Forrest Gump

Winston Groom - Forrest Gump summary: The story takes place in America in the 60´s. Forrest as a child is not popular among his schoolmates and everybody thinks he is an idiot. Only Jenny Curran understands him. Although he wears a special walk-helping apparatus, he becomes a good footballer. As adult he grows up he has to take part in the Vietnam where another soldier Buba, which he already had known from university, becomes his …

…and the american political society who are in favour of the war and on the other hand there are thousands of studens and ex-soldiers who are against the war..In the book several times the questions raises: Why do we make war?The acting students and the hippiemovement are very clearly described. author:Winston Groom Winston Groom lives in Point Clear, Alabama and has written seven books.Also dealing with the Vietnam-War:”Better than these”