Forrest Gump “Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks sposed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you-it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin life, so to speak.” Throughout the book, Forrest is always trying to do what is right, but it never seems to turn out for him. For instance, he tries to participate in a big demonstration against the Vietnam War at the U.S. Capitol “at which a bunch of Vietnam veterans is gonna take off they medals an thow them on the steps of the Capitol.” When it becomes his turn, he throws his Congressional