Forrest Gump

If I was asked to choose my favourite character,the one who would definitely be on my list was him..Forrest Gump.
Why him?
Go and watch the movie first if you hadn't and tell me about it.
It's the reality that we all take for granted..

Gump, gifted with a low IQ which lets him be adorably childlike even as he grows up, leads a very charmed life: a mother who loves him immensely and who sleeps with the school principal in order to make sure her child has the best education, a miraculous incident that eliminates the need for him to have braces for his legs, a childhood girlfriend who remains faithful to him till the end, surviving Vietnam with a medal, and, in general, a propensity for turning everything that happens to him into good.

The fact that he didn't take offense,I think is what keeps him content.He made promise and fulfilled it,he meant every word he said.He's honest and basically nice on the inside.He becomes a millionaire,but he gives most of the money away,and indeed,he 's not that stupid as he knows how to re-assemble guns in high speed,play ping-pong like a maniac,runs like a bullet and so on..so does stupidity counts?

He's a satirical character to this new era heroes in many ways.His choices in life determine his niceness..in fact I think he's really one in a million kind if he really exists.Watching him is like watching your inner child at the inside.Gump never grow up,he remains as a boy throughout his life.It implied here that,at least,his 'stupidity' allows him to do so.So, if we are intelligent,can't we be child-like?I think we can,just don't grow up..it may seems better from a child's point of view.

Among his quotes from the movie..

"I'm tired now. I think I'm going home." --Forrest Gump

"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get." --Forrest Gump

"Stupid is as stupid does." --Forrest Gump

"I guess sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." --Forrest Gump



Note:There's still space to beef-up on this topic,but it's how I see it for now.Things might change..