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Forrest Gump Explained: What the Feather Means

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What’s the deal with the feather in Forrest Gump? What does it actually mean? Here’s our take on how the Robert Zemeckis/Tom Hanks classic—celebrating its 25th anniversary—is still teaching us a lesson about our destiny, about the random and the divine—through that little white, floating feather.

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