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The feather that is in the opening and closing scenes of "Forrest Gump" is a metaphor for the main theme of the movie - whether we have a destiny we have to live up to or whether we are just floating, randomly, like a feather on a breeze. In the end he comes to feel that life is a little bit of both, with both maybe happening at the same time. Like the feather, as Forrest tells his story, you don't really know what direction his tale is going to take until he tells it.

The character of Lt. Dan who loses his legs while in Vietnam is a metaphor for a crippled America, torn apart by the controversy of the Vietnam War. Lt. Dan had always believed that his destiny was to die for his country. He could not come to terms with living the rest of his life in a wheelchair and says to Forrest, "This wasn't how it was supposed to be. This wasn't supposed to happen," mirroring the American people's sentiment towards the war.

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