Lil Bit Of Forrest Gump
Essay by 24 • December 18, 2010 • 512 Words (3 Pages) • 1,717 Views
Forrest Gump is a great story. It is the story of an idiot savant that struggles through life and gets very lucky and very unlucky along the way. As a boy, his father died in a freak accident, and his mother was left to care for him on his own. (His father worked in a shipping industry and a crate of bananas fell on top of him and killed him) His mother and he lived in a boarding house, where his mother rented parts of the house to people to support themselves. As a young boy, Forrest suffered being the "queer one". Since he was an idiot, he was misjudged by everybody and picked on. Later, he was transferred to a special school to cope with his needs. The new school he went to was full of kids from all ages, from about 6 years old to 16/17. There, a lady by the name of Miss Margaret cared to their needs. As Forrest came to the age of 16, he was transferred to the new high school that was just recently built. There he somehow got onto the football team and became a star. He was one day walking down the street and then the football coach comes up beside him and asks him to join. Forrest then discovers his unique skills as a football player. Since he is 6 feet 6 inches, he scares the opposing team, and he runs quickly, an almost invincible combo.
As all kids do, Forrest grows up. At the age of 18, Forrest was accepted into a college where he played football. At first, he was no good, but as time passed he got to get better. The new plays, people, and adventures he had were all exciting, but then he had to do college work. For his science class, Forrest was somehow an idiot savant and passed the class with flying colors. In English, he was praised for his great stories (which were actually about his life, but people thought they were fictitious and funny). Although he was MVP on the football team, he flunked PE. At the end of the first semester of the year, Forrest had to leave college because he was too dumb. This was true however; the football
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