Differences between Forrest Gump the movie and the book.

Differences between Forrest Gump the movie and the book.

Forrest Gump, the famous film starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis, is based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom.

In addition to this curiosity, there are many more differences between the novel and film, to begin the Groom Gump is not so innocent, is much more abrasive and cynical:

1.     There were no metal brackets in your legs or your mother had sex with the school principal.
2.     Gump never marry Jenny in the book.
3.     Forrest meets Lieutenant Dan in the hospital in Vietnam. In the novel, Lt. Dan is a professional soldier, but a teacher recruited. He has no desire to die in combat and his thought is that of a philosopher.
4.     Bubba is white, and was with Forrest in the same football team.
5.     Forrest shrimp fishing with a boat, but has a small farm with succeeding
6.     It has many other adventures that are not mentioned in the film. During his trip to China, Mao rescues from drowning in the Yangtze River.
7.     Become an astronaut and crashes on a jungle island in New Guinea with his crew.