While reading and discussing Libra, I thought that Lee had very similar characteristics to Forrest Gump. Primarily regarding Lee’s tendency to be on the sidelines of major historical occurrences. Whether intentionally or not, Lee is seemingly observing monumental moments in history similar to how Forrest Gump finds himself observing the critical historical moments of his time period. We see Lee traveling to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and helping interrogate the downed U2 pilot during the international crisis. He positions himself in anti-castro organizations and hands out political leaflets. In many ways we see Lee’s desire to be remembered and align himself in the broader arc of his historical time period. Viewing his own detainment as signs that he is a political revolutionist, Lee is almost always attempting to merge his identity with that of the world around him. We see Forrest Gump do this as well. He finds himself fighting in the Vietnam War, accidentally vi...