When Forrest is called to the principal's office, he meets Bear Bryant, who asks if he'd considered playing college football.Īfter high school, Forrest takes a test at a local army recruitment center, and is told he is 'Temporarily Deferred.'. He gains popularity as a football player, making the All State team. While he enjoys the books, he does not do well on tests. He reads Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and two other books that he does not remember. Miss Henderson, with whom Forrest is infatuated, gives him reading lessons. The title character retells adventures ranging from shrimp boating and ping pong championships, to thinking about his childhood love, as he bumbles his way through American history, with everything from the Vietnam War to college football becoming part of the story.įorrest Gump, named after General Nathan Bedford Forrest, narrates the story of his life.

The novel was adapted into a feature-length film by Paramount Pictures in 1994. Forrest Gump is a 1986 novel by Winston Groom.

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