Forrest Gump- A Fictional Character

In the article, Forrest Gump: A Controversal Approach of American History, is an article dealing with historic events in the movie Forrest Gump. The article is written by Ludovic Courtes, from the George Washington University. He states in his article how various events taken in the film can be a controversal argument. An example Courtes has used from the film is when Forrest reveals the political scandal of the Watergate. Courtes also says that Forrest is a fictional character and the movie shows us how he deals with certain trauma events in history.

From the movie, one can get the impression that the author tried to have him movie embracing a whole part of the American History by just showing it through the eyes of a fictional character.