Forrest Gump Movie Thesis

The United States of America in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s was three long and crazy decades for the U.S.A. With World War 2 ending in the early 40’s then to the move to stop segregation in the early 50’s and ending in 1964 with the Civil Rights Act. Then in 1955, began the start of yet another war (CNN). The Vietnam War was a serious situation with over 2,700,000 Americans serving (NVVF); people were trying to fight the situation inside and out, there were many protesters against this war. These protesters names “hippies” in this era most young people spent their time laid back and faded at rock n’roll concerts, they were trying to, “make love but not war.” This movie depicts a lot of different things from this time period from the war, to what people tried to do to get out of the war, to President Kennedy being assassinated, just about any big event that happened in these three decades Forrest Gump was able to tell about each one, like a chocolatier telling about the candy’s in the box.
I have a son
A love so vibrant and wild it couldn’t be tamed by any man, it would only grow stronger and more powerful as the years went on. Most women would give anything to be cherished the way Forrest cherished Jenny, to be truly loved by a man and cared for. Ever since Forrest started school all the way through Jenny’s
In this final scene the real truth came out about Jenny that she was a no good low life scumbag that didn’t deserve to have someone like Forrest in her life. The amazing thing is that Forrest didn’t even care that Jenny never truly loved him; she would always have a special place in his heart. He didn’t even care that she kept the child a secret from him, he was just happy to know that he had a son. This teaches a life lesson, that you can’t be sad about the hand that the life gives you but rather look at it and be