An Analysis of Forrest Gump, from a Social Work Perspective

Forrest Gump
Assignment 2
The movie Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks as a considerate, yet somewhat simple man, who sits down on a bus stop bench and tells his fascinating life story to basically anyone
who will listen. This movie is much different then the typical box office hits, which is why I chose it to analyze, it addresses many different social issues from Forrest Gumps innocent yet, matter-of-fact point of view.
In the movie Forrest deals with some private troubles that had impact on Forrest's life were his low IQ, and having a physical disability in childhood.…