Forrest Gump 2nd assesment

Lexi Fiore
5/29/15


Forrest Gump. Such an interesting movie in many ways. It was comical, serious, and sometimes just dumb. Overall, the movie was great! Don't get me wrong, I love a box of chocolates too. You never really know what your gonna get. Gump was born with not the sharpest brain out there. His IQ was low but that didn't stop him from doing anything he wanted. Going on the bus to school wasn't easy for poor Gump, but it would be a day he would never forget. There he met his best friend. Jenny Curran. Jenny and him were a bunch of veggies as Forrest would say. Did I mention he's not the brightest? Anyway, him and Jenny did everything together and helped each other along the way of their wild life. Forrest got into the University of Alabama and got a sweet ride through football. Meeting the president, making the all American team, and more is what his fast running skills scored him. On the other hand, good ol Jenny got a little frisky in her "college years". Never mind that, but after Gump graduated college, he decided to join the army. There he met his other best bud, Bubba, and his other. Dan. Bubba talked Gumps ear off about his shrimp business. He followed through with it after the Vietnam war. After his war days, he met back up with jenny and stayed at his home in Alabama. After leaving him, AGAIN, may I add, he did exactly was Jenny told him too. Run.


Now this guy, for whatever reason, ran for 3 years straight. STRAIGHT. Who does that? Well whatever we all know his mind is in left field so we'll leave it at that. On his 3 year run, he got followers. People joined him on this wild journey, which I also think is absolutely insane. there more too his story but I don't want to be the one to ruin that for you so ill stop here.


Forrest was involved in a lot of historical events. Vietnam, Elvis Presley, JFK assassination and more. That was a cool thing to do because it was him living it through his present day life, but is history to all of us.