Submitted by akfire100 on November 8, 2007

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Forest Gump

What is destiny? Destiny is the predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control. But in the film Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis it is shown that every living soul could control there destiny. In the film the two characters that best show this dilemma over destiny are Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan. Forrest Gump is the main character in the film and is characterized as being retarded. This means that he is below the average when it comes to using the brain. Lieutenant Dan was the captain that Forrest met at Vietnam. Lieutenant Dan is characterized as a typical ancient army man; he has to die at war basically. Lt. Dan’s family background, all of his...

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