what is the significance of the flying feather in the end of forrest gump?
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I'm not sure if it's supposed to be significant but maybe it's supposed to symbolize change and movement.  You know, like life goes on, no matter what.  Earlier in the movie, he catches a feather and keeps it, so it's like he's letting it go free.
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We were made in God's likeness.  No.  God does not have feathers...  It's meant as a figure of speech for protection.
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Oh crap. Its extremely hard to explain by mere words, better if the movie was actually playing at the same time or better still, by diagrams. But here we go.\n\nDonnie was supposed to have died by the falling of the aircraft engine, by escaping it, our universe pretty much ceased to exist, and instead a "tangent universe" was created. One full of coincidence and weird revelations, designed to teach Donnie not to be afraid of his own destiny, and to manipulate him mostly without his knowledge into putting the universe right. By travelling back to the point where the engine crashed uinto his bedroom, and dying when he was supposed to. If this didnt happen, both universes would be destroyed. The tangent universe cannot exist for long, and when it would fall apart, it would take our own with it. Both versions of the movie and even the website, go into various background details, which is there if someone wishes to go into the details of the paradox of the movie. For example, Frank and Gretchen are referred to as the "manipulated dead", the rest of the people he knows are referred to as the "manipulated living", as their role in the tangent universe is to unknowingly manipulate Donnie into realising what he has to do to save everyone he loves. The universe knows it is "broken" and knowingly sets events into motion to save itself. The question is asked throughout the movie whether this is Gods work. And there is certainly a religious theme if youd like to interpret it that way. The beauty here is that the characters do not know they are being manipulated, heres some of the examples of the "coincidences" designed for Donnie to pay attention to.\n\nThe teachers reference to "cellar door", which leads Donnie to Grandma Deaths house for showdown. (funnily enough, close tot he french, c'est l'adore, but anyway...)\n\nFranks reference to "the day the world will end", repeated again when Donnie's mother is calling to say how they'll be on the red-eye flight, the airport announcement in the background says that Flight 2806 is boarding at gate 42 and leaving at 12 AM. Presumably this is the flight they're taking, and also a reference to the 28:06:42:12 countdown that Frank gives Donnie.\n\n\nThe black-and-white poster in Donnie's room, of an eye reflecting a skull, is a reproduction of an etching by the artist M.C. Escher, whos paintings invariably went full circle, "going back on themselves"\n\nDonnie and Gretchen playing the "outrun" videogame in the directors cut, driving a red ferrari, which crashes....\n\nI seriously could go on, but they are just some ive discovered that a lot of people havent noticed. There are MANY of these throught the movie. However, by far the best in depth written explanation which i also personally believe is written by someone else, which ill include here...hold your breath!:\n\nWHAT HAPPENS, AND WHEN? \nOctober 1, 1988. Donnie is on the hill, looking at the sky, laughing. He rides his bike home and goes to sleep. \n\nOctober 2, After midnight, Donnie is woken up by Frank-Bunny, saving him from a jet-engine crashing into his room. The jet-engine is actually from October 30, disappearing through a time corruption 28 days into the past. This catastrophic event distorts spacetime and creates a Tangent universe (TU). In the Tangent Universe, Frank-Bunny guides Donnie Darko on a 28 day journey through this alternate tangent dimension to save the universe: \n\nOctober 30, Tangent universe: After his journey through the TU, which we witness in the movie, the jet-engine breaks off the plane (that his mother and sister are coincidentally on), and from the Tangent universe, Donnie using a wormhole sends it back to the Primary universe (PU), giving it a reason for being. The only object that went back in time from the tangent universe to the primary universe was the jet-engine. In doing so the tangent universe
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Melinda found out that the man with the hat did not want the other ghosts to cross over.  He was doing everything in his power to make the ghosts stay on earth (which Melinda didn't like).  The man with the hat told Melinda that he would set free the ghosts who died from the crash in exchange for her life (because she was "the one").  But Melinda continued to do her work and convinced majority of the ghosts to follow the light and cross over.  Some, however, chose to follow the man with the hat and so these ghosts remained on earth.\n\nAndrea's brother, fortunately, did not take the flight and was spared from the crash.  However, Andrea herself was among those who died when the plane crashed over the town.  Andrea's car got hit by the plane when it was going down.  When Melinda finally told Andrea about this, Andrea was in tears and could not seem to accept it.  Then, the man with the hat was suddenly walking behind Andrea -- as if making an attempt to steal her away from Melinda, so that Andrea would not cross over.  That was the end of the episode.
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Many native american tribes believed that birds are from the spirit world.Perhaps a dead realitive was saying good morning or letting you know that they love you. I am sure it was good. How cocl was it?
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its just an urban myth. some people say that someone in the crew hung themselves from a tree during one of the scenes in the dwarf village, but its really just a bird taking flight. sorry if i ruined it for you.
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Well, what people are saying with the whole ending thing is that, Eureka and Rentin stayed away from society for one year before coming back home to Bellforest. (My thoery is they landed after falling from space in some desolate place far from home and they had to WALK back and it took a year :D) \n\nIn the very last frame of the last episode you see a picture of Eureka, Renton, the children, and Axel Thurston together.\n\nI really have no idea if there is going to be a sequel or movie, but the cover of DVD 13, the last DVD, maybe hints it...?\n(you can see the cover of DVD Vol. 13 on the japanese site, PROJECT EUREKA)\n\nGood Luck to both of us on that!
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Yup!  They used it in the movie E.T., and it flew!  I'm sure you can find it on Ebay or something.
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It means to travel through the air.  A bird does this by the "lift" of the air under its wings.  Planes use the same method, but must be moving fast enough and so are propelled by engines.\n\nIcarus flew with wings made from bird feathers that were held together by wax.  He flew too close to the sun and.... well... if you don't know it, you can guess the rest of the story.\n\nTo fly an also mean to be free.  Let yourself FLY!  Unhindered and with reckless abandon.\n\nSue
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One of the things Jesus tells them about the end time is that false messiahs will be proclaimed, and that his disciples are not to go to where they say he is because when he returns all will see him.  He likens his return to two things:  \n1.  When the lightening streaks across the sky because all see it.\n2.  The way the corpse of an animal is readily visible to the eyes of the vultures.\n\nThe "eagle" translation is a misinterpretation that has been corrected to read, "vulture."  The Roman/Jew interpretation is unlikely because that section of scripture has to do with the Final Coming of Christ and is not political or for that time.  \n\nAnother variation of the interpretation above (#2) is that just as vultures "know" about corpses, the elect will gather only around Jesus (whom the know) while the lost will gather around the false prophets and false messiahs because falsehood is all they "know."\n\nGood question.
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I think it means something like "Lead wings quickly turn into ashes!"\n\nDoes it now make any sense to you?
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for all intent and purposes, it depends, was it on it's back when found.. in the home... what was it's color... but in the general \nsense, when you find a butterfly in the deceased process it means\nfor all literal purposes, is that it it is dead, no longer amounts the living, failure in it's ability to exist, won't breathe no more, met it's maker, checked out, deeped sixed, been filed to the 13th file, been sent to the round file, smelled it's last buttercup, found it's last dandelion, etc. want to really know what it means e-me.
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its about a group of passengers who were trapped in an island where they are unsafe... we still don't know what's the real reason behind them being there... its still the big mystery. but it seems they all have a purpose for being there... each has a business they need to resolve and think about while on the island. we don't know who planned this, who sent them, who set them up... we still have to find that out.Ü\nabout that thing in the forest, i believe its not real... its only part of the "experiment" of that island.
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Purple hearts are a symbol of veterans, the bald eagle is a sign of bravery, it is also the USA's national bird.
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He realized in the end that the man he killed with the gun actually saved his life in an astral projection that led back in time to several days before the day he was supposed to die, which was the night of halloween. The man who visited him was in the bunny outfit because that what he was wearing at the time of his future death. Donnie was susceptible to spiritual waves which were directed at him for the sole purpose of knowing what your next immediate destination would be, which were discovered also by another lady, and she had written a book about it. In this case, the gun that was used to kill the bunny dude (i don't remember the name) was his nnext immediate destination. His teacher couldn't understand the aspect of astral projection of the soul and therefore dismissed it as a false belief by Donnie. Deja Vu, time travel, astral projection, and time slips are involved in this film. It's really a good movie, i agree.
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gregory_dittman's answer is basically correct. I will just add that the "star child" (the fetus in the very last scene) represents the re-birth of the main character (the one who goes into the obelisk and sees himself as an old man, etc.) as a new sort of being. This is also symbolic of the re-birth of humanity, thus bringing the story full-circle. You may recall that the story begins with early humans (ape-like creatures) discovering an obelisk. They were starving and about to go extinct, but the obelisk taught them to hunt and eat meat. This sets the scene for learning to use tools, which leads these creatures to evolve into completely different kinds of beings - human beings. (Remember the scene where the creature throws a bone into the air and it morphs into a space station? That was symbolic of the evolutionary "morphing" of the proto-human species into the human species.) So at the end of the movie, we see the obelisk once again open a path for humanity, this time from humans as we know ourselves today into...?...beings of a whole new kind.
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That's  a funny question...and its not about being practical, but its about the beautiful picture of people becoming silhouettes against the sinking sun...It also symbolises the end of something (also the end of the movie).