| Show J Was It Ignorance or Innocence E That Won Forrest Gump Honors I By Shane I. I Callahan AE Editor Best visual effects film editing adapted screenplay director actor actorI I and picture is what made up up the character Forrest Gump Liked by millions this man became became became be be- came a pagan god in the eyes of man many y He has been quoted so many times that life is l like ke a box of chocolates or hI not ot a smart man but I know what love is that it seems to have become a part pan or OJ everyday language His life is filled to the brim with extreme good and bad times yet emerged through the bad times triumphant This man with an unconquerable soul lived a life of simply opening the d door 0 0 r w when hen 0 opportunity p p rt U nit y to knocked But why so much ideology with this man After all hes he's just an under average man who happens to t.- t. live an unbelievable life And its it's even worse that Americans take an ignorant man and puts him on the same level as the great intellects Forrest Gump 7 iii l Pt y O p r r n Ii 1 1 t and philosophers I have heard all this and more from articles and comments comments comments com com- ments from other people A whirl whirlwind whirlwind whirlwind wind of pinions to cut down this icon of goodness I dont don't think its it's the ignorance that predominates our thinking of Forrest Gump but rather the innocence innocence innocence inno inno- cence of a child that seems to bring back the memories of our childhood Memories where there was no segregation segregation segregation segre segre- gation of differences between color gender or religion And when the hours of the day were spent playing games or sitting on a large hanging tree branch talking freely about our frustrations But most of all we could love without being scoffed A point that is completely valid is is how could a aman man survive in this world we live in with the IQ I.Q. of a child This world we live in relies on steel fuel electricity and tion Greased covered gears gears turn in inthe inthe inthe the direction of a goal that will never be obtained He may not be a smart man but buthe buthe buthe he knows a concept that is not grasped by most people a concept called love |
