In the title sequence of Forrest Gump, several factors support the statement, "life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." The feather floats across the screen for the whole title sequence until it gets to Forrest. The feather symbolizes life's unpredictability, in the way that it floats around not knowing where it will land. It's driven by the wind, similar to Forrest's way of life, he never knows where he is going to go until the "wind" takes him up to go. When the feather lands its at Forrest's foot, he then picks it up and puts it in his suitcase, full of his life's journeys. The background music helps with the situation because it is curious and light, and it shows how light the feather is. When Forrest talks to the black lady, he tells her of his mother, and what she used to say about life. This relates back to the feather because the box of chocolates is unpredicatable just like life.
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