculous…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Adversity In Forrest Gump

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    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 problems gives…

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    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…

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    Forrest Gump Essay

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    A very advanced technology was used in the making of the film called the CGI(Computer-generated imagery). This computer program created the special visual effect of Forrest Gump meeting with many important figures even though he did not. In other word, this program allows the filmmakers to virtually transfer a person or an object from an existing scene to another. Another way this program was used in the film was when one…

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    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…

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    Tom Hanks 'Forrest Gump'

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    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,…

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    As the wide-reaching consequences of the Financial Crisis demonstrate, when a company is as influential as JPMorgan Chase & Co., the American public is a stakeholder. Their customers include individuals, corporations, small businesses, governments, universities…the list goes on. If an entity can bank, they can bank with JPMorgan Chase & Co. 60.6 million households have at least one consumer banking account with Chase—roughly half of American households. Chase is the number one credit card issuer…

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