Forrest Gump - Jenny
is the woman in whom Forrest falls in love with. Jenny has had an uneasy life,
from childhood on and struggled with severe drug abuse. Combined with bad
decisions and her drug usage, she contracts a virus, most people suggest AIDS. When
she realizes her predicament, it altered her life and shined a light on what
really mattered in life, this led to her realization that Forrest is the only
person who had been there for her no matter what the situation. The contracting
of her disease made her recognize that the life she was living was not right
and found her only happiness in Forrest, who had always loved her. Jenny soon
dies after their brief marriage and Forest is left with his intelligent son
whom gives him comfort to help ease the pain of his father’s loss.
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Ms. Dubose is very ill and became addicted to the morphine she was taking to
relieve the pain of her illness. Her neighbor Jem Finch ruined her flowers one
day and as a punishment he had to read to her every day, which lessened her
pain therefore decreasing her addiction to taking the morphine. Everyday Jem started to read less and less to
Ms. Dubose and soon Ms. Dubose died. This instance is very important because upon
her death, Jem took great insight in what Ms. Dubose stood for as a person. He
realized how courageous she was in starting a new goal even though she knew she
was going to die soon. Ms. Dubose didn’t want to take that part of her life
with her to the grave, so she tried her hardest to stop before she “left”. By
her death, Jem realized that the racism taking place in the community had to ended
before it became worse and then it would never end, courage, and ultimately
decided to help/support his father.
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