Analysis of Forrest Gump. Paper must be at least 2000 words. The rate at which movies are produced all over the world improved significantly in the 20th century. This took place due to various technological advancement that enabled a number of movies to be produced easily and more efficiently. Additionally, 20th century can be referred as a period of several issues in the world. There were issues of war, such as first and Second World War, cold war and several countries were in conflict during this period. This provided an opportunity for a number of movies to be cast based on a number of themes that were overriding in the 20th century.

Consequently, Forrest Gump is not an exception as it had a reflection on American war with Vietnam in that took place in the last decades of 20th century. This paper seeks to focus on analysis of Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump was one of its own in the last decades of 20th century. This movie was cast in the last decade of 20th century specifically 1994. It has dramatic episode that make it thrilling to the audience. Its plot is based on a novel authored in 1986 synonymous to film title Forrest Gump.

The film reinforces events that took part in the last half of the 20th century. The first incidence of this film took place in some states of United States such as Georgia, North, and South Carolina in late 1993. Several copies were sold worldwide upon its release on July 6, 1994. Several awards have been won due to its impact and warm reception in the society. The director of this movie was Robert Zemeckis and the movie was released in 1994 and gained international recognition. Forrest is telling his story to a stranger who was seated in the same place he was sitting. This movie talks of a man who was born with low capacity brain but successful in his lifetime achievements. His leg had a medical problem and he hated wearing leg braces.

However, this did not deter him and he joins a football team at his school. Moreover, he joins the army and is part of Vietnamese war. In the war, he gets comrades such as Benjamin Buford “Bubba” (Mykelti Williamson) who always dreamt of owning a shrimping boat. Their combatant team was attacked and Bubba died in the attack while their commander (Lt.Dan Taylor) was severely injured and became incapacitated, as both legs were lost. Though forest was injured in the incident, it was not as severe as the others were. He gained recognition from President John F. Kennedy. While recovering from the minor injury he develops interest on ping-pong. He is also part of United States army team, this grant him a chance to meet President Nixon and a room was secured for him in the hotel. This gave him a chance to expose the Watergate scandal.

Later he meets Lieutenant Dan who used to be his commander in Vietnam and he shares a thought with him about the intention of the shrimping business (Wineburg, et al 2007). Lt.Dan was skeptical about the idea but agreed to join Forrest as soon the business boomed. Forrest used money from the ping-pong to buy a shrimmping boat. The lieutenant also joined him. They become successful as soon as the disaster affected their challenger. Their company did well in future. Later he takes care of his mother while lieutenant took care of their business that became a huge empire. Jenny later visited him. He proposed to her and on refusal, he packed and left the house. However, jenny still went to his room where they consummated but she left the next day with a cab.