Forrest Gump

Jenny is constantly disillusioned with her relationships, the shifting political landscape, and the activist causes she embraces. Forrest’s mother has just as bad luck when it comes to men and success. Dan slowly moves from optimism to something close to nihilism before adopting a slightly less pessimistic stance in the novel’s final pages. Most of the characters who see their lives as meaningless do so in the aftermath of personal failures. Because Forrest views most of his life as the next failure simply waiting to happen, despite all of his adventures and successes, he is rarely disappointed in the same way. The meaning of his life does not center on the necessity of planning, because he isn’t capable of formulating complicated plans or thinking about the injustice of plans falling apart.He just moves on and tries to do what’s right. Therefore, he suffers less than the other characters, because his actions almost align with his values.