Films often highlight events from history. They also tend to reflect specific cultures. We just finished watching and discussing a few clips from Forrest Gump. Please describe at least two historical events and two cultural reflections from the movie that are true to America. (Don't forget: write at least three complete sentences and check your spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)
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2 Historical events that Forrest Gump took place in was the Vietnam War and him meeting Richard Nixon. The 2 cultural events that also he was involved in was playing Ping-Pong and buying a shrimp boat after makeing a promise to his friend Bubba that they would go shrimping.
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In the movie Forest Gump, they were fighting in Vietnom, and that realy happened in real life. They had guns, ammo, and nuclear bombs in the movie just like it happended in the real war. And for the Cultural reflections from the movie that are true to America is in one scene where Forest Gump was playing the gane Ping-Pong. Also when Forest was buying the Shrimp Boat.
ReplyDeleteIn the movie, Forest Gump, there were many historical events and cultural reflections. Some historical events were when Forest Gump was fighting in the Vietnam war and when he was at the peace rally. A couple of cultural reflections were when a speaker at the peace rally was wearing an American flag shirt and when Forest's friend was wearing hippie attire.
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After watching some clips from the movie, Forest Gump, I detected many historical and cultural aspects including the following. As for the historical events, the Vietnam War played a big part in the movie and history. Another would be the Peace Rally celebrating peace between the two countries. A couple of the cultural reflections included, surprisingly, Dr. Pepper! This movie showed who drank it and how popular it was as it is today! Another cultural aspect is that there was a football game playing on T.V. and that shows the ways(or lack there of) the forms of entertainment has changed.
ReplyDeleteThere were many cultural and historical events in Forrest Gump. Some the abundant historical events in Forrest Gump were, the Vietnam War, President Kennedy, President Kennedy assassination, segregation movements and Watergate. A few of the dozens of cultural reflections in Forrest Gump were, ping pong, football, hippies, and Christians.
ReplyDeleteVery many historical events happened in Forrest Gump, such a the Vietnam War, The meeting of president Kennedy, the talk show with John Lennen. Plus all the cultural events, the U.S.A football team, the hippies, an diffrent religions.
ReplyDeletei know all the historical in forrest gumpand itake a place in vietnam warand the U.S.A. foot ball team,hippie attire
ReplyDeleteThere was many historical events and cultural reflections in the clips we watched about Forest Gump. Two historical events was when Forest was at the meeting with president Kennedy and when he was in the Vietnam War. There was very many cultural reflections in that movie, but two main ones that i noticed mostly was when Forest plays football(cultural) and seeing the hippies, also cultural.
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Prevalent historical events and cultural reflections occurred in the movie, Forest Gump. A few historical events is when Forest Gump is featured fighting in the Vietnam War and also when Forest Is engaged in meeting President Kennedy. Lastly, some of the cultural reflections is when we distinguished the speaker at the peace rally wearing a patriotically shirt of the American flag. Also, when one of Forests friends was wearing hippie attire is another example of cultural reflection.
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In the movie Forest Gump there were many historical and cultural example. The movie was about the Vietnam war and when Forest met President Kennedy. The cultural examples are all the hippie attire and when they bought the shrimp boat.
ReplyDeleteIn the movie Forest Gump there were many cultural and historical events. it was about the Vietnam war and the life of Forest. Some examples of cultural events were the hippies, Elvis Presley, and the happy face logo on the t-shirt.
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Forest Gump had a lot of historical and cultural influences or events. The cultural events was when he ran across the football field and he passed everyone, another one was was the hippies and there clothing. A historical event was when he was in Vietnam and they were walking through and they had been ambushed. Another historical event was when he was talking to President Kennedy.
ReplyDeleteThere are many both cultural and historical events in the movie Forrest Gump. two of the hisorical are the fights in the Vietnam War, along with the Peace Movement. As for a few cultural events, there was the hippies themselves, the drugs they did, and the clothes they wore.
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