"YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THE PAST BEHIND YOU BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE ON"

The article, "You've got to put the past behind you before you can move on," written by Peter Chumo II, expores the ideology in the film. Chumo II describes Forrest gump as fantasy movie. He claims movie suggest that we can rise over our ugly past. He writes,"Gump, then, carries in his very name America's racist history, and, by making him the redeemer of the nation, the film suggests that America itself, with the same racist roots, can transcend the ugly aspects of its past." According to Chumo II, the message of the film is "you've got to put the past behind you before you can move On." He also states that the film claims that we can change our destiny.