Analysis Of Forrest Gump: Under The American Dream

Under the American Dream, one’s disability can sometimes be neglected and still obtain an equal opportunity as others to receive normal education. Despite Forrest’s disability, he is able to “pursue excellence” and achieve his personal best, which may even make him more successful, compared to others.

Forrest Gump was born with a relatively low IQ of only 75, right below the average. He was too young to do anything about it, but his mother insisted and helped him to get into a regular school, instead of schools for special kids, allowing him to have the chance to study with normal kids. This portrays the idea that with strong parental support, everyone has an equal opportunity to be educated and to achieve their own best level.

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Also being obedient is another quality that is suggested through Forrest Gump as being an ideal American. After Forrest finishes university, he joins the nation’s Army, where he participates in the Vietnam War. Throughout these scenes, he shows loyalty to the country, where he never questions why he is doing that, he just listens to orders given and serves the country as the best he can. This portrayal of the ideal type of American citizens, not to question and just serve your country, which Vietnam War rally is in contrasts with recent cases of people who have been condemned or convicted of a lack of nationalism and even of treason, for example, Edward Snowden who betrays the country through leaking classified information of the United States from NSA. Throughout the Vietnam War, Forrest Gump became one of its heroes as he fights for the country, rescues every soldiers he sees that needs help and most importantly he rescues Lieutenant Dan, which further brings out the idea of that if you serve your country the best you can and is patriotic, then you will be seen as a hero of the country, which perhaps illustrates that serving your country sincerely and with passion (as Forrest Gump does) shows a mind of