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Forrest Gump is sent to jail repeatedly in the Forrest Gump novel as well as in its sequel. He is not sent to jail in the film. All lists may be incomplete.
In Forrest Gump
In the first novel, Forrest is jailed several times.
- Forrest is first jailed in Greenbow, Alabama after accidentally ripping Jenny Curran's dress open at the movie theater. A judge releases him so that he can go play football for the University of Alabama, as long as "[he gets his] big ass out of town".[1]
- Forrest is jailed in Washington, D.C. for "assault with a dangerous weapon—a medal—an resistin arrest" when he is compelled to throw his Medal of Honor at an anti-war rally. He accidentally throws too hard, and hits the Clerk of the U.S. Senate, starting a small riot. A judge commits him for psychiatric observation for thirty days, during which his mathematical abilities are noted, and he is compelled to participate in a NASA flight into space on the Multi-Orbital Pre-Planetary Sub-Gravitational Inter-Spheroid Spaceflight Training Mission.[2]
- Forrest is jailed in Nashville, Tennessee for loitering when he is unable to find anything to do after missing his bus to Birmingham. Mister Tribble, a former chess grandmaster who was impressed by Forrest's abilities in the game, bails him out of jail.[3]
In Gump & Co.
In the sequel Gump & Co., Forrest is jailed several times.
- Forrest is first jailed in New Orleans, Louisiana when he finds an old friend, Snake, while working for a strip joint called Wanda's. He makes the mistake of grabbing Snake's beer, and starts a small fight. A friend of Snake's bails him out, as well as his other friends (and Forrest).
References
- ↑ Groom, Winston. Forrest Gump. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. Page 19. Print.
- ↑ Groom, Winston. Forrest Gump. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. Page 105. Print.
- ↑ Groom, Winston. Forrest Gump. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. Page 180. Print.