An Analysis of Forrest Gump, from a Social Work Perpective.

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 …

…his power to get what he wants and if I was in a helping relationship with him I would find that I would only be comfortable if I knew that I was in a position of authority over him. This may sound controlling, and it might very well be, but think with people like that you should be careful to always have the upper hand, as you never know what they may try to do.