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Comparative Analysis of the protagonist between Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption

Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption are extremely good movies, at least they are the sort of you would never forget them after seeing the movies. The protagonist of Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption in the whole movie exudes a distinctive character and shining point. By shaping the protagonist reveals the theme of the whole movie. Forrest Gump is pure stick and the pursuit of the ideal, The Shawshank Redemption is been hopeful, chase freedom. Unusual but not unusual for strong action is precisely the theme of the performance. Gump has been as long-distance running, is a concrete manifestation of spiritual ideals, Andy studied geography, ready to hammer, dig later hinted escape plot.

Two movies in which the protagonists have similarities and differences .

I. Analysis of the difference between Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption’s protagonist.

1. Forrest Gump is a first-person perspective Gump described as The Shawshank Redemption is based on Red, Andy Friend perspective. Select this both its trick: Forrest Gump in the first person mode, it is natural to be able to show the hero's mental activity. The Shawshank Redemption, although you can not directly change of heart Andy's performance, it really nicely hidden behind the main line, when Andy want to buy a hammer from Red, Red's doubts are dispelled audience that Andy would use this idea for escape. Who knows, Andy is so dry, and premeditated 20 years.

2.Forrest Gump is defined as a protagonist in weak who have mild, reflecting the delicate makers. So people are laughing at bullying childhood of Gump, but it is such a person, reveals that normal pathetic and ugly. Gump's life was lucky, he was lucky to be able to experience a lot of great things. Several major political events in the history wildly like a slide show, short and critical. Presidential assassination, the president resigned, prohibiting blacks school, the Vietnam War, anti-war demonstrations ...... fortunate Gump, through it all, these historical strung. He represents the people's memories of an era, but also on behalf of a class of persons or

mapped historic properties, or stick to dreams, or so-called "ruin generation." Paradise -like encounter with Gump contrary , Andy into the hell of life. Andy with tax evasion, money laundering and other transaction capability with the guards and the warden in exchange for improving the welfare of fellow prisoners. For the sake of more than everyone, he has been convinced that his own quest for hope, since legitimate way to die along with the thief, then he can only rely on themselves to achieve salvation. Through the stench of manure unparalleled pipeline, it is the end of the pursuit of freedom .

3. Two different in the eyes of the protagonist.

Forrest Gump kind of profound loss of vision, Andy forbear eyes in a kind of indomitable, two excellent actors with different eyes is indicative of both different life trajectory. Forrest Gump's life like in wind drifting, there is always turning, always also unaccounted for, while Andy is planning ahead ordained by himself, everything step by step.

4. Forrest Gump to read a single line of low-energy child legendary life, The Shawshank Redemption to describe a banker jailbreak of double-track experience.

Forrest Gump witnessed the black civil rights movement, Vietnam, Watergate, the Sino-US ping-pong diplomacy, the United States, a major political and military events, movie clue is Forrest Gump's autobiography, he was the first person from the perspective slowly about; Andy reselling life by a range of items for many years in prison to talk to a spectator point of view, timely evaluation and speculation.

One is inexperienced deep pure white as Forrest Gump, discourse convey to the world the image of a simple but even some alternative annotations; one is stricken heart deep despair Red, showing the worldly conversation in the see through boring style himself helpless. The difference is that, Forrest Gump tells you the story, Red tells you in person.

II. Analysis of the similarities between Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption’s protagonist.

1.Forrest Gump embodies the word - persistence. People with intellectual disabilities are not a burden of society, instead they can achieve beyond the ordinary achievements in some areas. Because of low IQ, they will not quit, will not escape, do not complain, just blindly adhere to, like the protagonist of Forrest Gump, insisted that he is honest and trustworthy, insisted that he is fearless, insisted that he Emotion Shigeyoshi. Forrest Gump's insistence on running makes him an excellent football player; Gump friendship dedication to support his position again and return to rescue