This is an epic movie, in this materialistic society full of money, the supremacy of the interests of society, Forrest Gump, as one of the most simple prototype, . He madding croe a reality. Forrest Gump is persistent, and he, to his oment I've never heard is that Forrest's simplicity is almost zen-like. I should read the novel to get the author's intention （I remember some people preferring the book and complaining that no one at the Academy Aent and not ha一ving expectations or particular cra一vings （other than his loving Jenny.） So he ends up just stumbling into all the major historical events of the time. Granted, he achieves this only because he doesn't ha一ve the brains to think otherwise and actually ha一ve expectations, but so many of our problems are because we do ha一ve higher intellect and desires, which ironically makes us unhappy because we know what we are missing. ething to mull over for a long time.