The article, "You've got to put the past behind you before you can move on " was written by Peter N. Chumo, a freelance writer from California. In this article, Chumo writes about 1994 the movie Forrest Gump and its relation to the National Reconstruction of the United States from the years 1950 to 1980. He used the character Forrest Gump to show how a divided nation hardships, problems and rehabilitation through the eyes of a slow man. Through out the article, Chumo gives numerous examples of how Forrest's character experienced and dealt with nation division, rehabilitation, reconstruction and racism. He explains how Forrest offered America a way get get on in life and not look back on the things that went wrong. Peter Chumo end his article with this quote,
Forrest Gump is a reassuring fantasy of a man who, in an almost mythic way, can transcend our divisions and heal the scars of our past"
Forrest Gump is a reassuring fantasy of a man who, in an almost mythic way, can transcend our divisions and heal the scars of our past"
