It's a poignant, sometimes funny and sweet view of the world viewed through the innoncence of the man child protaganist. The title character Forrest goes on an epic journey through life, meeting many famous people and going through many interesting, earning him a great amount of wisdom, despite being percieved as other characters as an "idiot", due to his mental disabilities. It may be one of the most amazing novels ever written. As we , the readers, journey through Gump's life, from his truthful perspective, Winstom Groom perfectly portrays his created character, it is unsuprising that it was made into a film and was the New York Times Bestseller.In epilouge, if I were to choose one book to bring with me onto a desert island, it would probably be Forrest Gump by WinstonGroom. I would probably be entertained for years by Forrest's journey through life.