As the novel progresses, Forrest attains prodigy status in advanced mathematics, ping pong, chess, music, wrestling, football, and even political acumen. It is revealed that he is not only intelligent in some specialized ways, he is operating at the level of genius. Once he leaves childhood behind, he is constantly finding himself in the right place at the right time. It is unclear exactly what his disability is, as his IQ-and his own constant insistence that he is an idiot-is the only metric by which intelligence is discussed.įorrest’s limitations do not stop him from having a life so adventurous that is verges on cartoonishness. The book is written in an odd, colloquial style meant to mimic the phonetics of Forrest’s Southern accent and slow style of thinking. He announces straightaway that he is an “idiot” with an IQ of 70. Forrest Gump is the first person narrator of the novel.
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