Forrest Gump: The book or the movie?Even though the Forrest Gump book and movie share the same name, they each have their own differences between each other. For example, the book contains many things that the movie did not. Secondly, Bubba was white in the book and in the movie he is black. Thirdly Mrs. Gump or Jenny do not die in the book as the movie they do. Another example is that Forrest was not sent to NASA or outer space. Also the book and the movie endings are not similar in any way.