Mrs. Gump is Forrest’s living bible. Forrest often quotes his mother and does what she wants him to do.
Jenny is Forrest’s first and only love. Forrest tries to make her happy, but she wants more out of her life than a live with him. Jenny is a girl on the same age as Forrest. She is friendly to Forrest and has a very open mind, but she wants alive with a lot of activities..
Bubba is Forrest’s first friend. Bubba is a shrimp fisher, which is a job Forrest likes.
Lieutenant Dan. Forrest looks at Lieutenant Dan with respect and thinks it is a privilege to be commanded by him.
Forrest Jr. changes Forrest’s life completely, from the moment Forrest Jr. is born.
Summery
The story is about a man named Forrest. Forrest is a retarded boy who lives together with his mom. Forrest can’t walk in the beginning of the story but after he had been to the doctor he gets some help so he can walk.. At Forrest’s first day at school he meets Jenny. They are best friends. The other kids always teased Forrest because he is retarded. One day Jenny and Forrest were walking together and then there came a group of young boys in a car who wanted to tease Forrest. They throw stone after him and then Jenny shout “Forrest run” and then Forrest tried to run. Normally he couldn’t run but suddenly he could run so fast that his (skinner) broke and after that day Forrest was always running. Forrest began in college. He only got in because he was good at football. After he had finished college he turned him self in to the army. In the army he meets Bobba. Bobba was from a family were they are fishing shrimp. They became really good friends and they decided to fish shrimp together after the army. One day Forrest got a letter that told him that he were going to Vietnam.
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