After watching Friday’s film Forrest Gump, I was left with multiple emotions, but of all of them, the feeling of melancholy stood out compared to the rest. In the whole film, Forrest is faced with constant challenges that he must overcome, but his fight to get the love of his life, Jenny, was the worst of them all. After Jenny finally tells Forrest she loves him, we are faced only moments later with a plot twist— “You died on a Saturday morning.”

These heart-wrenching words almost make the entire film seem like its goal was to break your heart. However, we are left with a light of hope in the end, something that seems to make what Forrest went through worth it: his son. His son is what really represents the little box of chocolates that life gives you.