In the year of 1954, Paramount Pictures produced a revolutionary film that enhanced the way people view life. This film is widely known today as Forrest Gump. This film has taught many individuals world wide that life is capable of dealing one many challenges and obstacles. With-in this film they portray this by the use of the common house-hold phrase, “Life is a box of chocolates.” Throughout the film, many symbols are commonly displayed. The importance of these symbols is that they can transmit meanings without directly saying them. Paramount Pictures accomplishes this by: Forrest overcoming his disability, joining the army, and carrying on the shrimp business. In the beginning, Forrest is faced with a daunting challenge due to his disability. This restricted him from achieving many of his goals until one afternoon as Jenny and him were walking down a deserted dirt road and were confronted by a group of rowdy young boys on their bicycles. As the immature boys teased Forrest, due to his disability, they soon proceeded to chase Forrest down the never-ending dirt road. As forrest was attempting to evade the bullies Jenny screamed “Run Forrest! Run!” He then over-powered the contraption, that provided stability for his weak legs, and took off in a full-on sprint. Forrest displayed great perseverance by consistently running down the dirt road and escaping the bullies. He proved that he never gives up and can overcome anything in life. Later on in life, Forrest decided to join the army after graduating college to pursue a major goal in his life. He went on to fight wars for his country. On his journey, he met one of his best friends named Bubba, whom Forrest fought along side with in the wars. Bubba told Forrest a story on his family history of being in the shrimp business. Bubba then asked Forrest one day “"You ever been on a real shrimp boat? Forrest Gump: No - but I been on a real big boat?” He soon after convinced Forrest to help pursue his dream with-in the shrimp business as soon as they return from deployment. While fighting these hard long wars beside each other, Bubba suffered a serious injury. Soon after, Forrest lost Bubba due to his injuries. After the service that Forrest provided for the army, he decided to pursue his best friends dream of starting a shrimp business. As Forrest promised Bubba that he would carry on his “shrimp business” idea , he stayed committed to his long lost buddy. Forrest then bought a boat and decided to start the business. We knew that Bubba was watching over Forrest as he took on the business because one night at sea, a huge storm had struck. The storm blew out all of the shrimp boats besides Forrest’s boat. Forrest was now succeeding above all of his competitors as a result of this storm. During this time, when Forrest felt as if Bubba was with him, he remembered something Bubba had told him. Bubba quoted,“What you do is you just drag your nets along the bottom. On a good day, you can catch over a hundred pounds of shrimp. If everything goes all right, two men shrimpin' ten hours, less what you spends on gas, you can…” Throughout life, you go through a box of chocolates, each chocolate representing something you have to get through. In Forrest’s case, each chocolate is a different obstacle he overcame. Forrest symbolized this in a many of ways. He first overcame his disability as a little kid, second he joined the army, and last he pursued his best friends dream. We all have learned no matter the difficulty of the obstacle, you can always accomplish it if you put your mind to it. Forrest’s often said “My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”