Important Facts in the movie Forrest Gump

Influence of the friends in the life of Forrest Gump

TV Tropes. 2012. Say: "Bubba is Forrest's friend whom he meets upon joining the Army. Bubba was originally supposed to be the senior partner in the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, but due to his death in Vietnam, their platoon leader, Dan Taylor, took his place. The company posthumously carried his name. Forrest and Dan later gave Bubba's mother Bubba's share of the business."

Bubba is the best friend in the war in Vietnam for Forrest. Bubba is the key for Forrest to demostrate his qualities even if he is not "smart" for the life and the learning but he have an especial characteristic, he know how to make a real friend in the life and Bubba is a clear example of a real friend. Later Forrest improve the life of Bubba's family with the money from his award and gave help to the family

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TV Tropes. Characters / Forrest Gump. 2012. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ForrestGump [Recovered at: 07/12/2017]