Page 1 "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"(Tom Hanks, (Forrest Gump). This quote symbolizes a lot in people don't get to choose what They are given; they have to work with what they have. This is the case in literature as Well as in life for those who live with an idiot savant syndrome. Forrest Gump, Raymond Babbit, and real-life savant Alonzo Clemons all deal with the …
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