Film and Literature for Young Adults

"The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself, for responding to the conditions of tragedy by laughing in the darkness."

~Harry Levin

 "The story of a lifetime."

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom is a 1986 novel about the adventures of a man who sees the world as honest and simple. He is involved in an assortment of activities including shrimp farming, chess championships, space flight, and college football.

 Adapted in 1994, the film starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis won 6 Oscars.