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The story begins when Forrest Gump waits while sitting at a bus stop, as he begins to tell the
story of his life to various strangers sitting next to him.
He begins by narrating his childhood, when he had to carry some devices on his legs that
provoked the mockery of other children.
He lived with his mother in a house in the countryside where they rented rooms. There Forrest
met Elvis Presley and taught him a dance that brought him to world fame.
On the school bus during his first day of class, Forrest meets Jenny, whom he immediately falls
in love with and becomes his best friend.
Also in his childhood, Forrest discovers that he is able to run very fast, a skill that allows him to
enter the University of Alabama and meet President John F. Kennedy in person in the White
House.
After graduating from college, Forrest enlists in the US Army, where he becomes friends with
Bubba and both are sent to the Vietnam War.
In this place, Bubba dies and Forrest becomes a hero by saving the majority of wounded soldiers,
including Lieutenant Dan Taylor, who becomes his colleague in the shrimp company Bubba
Gump.
At that time Forrest discovers his great skill in the practice of table tennis and begins to play for
the team of the United States Army, where thanks to his fame he earns a lot of money, the same
one who uses it for his shrimp business.
After Forrest returns home to take care of his sick mother who dies of cancer, leaving him alone.
Jenny returns to visit Forrest and stays with him for a while, a circumstance that he takes to ask
for a marriage. She refuses and ends up leaving.
After a long time, he receives a letter from Jenny in which she asks him to visit her, which takes
him to the bus stop where we see him at the beginning of the film.
Already in Jenny's house, she reveals to him that they have a very intelligent son, also called
Forrest, and that she is sick, then she proposes marriage and they marry.
The three return to the house in Forrest in Alabama and organize a small wedding attended by
Lieutenant Dan.
Jenny and Forrest get married, but she dies shortly after.
Finally, Forrest remains in charge of his son and dedicates his life to take care of him.