. Forrest — Gump

As the bus pulled away, Forrest Gump smiled. His mother always said you could tell a lot about a person by the shoes they wore. His were worn down, dirty, and completely ordinary. And that was exactly the point.

Forrest’s childhood in Greenbow, Alabama, was marked by two things: leg braces to straighten his crooked spine and an IQ of 75 that put him just below the school’s acceptance line. But his mother, a fierce woman with a heart the size of Dixie, refused to let the world label her son. She did whatever it took to get him into public school—including a private meeting with the principal that Forrest would later describe as “real loud.” . forrest gump

Forrest received the Medal of Honor from President Johnson. But the medal meant nothing compared to the letter he wrote every night to Jenny, who was now a folk singer in Memphis, strumming her guitar in smoky clubs. He never mailed them. He just folded them into his pocket, next to a photograph of her. As the bus pulled away, Forrest Gump smiled

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As the bus pulled away, Forrest Gump smiled. His mother always said you could tell a lot about a person by the shoes they wore. His were worn down, dirty, and completely ordinary. And that was exactly the point.

Forrest’s childhood in Greenbow, Alabama, was marked by two things: leg braces to straighten his crooked spine and an IQ of 75 that put him just below the school’s acceptance line. But his mother, a fierce woman with a heart the size of Dixie, refused to let the world label her son. She did whatever it took to get him into public school—including a private meeting with the principal that Forrest would later describe as “real loud.”

Forrest received the Medal of Honor from President Johnson. But the medal meant nothing compared to the letter he wrote every night to Jenny, who was now a folk singer in Memphis, strumming her guitar in smoky clubs. He never mailed them. He just folded them into his pocket, next to a photograph of her.