Forrest Gump is a metaphor of the 60s

Rating: Null/10 (6 July 2005)

This movie is simply a metaphor of the 60s. Forrest, the simpleton, is representative of the simple man; everyman, and Jenny is a '60s seeker'. Forrest goes through life as most of us do: living, loving, meeting his obligations, whereas, Jenny, is constantly seeking, and finally finds that what is meaningful has always been within her reach.
Winston Groom wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These, the prize-winning As Summers Die, and co-authored Conversations with the Enemy, which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of the No.1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump. Mr Groom's Shrouds of Glory, an account of Confederate General John Bell Hood's decisive actions in the last great campaign of the US Civil War, was published in April, 1995. He lives in New York City and Point Clear, Alabama.
I find it terrific that this 'best political' movie escaped, Hollywood unnoticed.