2. Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, an Alabama simpleton who travels across the world, meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture, and experiencing firsthand some of the historic events of the late 20th century.

3. Main Characters

4. “Hello! My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump. You wanna Chocolate? I could eat about a million and a half o'these. My momma always said life was like a box o'chocolates. You never know what you gonna get. Now, when I was a baby momma named me after the great civil war hero, General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to him in some way. What he did was: he started up this club called the Ku Klux Clan. They'd all dress up in their robes and their bed sheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. They 'd even put bed sheets on their horses and ride around. And anyway, that's how I got my name: Forrest Gump.”

5.  Forrest Gump: though at an early age his school principal determines young Forrest possesses an IQ of 75, he has endearing character and devotion to his loved ones and duties, which brings him into many life-changing situations. Along the way, he encounters many historical figures and events throughout his life.

6. Forrest Gump is the definitive American, and he is regarded as a symbol of American values (individual struggle). On one hand, he is a dunce as the hero who is the right person that the U.S. is looking for at that very moment. On the other hand, “Gump” captures the imagination with its mix of comedy, drama, and issues like AIDS, war.Forrest Gump is the definitive American, and he is regarded as a symbol of American values (individual struggle). On one hand, he is a dunce as the hero who is the right person that the U.S. is looking for at that very moment. On the other hand, “Gump” captures the imagination with its mix of comedy, drama, and issues like AIDS, war. Despite his below-average intelligence quotient, he not find the grind of life (in which can get him down), but keep on struggling with his ability to run at great speed. Despite his below-average intelligence quotient, he not find the grind of life (in which can get him down), but keep on struggling with his ability to run at great speed.

7. Elvis Aron Presley (Jan 8, 1935 – Aug 16, 1977) John (Ono) Lennon

8. George Wallace John F. Kennedy Lyndon Baines Johnson Richard M. Nixon

9. Gump’s mother-----Mrs. Gump Gump’s lover-----Jenny Gump’s friend-----Bubba

10. Mrs. Gump:She was a single mother, Gump was everything for her. She was willing to sacrifice everything to her son. Everyone scorned Gump, but she didn’t give up him. The most famous words she said to her son was, “Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.” It means everyone has his own way of life, we should believe that life is full of hope, just do it, never give up. When she was going to die, she told Gump that “It's my time. It's just my time. Oh. now,don't you be afraid sweetheart. Death is just a part of life.Something we are all destined to do.I didn't know it,but I was destined to be your momma.I did the best I could. ” She use this method to encourage his son. She was a great mother.

12.  Jenny Curran: Gump's childhood friend who enters his life at various times in adulthood, eventually becoming mother to his son and later marrying Gump. Jenny is a survivor of child sexual abuse, which results in her struggles with self- destructive behavior throughout much of her life.

14. Bubba is a ordinary, industrious person. Like all black people, he has “the American dream”------ “ having a ship that fill the shrimp boats, the sea fill shrimp.” Bubba is Gump’s best friend, he constantly affected Gump. Although Bubba died in the Vietnam war, cannot go back and shrimp with Gump, but he has been in Gump’s heart and had sown the seeds of shrimp boat, And in the end Forrest Gump making a lot of money through the shrimp for daily expenses. But I prefer to think that Gump is in order to commemorate Bubba.

16. The Theme of Forrest Gump The main theme of this movie performs and promotes the personal valves: the self – experience never give up; never give up all ways and try hard to get success.The main theme of this movie performs and promotes the personal valves: the self – experience never give up; never give up all ways and try hard to get success. And the affirmation of the American Dream is: no mater who you are, even a dolt, as long as he’s kind and loving, can make his life different by the unremittingly individual struggle of himself in the fantastic US. And the affirmation of the American Dream is: no mater who you are, even a dolt, as long as he’s kind and loving, can make his life different by the unremittingly individual struggle of himself in the fantastic US.

17. Classic Lines 1.Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. ( 生命就像一盒巧克力，结果 往往出人意料 ) 2.Stupid is as stupid does. ( 蠢人做蠢事，也可理解 为傻人有傻福 ) 3.Miracles happen every day. ( 奇迹每天都在发生 ) 4.t made me look like a duck in water.( 它让我如鱼 得水 ) 5.I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental—like on a breeze.( 我不懂我们是否有着各自的命运，还是只是到处 随风飘荡 ) 6.Death is just a part of life, something we’re all destined to do.( 死亡是生命的一部分，是我们注定要做 的一件事 )

18. 7.You have got to put the past behind you before you can move on.( 放下包袱，继续前进 ) 9. It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou. There was a million sparkles on the river.( 就像太阳在落山前映射在 河口上，有无数的亮点在闪闪发光 ) 8.There is one small step for a man,a giant leap for mankind.( 某人的一小步就是人类的一大 步 ) 9.Nothing just happens,it's all part of a plan.( 没有事情随随便便发生，都是计划的一部 分 )

19. “Every one has his own destiny or we’re all just floating around accidentally on a breeze ?”