Forrest Gump Essay

How to Reach the Potential and Success As Forrest Gump begins, I see a white feather floating against a blue sky. As it continues, I also see the skyline of a city. The feather finally comes to rest at the feet of Forrest Gump. He picks up the feather, moves a wrapped box, opens his suitcase, and puts the feather inside a Curious George book. A bus pulls up, and Forrest continues to sit quietly. A nurse comes and sits on the bench beside him, and he introduces himself: "Hello. My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump." He offers the woman a chocolate and tells her that his momma always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're going to get." Throughout the film, Forrest repeats this saying, and as I watch his life, I realize that there is truth to the saying. Forrest Gump is an unusual young man. As a boy, he has a low IQ and wouldn't have been allowed in school if his mother had not slept with the principal. He has braces on his legs, and the doctor does not expect him to ever be normal. Although there seems to be little hope for Forrest, his mother is always encouraging him to be whoever he wants to be. The events in Forrest's life are often random, and they are both good and bad. Although Forrest's life is interesting, it is not always easy and happy. Forrest works hard in everything he does, and he ends up doing many interesting, fun things simply by chance. Even if he knows that life is uncertain and nobody is able to expect what they are going to get, he still works hard at whatever he does, and this persistence keeps him on track. After a lot of efforts, Forrest learns to run, opening up a whole new life to him when he gets a scholarship to college. Forrest does not seem to care about many things, but when he is given a job, he does it well.
He is successful on the football team, in the Army, on the ping-pong team, and as a shrimper. After watching the film, I realize that