Usually, the mothers of mentally disabled people play a greatly significant role in the storyline. In movies and novels alike, these mothers are stereotypically portrayed as being caring and understanding, and also teaching the mentally disabled child that there is nothing wrong with being slightly stupid. Instead she preached to the child that the most important thing is to remain kind at heart.
The greatest example of such a character is the mother of Khan in the movie “My name is Khan.” In this movie, though Khan is a mentally disabled man, he has a kind heart and is very caring and responsible due to his mother’s education. Even when his father would lose patience with him, Khan’s mother always gently led his son towards the right direction. As Khan would say, “My mother told me that there are only two kinds of people in this world. Those who are good and those who are bad. I am good. I do good things.”
Strangely enough, the mother character in Forrest Gump does not follow this stereotypical outline. She does not show moral strength, rather most of the time she is portrayed as crying because Forrest has done something wrong. Also, there is no scene of her teaching Forrest what is the right thing to do. Although it should be noted that Forrest says “My mother told me that a stupid is as stupid does,” there isn’t any mention of his mother playing a significant role in formation of Forrest’s character.
This peculiarity in the mother character of Forrest is probably due to the fact that the book Forrest Gump is rather a comedy and not an emotional story concerning Forrest’s positive affect on other people. Thus there is no necessity of Forrest being a kind angel with mental deficiencies. Rather, he is portrayed as a very honest kind of man who is honest to his natural instincts regardless of what other people might think.
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