Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a novel written by Winston Groom and it is about a man named Forrest Gump. Forrest is not the smartest man alive, he is rather stupid with an IQ of 75. But Forrest loves life and does not think he is stupid. The story is written in first person, in Forrest perspective and it begins with Forrest being a kid in a small town in Alabama called Mobile. There, Forrest starts in school and meets Jennie and he falls in love with her and he is in love with her throughout the book. After he finished school, he serves in the army and goes to Vietnam. After the war he does wrestling, chess, ping pong, goes to the moon, lives in the jungle and he also plays in a band. But throughout the book he does not stop thinking about his lifelong love, Jenny Curran.

The best thing about the book is the way it is written. Forrest is “a idiot” and the book is written exactly how he thinks. The grammar mistakes, the missing letters and the words he gets wrong is written like he says and thinks them. It is a one of a kind book and I really like that about. Forrest Gump really feels like an ordinary, stupid person you could meet everywhere. The story is well told and if you have seen the movie you should definitely read the book. You will read it in the way Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) talks in the movie but you will experience more than just what he did in the movie.

I did not dislike anything particular, the book was really great in every way and the attention to detail was good. There were no flaws in my opinion. I would have liked to have a little more to read about the space program but overall the book was great.

I would recommend the book, as I wrote, to people and youths who is good at reading and have seen the movie. It is more detailed and you will get to know Forrest in a new way. I would rate the book a 9/10 definetly.

Erik Bernhardsson. Peer corrected by Nellie Rosén, Tilda Lindström, and Eric Baumeister. EKES15