AN IDIOT SUCCESS MAN - FORREST GUMP BOOK REVIEW CHAPTER 4-6

CHAPTER 4

Now, Forrest Gump became a soldier. Forrest taught how shoot guns, throw hand grenades, and move along the ground on his stomach. After a year, he went to Vietnam to in the war. The enemy soldiers try to blow up for the five nights then it stopped. But it was time for them to move up north the help some of our other soldier men in the jungle. There was smoke coming up out of the jungle when they got there. The enemy started to shooting at us before they got the ground, the enemy blew up one of the helicopters, and finally people on fire. It was almost night before Forrest and his soldier team found other soldiers in the jungle. And Forrest found Bubba. Bubba is a soldier now. Bubba said that, his foot got too bad to play handball, and he had to leave University. But, his foot wasn’t too bad for the army to get him and here he was.

CHAPTER 5

There is a small valley between two hills. Forrest and his soldiers on one hill and the enemy are on the other side. Suddenly shooting at our people. Doyle and Forrest and two other people threw grenades, but then enemy soldiers shot Bones in the head. Forrest pulled the machine gun from the stress, and shouted to Doyle. No answer. Two of them died, and Doyle had just lived. I took Doyle and trained it on Forrest’s shoulder, then Forrest ran towards the hill. They crossed the remaining fields, suddenly they started shooting at them. Someone shouted, "Come back!" I took my machine gun and ran towards several trees. Forrest looking for Bubba, but he is not there. Forrest remember that he has a planned with Bubba to make shrimps business and make more money. Then Forrest heard that Bubba was in the field, and Bubba was sick, In the middle of the road, I saw another man who was injured. He ruined the time - so Forrest took it and ran back to the trees with him. Then Forrest came out again and found Bubba. There is blood all over the body and Bubba has two bullets in his stomach. Bubba looked at Forrest, and said,”Forrest, why did this happen?’ What could I say? Then Bubba said, ‘Play me a song on the harmonica, will you?”. Forrest played harmonica for Bubba. And he was died. “The shrimp business idea is dead with Bubba. I just want to die too.” Forrest said.

CHAPTER 6

Forrest was at the hospital for two months. After the first few weeks his leg was getting better, and one day Forrest went down into the little town, to the fish market. He bought some shrimps, and one of the cooks at the hospital cooked them for him. Two days later, Forrest went back to the fish market and talked to a man who was selling shrimps. Forrest meet Mr. Chi. He showed to the Forrest how to catch shrimps with the net, and it was so easy that an idiot was able to do it! Then one day Forrest got back to the hospital and a Colonel Gooch said, ‘Gump, we’re going back to America together! You’re going to see the President of the United States, and he’s going to give you a medal because you were very brave. Forrest thought that perhaps they were there to welcome us, but Forrest was wrong. They were shouting unpleasant things, and then somebody threw a tomato at Colonel Gooch and it hit him in the face. Next morning they got up early and went to the White House, where the President lives. A lot of army people were there, and they immediately started shaking Forrest’s hand and telling Forrest that he was a brave man and that they were pleased to meet him. Then an army man started to read something, and everybody listened. Everybody but Forrest, but he was hungry and wanted some breakfast. At last the army man finished reading, and then the President came up and gave Forrest the medal. The president invited Forrest to come to the White House, and he followed the President for a breakfast.