Main Characters Forrest Gump: Forrest is the main character in the story. Meaning he is telling the whole book through his point of view. Forrest is put down through out the story because people call him names such as idiot and retard, but that does not affect Forrest. He just ignores them all and proves them differently. Forrest is a very fast learner but not at school subjects. He learns how to play the harmonica, learns how to play chess very well, and even goes to a ping-pong championship. He has one love which is Jenny Curran.
Mrs.Gump: Mrs. Gump is Forrest's mother. She is very strong considering she had to raise Forrest since he was small because Mr. Gump had died when he was very young. Mrs. Gump is hardworking and inspirational to Forrest
Jenny Curran: Jenny is a key character in the story. She is smart outgoing person. Her and Forrest had known each other for a very long time,ever since they were kids. They are separated many times through the book but still manage to meet each other unexpectedly.
Bubba: Bubba is one of Forrest closest friends that he meets in the university. He is the one who got Forrest to play the harmonica. They are separated after the university and later joined backed together in the war. Bubba later dies in the story but is mention through out the whole book.
Dan: Dan is a key character, he is introduced when Forrest is about to go back home. Dan is a very smart man and knows a lot about literature . Him and Forrest become very close in the book and are separated one day and meet again in Washington,but he has had his legs amputated.
Subordinate Characters Sue: Sue is actually a male orangutan. Forrest meets Sue when Forrest is sent to NASA. He was not suppose to be sent up to space with him. They are later stuck in an deserted place with cannibals and later get rescued. He decides to stay there to live in the wild.
Big Sam: Big Sam is introduced when Forrest Ship landed in the deserted place. He was the tribes leader. He studied at Yale and was a champion at chess, he was who thought Forrest how to play chess.
Mr. Tribble: Forrest met him when he was playing chess by himself. Forrest then Joined him, he soon leaves to catch the bus but then comes back because the bus had already left. He returns to play with Mr. Tribble. He joins Forrest into a chess tournament and Forrest wins they split the prize 50/50