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Perhaps the only salvation for the two-dimensional character of Forrest Gump for me is that he stays so very childlike throughout the film, and while the social implications are upsetting to me, the character still stirs a connection within me to my inner child. Forrest can be seen as so resilient because of his childlike attitude, a sort of eternal Peter Pan character. It was very sad to see a mother who loves his son has to sleep with the school principal in order to make sure her child has the best education. Even in these developed countries mentally challenged person has only few opportunities. Later on Paper will review literature to discuss this part of social system about the opportunities for mentally challenged population. Instead of helping these people, the people in higher position take advantage of them. The bullying in school was also very disturbing for me. Samuel et al (2004) found that children with mental retardation are at greater risk being bullied and are prime candidates for being bullied. Cantu and Heumann (2000) emphasized on identifying procedures to handle harassment based on disabilities. None the less, a miraculous incidents that eliminates the need for Forrest to have braces for his legs gave me kind of relief. I was happy to see a childhood girlfriend who remains faithful to him till the end. I felt good when he survives in Vietnam War and achieved medal, and, his good luck for turning everything that happens to him into good optimism and successes of Forrests gave me a relief and sense of gratification. In second movie A beautiful mind, some of the things were very painful for me to watch include the following: drugs and shock therapy dull him so senselessly, rob of him of his independence, his inability to care for his crying baby and also his vulnerability to perform his conjugal responsibilities toward his wife. On the other side when he doesn't take his medications, is scary. He was almost going to drown the baby by imagining that his imaginary friend Charles would take care of baby. Beside all these bitter experiences, good side is that he has a good support system. His wife is very supportive and his friends helped him, allowing him to come to university where he can be in touch with reality. Thus movie is giving good example how this supportive environment can turn a mentally impaired person to Noble prizewinner. But this kind of social network is less extended and supportive in relatives of patients with schizophrenia than in those of patients with physical diseases and in the general population (Source). It was heartbreaking to see a genius ending up with schizophrenia. Thus life is unpredictable, you never knows what you get. Only thing helps is will power to fight with it and a good support system.

The second movie, A Beautiful Mind, is a "true story" (which is highly fictionalized) of a mathematician named John Forbes Nash Jr., who is played by Russell Crowe. It covers the life span of John Nash from mathematical genius, to delusional schizophrenic and then to Nobel Prize winner. We first meet John Nash in 1948, and he is entering Princeton University as a graduate student with social problems due to paranoid schizophrenia. He rarely goes to class and spends most of his time in his dorm room searching for a discovery of a new groundbreaking mathematical theory. Most of his colleagues steer clear of him, except his roommate, Charles, who tries to lighten him up. Shortly after receiving recognition for his theories at Princeton, he becomes a professor at the prestigious school of MIT where he meets his wife, Alicia. He then works as a consultant for the Pentagon, cracking impossible codes no one else can. He also meets the compelling government agent, played by Ed Harris, who recruits the professor to break codes for the Department of Defense. It is only a few years later that Nash's schizophrenia is diagnosed. Nash's "beautiful mind" is descending into madness and his gr

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