The people in the army shouting at Forrest like in nut school – Coach Fellers, Coach Bryant. After a long time, all the soldiers get to Fort Benning, Gegorgia. The condition in the barracks is actually better than they was in the Ape Dorm.
In the Fort Benning, they taught Forrest how to shoot guns and throw hand grenades. One day, he go to the kitchen, and someone point Forrest and say:’’ Gump, you is going to be the cook today.”
This paragraph is so interesting:
“What I’m going to cook” “ I am not never cooked before.”
“Who cares,” somebody say. “This aren’t the Sans Souci, y’know”
“Why don’t you make a stew?” somebody else say.”It is easier.”
“What of?”
“Look in the icebox and the pantry,” the feller says.”Just throw in everything you see and boil it up.”
“What if it doesn’t taste good?” I asked.
“Who gives a shit. You ever eat anything around here that did?”
In this, he is correct.
The feller says:” Just throw in everything you see and boil it up.” He opens all the cans and peeled all the potatoes and throws in whatever meat he could find and onions and carrots and poured in ten or twenty bottles of ketchup and mustard and all.
You cannot imagine what he used to cook, the boiler. Forrest does not exactly sure what happened next. He just remembers that the boiler blows the roof off the mess hall.
Then he goes to the Vietnam in Feb. In Vietnam he meets Bubba. Briefly, what had happen was that even if Bubba’s foot was hurt too bad to play football, it were not bad enough to join the U.S Army. He told about Jenny Curran done quit school and gone off with a bunch of protesters.
Later on, Sergeant Kranz come over and asked him be the machine gunner since Doyle is hurt and Bones is killed. He asked who will carry the ammo. Bubba says he will if he can transferred to his company. Sergeant kranz think one moment and he said it can be arranged.
Like in the movie, Bubba has got a plan for them after serving for the army. They want to work on shrimp boats all his life. They can get a loan and buy a ship, live in the ship. Get many pounds of shrimp for sell.
However, in a battle, Bubba was killed. The last word he said is going home. Forrest’s ass was hit. He cried, cause Bubba – the only friend he ever had has gone, shrimp boat also has gone. And Forrest is going home.
