Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Identify a Myth in a Mass Medium.

Good ol' Forrest Gump pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. Forrest had a lot going against him, especially as a kid. His mother was a single parent, he had to wear those dreadful leg braces, and he was a little on the slow side. However, Forrest never let those things bog him down; actually he was actually pretty oblivious to it all. He managed to become an All-American football player, a war hero, a ping-pong champion, and multi-millionaire.

Forrest exemplifies this myth in that he was able to turn his unfortunate circumstances into wonderful opportunities for himself and the people in his life. Everyone he encountered (except Nixon) he managed to help one way or another. He helped Jenny and her sister get away from their abusive father, saved fellow soldiers in Vietnam, gave Bubba’s share of the shimping boat money to Bubba's family, made Lieutenant Dan a millionaire, and inspired two separate entrepreneurs to create Smiley Face t-shirts and "S*** Happens" bumper stickers.

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