Parallels Between Chauncey Gardiner and Forest Gump

Of all the people that become rich and famous, no one does it like the two main characters from Being There and Forest Gump. The main characters Chauncey Gardiner from Being There and Forest Gump from Forest Gump are both portrayed as the epitome of the meaning of moron. Chauncey ends up to be the person that he is in the story because of his quick tongue, media influence and worldly innocence. Forest Gump ends up to be the person that he is in the story because of his mother's ideals, strong will and childhood innocence. The traits that describe these men sound good, but both of them are the proverbial idiots. Yet, through some strange and fortuitous events, both men turn into icons of their time. Chauncey and Forest are both the American everybody, since all the things that happened to them could have happened to about anyone.…