Forrest Gump Activity 1

Title: Forrest Gump Activity 1
By: Jordan Evans
     In Forrest Gump there are many historical events presented throughout the film. Each event is depicted differently. In one of the scenes, the film depicts  Elvis Presley performing on TV, and all these girls fainting form him. As Forrest watches, his mother believes that children shouldn't be watching Elvis perform because it's too inappropriate. They depict Elvis as a rockstar that every woman loved. In another scene, the film depicts Bear Bryant and the Alabama Football team. It shows Bear recruiting Forrest just because he could run really fast. it depicts that coaches didn't care if you were smart or not, just if you were good at the sport. It also showed that Alamba was the dominant college football team. Another scene, the film depicts JFK's Assassination and how Forrest believed he didn't deserve it. It depicts that it was a sad event that happened during the time. Each historical event like Elvis, Alabama football, and JFK's Assassination proved important during the 1960s.