Forrest Gump and the Impact of a Life

I haven’t written in a while and was rewatching an old classic movie this Friday after my comp's exam. I really thought this one was going to be impactful as both a film and an article. Put on your running shoes because we’re taking a trip to Greenbow, Alabama with Forrest Gump (1994).

In the early 1940s, Forrest Gump is a young boy with both a mental and physical disability. His IQ is below average, and he wears metal braces around his legs. Nevertheless, his mom believes he will get the same life opportunities as any other kid in the world. Forrest is sent to a…