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EFOR RECORDING MY EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
MAT7
While reading this story I was sad. It was when I read the following paragraph:

I was born an idiot, but I’m cleverer than people think. I can think
things OK, but when I have to say them or write them down,
sometimes they come out all wrong. When I was born, my Mom
named me Forrest. My daddy died just after I was born. He worked
on the ships. One day a big box of bananas fell down on my daddy
and killed him.
I don’t like bananas much. Only banana cake. I like that all right.
At first when I was growing up, I played with everybody. But
then some boys hit me, and my Mom didn’t want me to play with
them again. I tried to play with girls, but they all ran away from me.

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All these lines made me felt: Very emotional. Because, it’s too sad that a child grows up
thinking that he’s an idiot, or that he’s not capable, or thinking that he doesn’t have the
adequate capacities to understand things as other people do, and feel less about it, as
Forrest felt.
I think that for a child it must be too difficult to be born, and realize that his father died,
and Forrest could never have the opportunity to meet him, to play, to laugh, to share, and
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MAT7 On the other hand, I also think that It’s too sad that a child wants to play, and have fun
with the rest of the children, and the others reject it just because he looks different.

If you ask me about this story, I have to tell you that:

I feel like it's a story that we should all read sometime in life, because it has a very nice
message and moral. This story it invites us to reflect and think that despite our differences,
despite the fact that we think or act differently from the rest, we shouldn’t laugh at the
other, we shouldn’t treat them badly, or reject them. Because life is too uncertain, and
people who least believe they are the ones who surprises you. It also invites us to believe
that we ourselves are the ones who set limits, when this shouldn’t be the case, we need to
begin to believe in ourselves, and fight for what we really want to achieve, regardless of
whether we believe we are capable to do it.
In my opinion it’s a beautiful story, because despite everything he went through, and the
obstacles that were put in his way, he never gave up, and he was always behind what he
wanted to achieve regardless of the stumbling blocks, and I feel that’s what we humans
need. We need to believe more in ourselves.

Do I recommend this story?

YES
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NO

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