Once in awhile a film will come along that defies any notion of how a movie should be made. ... At its heart, Forrest Gump is a love story. ... The true essence of the film has to do with the people Forrest comes in contact with along his journey. ... Even though everyone around him considers him stupid, his mother plainly tells him that "stupid is as stupid does."" ... Their friendship began after the war and would later become shrimp-boat partners. ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This novel can be categorized as a love story, however it is more like a sequence of confusing events with a love story intertwined throughout. But isn't that exactly how our lives are today? ... She tells of how she needed to escape the feeling of imprisonment brought about by her sons death. ... Along with many sites during the Spanish Civil War, for several years until 1938. After Exupery finished his role in the war and the French began to invade, he moved to America. ...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The Lord of the Flies tells a tale of schoolboys, stranded on an island during the time of war. The youngest of them is of the age of six and the eldest of them is of twelve, and this is a story of how they struggle to keep order, to make days go by, to adjust and adapt, and to feed themselves. ... Your true, real self is exposed under those circumstances. ... He is the one who brings to life the beast, and brings true, literal hell on the island. ... How could there be? ...

• Word Count: 2332
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

This one was actually based on facts with a twisted love story that could have been somewhat true. ... He tells Wyatt and he flips out. ... Now it was time for a war to begin. ... Run and tell them! Tell them all! ...

• Word Count: 2350
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School