“Forrest Gump” written by Robert Zemeckis‚ starring Tom Hanks is truly inspirational and symbolizes the way we‚ as humans deal with situations in our lives. The film “Forrest Gump” tells of a simple minded man with a low IQ and great intentions. Forrest‚ who commits selfless acts of justice throughout the course of his life never acts to benefit himself but the benefit those around him. Forrest had honesty‚ integrity‚ and love. These character traits caused him to live justly and encourage others
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Forrest Gump‚ named after General Nathan Bedford Forrest‚ narrates the story of his life. The author uses misspellings and grammatical errors to indicate his Southern accent‚ education‚ and cognitive disabilities. While living in Mobile‚ Alabama‚ Forrest meets Jenny Curran in first grade and walks her home. By the time Forrest is sixteen years old‚ he is 6’ 6” (1.98 m)‚ 242 pounds (110 kg)‚ and plays high school football. Miss Henderson‚ whom Forrest is infatuated with‚ gives him reading lessons
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Forrest Gump is a great movie for a family movie night . For someone who has never seen Forrest Gump ‚ I would tell them he’s a special lovable character. I would tell them someone who has never seen the film that Forrest suffers from a low I.Q but one talent he excels at is following directions. Also Forrest has great sense of humor that he doesn’t know that he has . For example in movie when people ask what his name is he responds “Hello. My name’s Forrest‚ people call me Forrest Gump ” in witty
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Picture Perfect Man In the film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis one of the most inspirational movie characters ever was born‚ Forrest Gump. Forrest symbolizes the way we wish to deal with the problems we face throughout the course of our lives‚ and how we would go about solving them if the Universe was on our side. Forrest had 3 essential qualities to separate himself from others. Honesty‚ integrity‚ and compassion; if you have these 3 qualities as Forrest did‚ life will seem to work out
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Alexander Low ENC1101 Date: 12/2/12 Assignment: Compare/ Contrast Forrest Gump: Movie Better Than Book Have you ever watched a movie that was made off of a book‚ but the movie was better? Well if you have ever watched and read Forrest Gump‚ you would find out that the movie has well surpassed the book. In both stories the main character Forrest Gump goes through a series of misfortunate events that eventually turn him into an American hero and millionaire. In each event of his life he
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Forrest Gump Essay Number Two In the film Forrest Gump‚ directed by Robert Zemeckis‚ a character that I admired was Forrest Gump‚ who was a very determined‚ caring and loyal man. The camera angles and dialogue were used to make this character admirable to me. The reasons I admire Forrest are his determination‚ his generosity and care for those around him‚ and because of his loyalty. He was loyal to Jenny as well as his army squadron. He was never with another woman‚ even though he knew Jenny
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Marshal. He tells of how he had to move a long distance just to go to a college that accepted blacks. After finishing college‚ he joined the NAACP to help desegregate schools. A few years ago‚ the NAACP won in the great Brown vs. Board of Education case and schools now are being desegregated at a slow rate. Things are going out of hand fast and danger levels in the South are steadily rising. Many are creating chaos and violence trying to prove that they have equal rights. Other people are fighting
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In the film industry they use something called elements to explain what is going on in the storyline‚ and in the movie Forrest Gump‚ the way they used different film elements helps in the explanation of the plot and assists in moving the storyline along. The different elements that I will be talking about are Effects‚ Costumes‚ and Camera movement/transitions. In Forrest Gump they used many different effects to emphasize and explain exactly what is happening. One way that they describe what is happening
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R. SURYA ADHYTAMA/C1310013 Hermeneutical Analysis of “Forrest Gump” “Forrest Gump” is a drama with comical aspects. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1994. It is about a man facing the challenges in his life. The story spans from 1951-1984 and takes place in different locations of America‚ and Vietnam. Forrest Gump isn’t the smartest guy on earth. He is on the slow side when it comes to understanding academic things and figuring things out‚ and that is not very strange when he is
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lives of young soldiers in the war. Although the film‚ Forrest Gump‚ gave only a general idea of the period and events‚ along with doing a respectable job at portraying how historical events occurred‚ there are intricate details in the film that did not compare to
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