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| Plot Summary of Forrest Gump |
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"Forrest overcomes the obstacle of being born an idiot. Forrest Gump is a modern Jack tale, where a nim wit out wits the situation with common wit and humour. Forrest has no patience in first grade he can not focus. His mind wonders on what is happening outside. The teacher cannot accept Forrest, he is demoted and sent to the state reformany for his education. Where he remains until the local high school football coach sees walking home from school. Forrest later becomes a big football hero after days of hard head hitting practice for him to understand the plays. The coach gets angry intially at Forrest mishaps until he figures out that Forrest can run. The coad sees this as a breaktrough. Forrest goes onto to be the state champian. From there sentenced by a judge to join the United States Army. Through out the book he continues to drift into one mishap one after the next where he is victorious. He becomes a war hero on, then a ping pong player and latter becomes a jogger to escape his childhood sweetheart. She floats in and out of his like a Monarch butterfly returns every summer."
, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Forrest Gump |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
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