“Forrest Gump” movie was made in 1994 and the director was Robert Zemeckis. This movie is about a boy/man named Forrest Gump going through his life, from when he was young to when he was a grown adult . Forrest has many conflicts maneuvering around the world for example when he was in the war at Vietnam and he needed to help Bubba his friend. The theme in the movie would be “life's a journey with ups and downs, you don’t know what's going to happen”. All the symbolic references and scenes help people decipher the theme. In addition, the characterization of Forrest Gump helps people realize what type of person he is. All the symbolic things in this movie helps people show that the theme is: life's a journey with ups and downs, you don’t know what's going to happen. One symbol is the feather, it shows up at the start of the film floating in the air and land near Forrest Gump when he starts talking about his childhood and at the end when Forrest Gump’s child starts his childhood. I chose this because the feather is flying all over the place going “up and down, not knowing what is going to happen” (they make the camera tilt and move around showing us the feather moving up and down). Also Forrest Gump’s running symbolizes your life keeps on happening until the end, when you stop running. Life can be a mess sometimes and those symbols encourages that it …show more content…
goes up and down. The setting always helps during the theme, in every scene there was a new stage of life. To when he was young to when he was old. It started with him at his house when he was a child, later when he went to school and there were mean kids. When he got his leg braces and when he got them off and when he got married and when Jenny(wife) and his mom died (not at the same time). They took long shot points that always helped during the movie understand everything that is happening in that scene, show the whole “thing”. Events throughout history are always going bad to good and the scenes show it. Characterization of Forrest Gump also helps with the theme. When people always call him stupid, Forrest still has to live his life with that horrible feeling of knowing he is not bright. This doesn’t stop him from becoming a millionaire and showing that other people can succeed with his conditions. For example, he was going to be kicked out of school for being stupid but later gets a college degree for playing Football. In addition, when they do the close-ups or front lighting on his face to show Forrest’s expressions. That helps the theme because it helps analyze what he is feeling about the situation that he is faced with. It doesn’t matter if you're rich, poor, stupid, smart, your personality your life journey can go anywhere it wants. There are many other themes that Forrest Gump could be but I think this one sticks out the most. The movie “Forrest Gump” has many morals, but “life is a box of chocolates, you don’t know what you’re going to get”-Gump’s mom.
Life's a journey, you don’t really what is going to happen next, you just have to learn how to embrace it and move one. From the symbols to the scenes to the characters it shows brightly themes about life, you could have done many themes, but I chose this one because it mostly fits.” Life's a journey(the scenes and Gump’s life). When you stop(Gump’s running), things don’t go right(scenes) -Pope Francis. Go and live your life to the fullest because it's a journey that gets better and
worse.
A trait that makes Forrest Gump a great hero is that he is protective, of his friends & Jenny. Jenny was constantly being mistreated & hurt. Whenever Forrest was there & saw this, he punched that guy right in the face to defend her. Jenny also had a horrible childhood & was abused by her dad too. Her house reminded her of what ruined her life, so Forrest had it bulldozed. She never had to look at that awful place ever again. After Jenny died, Forrest looked after Forrest Jr. He taught him to read & do many other things. He cared for & protected his family to the
Forrest Gump. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Screenplay by Eric Roth. Perf. Tom Hanks and Mykelti Williamson. Paramount, 1994. Film.
One event in the movie that really stands out to me as a good example of sociological imagination is Forrest’s stay at the Watergate Hotel. While recovering from a wound received in the Vietnam War, Forrest discovered and developed an outstanding talent for playing table tennis. Due to his exceptional table tennis skills, Forrest was called to Washington, D.C., and recognized as the “Player of the Year.” He went to the White House to receive this award. As President Nixon presented the award to him, he asked where Forrest was staying. Forrest commented, in his very innocent way, that the hotel was not very nice or well kept. Nixon apparently thought Forrest deserved much better accommodations and told Forrest he would arrange for a better place. In the next scene of the movie, Forrest is on the phone with hotel security and is looking across the way into another wing of the hotel. Forrest suggests to the man on the phone that the hotel needs to send a maintenance person “to the room across the way.” He explains that there are some men with flashlights in that room, and he (Forrest) thinks that they are trying to locate a fuse box. In actuality, instead of locating a fuse box, the scene he described was the infamous break-in at the Watergate Hotel. Had Forrest never been shot in the Vietnam War, a major occurrence in society during Forrest’s lifetime, Forrest would never have started playing table tennis nor received the prestigious award from President Nixon. The War was the event in society that shaped Forrest’s pe...
Human happiness is represented by the Prince, who seeks to block or prevent the threat of death however death will come to all. The symbolism of the clock, hour by hour, minute by minute, the life of the ebony clock slowly dies. The ticking or chimes of the clock is a reminder to all of the limited time left before death.
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during a crucial time in American history. The book is told from the point of view of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, and revolves around her and her brother Jem while they are growing up. While they are growing up, they learn many life lessons that are shown by different milestones. Lee uses many symbols in the novel to represent the maturing of Jem and Scout.
In Harper Lee’s bestselling novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee investigates issues pertaining to justice and prejudice employing the symbolism of the ‘mockingbird’. TKAM is set in an unfortunate time of injustice and inequality, and tells the story of the unjust persecution of Macomb County’s greatest citizens. Maycomb’s unjust legends victimize Boo Radley, forcing him to live in exile in his home. The people ridicule Atticus Finch for his morals and decency. Tom Robinson is unjustly persecuted for the rape of Mayella Ewell. Although the title of TKAM is elusive in meaning and its references are few and far between, the mockingbird carries a great symbolic weight throughout the book and is personified in these three characters, among others.
“Mockingbirds do nothing for us but sing all day. That’s why it’s a sin to kill one” (103). To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells of a small town life, disrupted by an unfair trial of a black man accused of rape.It has many underlying points, like the children trying to meet Boo Radley and new friends in the summer. As named in the title, the mockingbird is used several times to symbolize innocence destroyed by evil, the mockingbird is an innocent animal doing nothing but singing, while the one who shoots it down is the evil one destroying all innocence. The mockingbird represents certain characters throughout the story who have been metaphorically “shot down”.
The ones talked about in this essay are, how the tree by the Radley house symbolizes Boo Radley’s kindness and longing for friendship. How Tim Johnson symbolizes Atticus’ fight against racism. And, how mockingbirds symbolize peace and innocence, especially how innocence in people can be destroyed by evil. These symbols are all very important by showing the story's main themes and ideas that it’s trying to convey to it’s
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (90). Although the title of the novel has little literal connection to the actual storyline, it holds a huge amount of symbolic weight in this tale of innocents wounded by the evil surrounding them. The ‘mockingbird’ represents various characters in the novel that are harmed one way or another, particularly by the judgmental, prejudiced ways of the Maycomb townsfolk. Throughout the course of the book, the innocence they once had is destroyed, figuratively ‘killing’ the mockingbirds.
The character Jenny Curran from the movie Forrest Gump, had a tough life from the very beginning of the movie throughout to the end. During the movie, most parts were assumed and not actually said. For example, as a child she was physically abused as well as sexually abuse, however, it isn’t said, a scene of her with dirty ripped clothes and older Forrest narrating says “her father was always touching and kissing her and her sister” that implies that her father was sexually abusing her. Jenny’s father was not only abusive but an alcoholic and neglected the care of Jenny. Throughout the rest of the movie, Forrest is always there to support and love her, and the detrimental decisions she makes and the different paths she endeavors, inevitably catch up with her in the end. In this essay, one of the main points we see by Jenny’s character are all of the metaphors between what she says and the advice she gives to Forrest, for example, to run from danger and her own constant behavior to fun away from whatever she is afraid of. Jenny Curran will be the focus observation and personality study. Although the main character in this film is Forrest Gump, we are able to see the trials Jenny’s incurs and how it develops her personality. The main idea of this essay is to look at Jenny’s life and find the foundation for what her personality was build on and all of the influences of change throughout her life. Her various personality and life changes will be examined as well as the environmental and social influences.
To Kill A Mockingbird is a bildungsroman novel by Harper Lee. In this novel there are many important and striking symbols. The repeated image of the mockingbird creates a strong and highly effective motif. Harper Lee first introduces the mockingbird to the reader in Chapter 10, when Atticus refuses to teach Scout and Jem how to shoot saying, ‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird’. Harper Lee emphasises Scout’s curiosity at her non-judgemental father expressing it is a ‘sin’ to do something, as she consults Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie tells Scout that, ‘Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ Harper Lee allows the reader to explore this motif through the use of characters in the novel and the prejudice and morally wrongdoings in the fictional town of Maycomb.
Closing Statement: So remember life is a roller coaster full of ups and downs and twist and turns, so enjoy the ride and all its experiences life throws your way with a positive outlook.
Candide, which has been credited the base for the book and movie Forrest Gump, features a main character teeming with naiveté. Pangloss says all is for the better and Candide lives by this edict with unaltered optimism. Faced with death and fatigue, Candide is befriended only to be enlisted in the Bulgarian army. Escaping death a few more times, he sees the pains of war and masks the pain with philosophy.
The movie Forest Gump was a historical fictional story narrated by the main character, Forest Gump. Forest Gump was born in 1944 in Alabama .He was raised by his mother ,and his father left when he was little .Forest Gump wasn’t your average white boy ,Forest was different psychically and mentally .Forest Gump had to wear leg braces as a little boy because of his back. His mother would always encourage him .even though forest was deemed as an idiot, she was still supportive. Forest Gump was teased in school because of his mental capacity .He befriend a girl in school name jenny ,and she would hold a special place in his heart besides his mother .Forest Gump talks about his life and the historic events that the nation endured. Forest Gump’s mother would always say life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what gonna get.”Throughout forest Gump’s life, he meets new people and he also began to have an impact on peoples lives. Forest Gump goes through life becomes successful in everything he does. Even though many might say forest was slow or stupid, he still managed to finish college become an all-star football player for college. He then goes to the army to fight in Vietnam and becomes a war hero .He always managed to keep Jenny in his life even though they were not together. Forest became successful by starting a shrimp business. Forest recruits lieutenant Dan from the army to be his business partner .Forest becomes a millionaire; however he was still humble and living with his mother. Forest was never involved with women socially nor sexually is .The reason for this because Forest never developed a scene of maturity to enter an adult relationship, and besides being a mother’s boy.
People hold different things to be symbolic. Dove and peace, a rose and love; they are simple things yet widely symbolic. Symbolism is commonly used in literature to change or deepen meanings or instill a different meaning to the mind of the readers. The reader is forced to think, make connections, and succeed in adding a new meaning to the novel. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses symbolism in the form of his characters and to develop the theme, the corruption of the American Dream.