Forrest Gump opens and closes with the image of a white feather floating through the air. In the opening, it comes to rest in Forrest’s suitcase. At the end, it flies back up into the air, helping to symbolize the cycle that has now been completed—specifically, the cycle of life and death, and one of new beginnings.

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Parents need to know that although Forrest Gump’s strong language (“s–t,” “f–k,” and more), violence (including some bloody/explosive Vietnam War scenes and the implication of child abuse), and sexual situations (foreplay, kissing, implied sex, and more) make it questionable for young kids, its ultimately positive …

Forrest, as played by Tom Hanks, is the epitome of wholesome decency: a God-fearing, All-American football player and war hero who has no use for the counterculture movements of the late ’60s. Despite an IQ of 75, he achieves fame and financial success. He’s even from red-state Alabama!

Tom Hanks’ performance in the 1994 film Forrest Gump is so believable and true to the character and backstory of Forrest Gump that audiences wonder if the film is not entirely fiction. Is Forrest actually based on a real person? The short answer is yes, loosely. Forrest is part fact and part fiction.

Although it looked like a real house that had been around for decades, it was actually built for the movie “hastily and not to code,” and was torn down after shooting ended. Both the Gump house and Jenny’s farmhouse were reportedly built on the Bluff Plantation on the Combahee River between Varnville and Beaufort.

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that she died of Hepatitis C, not AIDS as many fans guessed. In the movie, it is never specifically stated but many inferred HIV/AIDS. However, in the book “Gump & Company”, the sequel to “Forrest Gump”, the author directly states Jenny died from Hepatitis C.

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To further simplify it: An IQ of 75 means that an 8-year-old child will function intellectually overall at 75% of the average 8-year-old’s intellectual functioning ie, at an average of a 6-year-old level. As he ages, he will commensurately function intellectually as a 12-year-old at age 16 years.

Jenny constantly runs away from Forrest in ‘Forrest Gump’ to protect him. Jenny cared for Forrest and wanted to protect him from herself. “So Jenny kept running away. Every time Forrest gets close and saves her, she runs off before she falters.

Little Forrest (referred to in the film as Forrest Jr.) is a character in the Forrest Gump novel and film. He is the son of Forrest Gump and Jenny Curran and is played by Haley Joel Osment in the movie.

Her mother died when she was 5 years old. She was raised by her father, a farmer, who physically and sexually abused Jenny and her sisters.

Jenny spent five years past Forrest Jr.’s birth to reveal him to Forrest, and only really decides he should know his father when she gets sick. It’s safe to say Forrest would’ve been a part of that child’s life at any point in that process, and he would’ve been thrilled to have Jenny around.

IMDb Rating: 8.7

Actor	Age then	Age now
Tom Hanks	38	64
Rebecca Williams	Unknown	–
Sally Field	48	74
Michael Conner Humphreys	Unknown	–

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Lower than average scores on IQ tests. Difficulties talking or talking late….

• IQ <20.
• Significant delays in all areas.
• May respond to regular physical and social activity.
• Not capable of self-care.
• Cognitive abnormalities present.
• Needs close supervision.
• Requires attendant care.

An IQ score of 70 or below is considered a low score. 1 On most standardized tests of intelligence, the average score is set at 100. Anything over 140 is considered high or genius-level. Approximately 68% of all people score somewhere between 85 and 115, the range within 15 points of the average.

The vast majority of people in the United States have I.Q.s between 80 and 120, with an I.Q. of 100 considered average. To be diagnosed as having mental retardation, a person must have an I.Q. below 70-75, i.e. significantly below average. If a person scores below 70 on a properly administered and scored I.Q.

Price, a professor at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London, and colleagues, tested 33 “healthy and neurologically normal” adolescents aged 12 to 16. Their IQ scores ranged from 77 to 135, with an average score of 112.

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Age. IQ can change to some degree over the course of childhood. In one longitudinal study, the mean IQ scores of tests at ages 17 and 18 were correlated at r=0.86 with the mean scores of tests at ages five, six, and seven and at r=0.96 with the mean scores of tests at ages 11, 12, and 13.

An IQ score over 140 indicates that you’re a genius or nearly a genius, while 120 – 140 is classed as “very superior intelligence”. 110 – 119 is “superior intelligence”, while 90 – 109 is “normal or average intelligence”.

Scientists have long known that our ability to think quickly and recall information, also known as fluid intelligence, peaks around age 20 and then begins a slow decline.

Smaller improvements are still noticeable from age 20 until what the researchers described as a “peak” begins at age 35. The peak lasts until roughly age 45, at which point chess skill – and, the study theorizes, overall mental performance – begins a marked decline.

Boredom is a by-product of intelligence, and nothing is wrong with boredom. No animal is bored because no animal is bothered about meaning, no animal is concerned about creativity. Only idiots are not bored – or the enlightened ones, but they are few and far between.

For the highest IQ participants, the drop in performance with age was precipitous– from about 75% correct to about 65% to close to 50% (floor), for college age, 60-74 year old, and 75-90 year old participants, respectively. For the lowest IQ participants, performance was near floor for all three age groups.

The mental ability of teenagers can improve or decline on a far greater scale than previously thought, according to new research. Until now the assumption has been that intellectual capacity, as measured by IQ, stays quite static during life.

Here are some activities you can do to improve various areas of your intelligence, from reasoning and planning to problem-solving and more.

1. Memory activities.
2. Executive control activities.
3. Visuospatial reasoning activities.
4. Relational skills.
5. Musical instruments.
6. New languages.
7. Frequent reading.
8. Continued education.