"Why don't you love me Jenny? I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is."
-Forest Gump
Looking at Pathos

The statement it's self is pretty simple. it's a serious subject with a very sad setting and scenario. But the fact that it's so simple is what's so special because like the statement, Forest is simple. I don't mean that negatively, but it's true. He's a man of simple taste and a genuine heart that is absolutely unfathomable. As I hope everyone knows, he constantly gives of him self for the benefit of others and he doesn't even think of seeking repayment or equality of giving so to speak. Except here. Here in this dramatic scene where Forest is standing in the door way, looking up at Jenny, with the rain pouring in the background and the sound of thunder. His statement of "Why don't you love me Jenny?" with his unquestionably serious, and concerned face just kicks your soul in the places that it hurts because all you want for this hero, this incorruptible man. It's so simply put, and the setting so sad, that it's actually raining pathos outside. Then he follows with the equally simple "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." Now his words found a gang of friends to beat your crying soul, it is such a sad moment. You can't help hate   Jenny a little. Jenny then walks up the stairs, with a somber smile, hopefully going upstairs to cry and be dumb. Forest's audience with this statement is unquestionably Jenny, his childhood friend and only love with this sort of rhetorical question. He knows she's not going to answer, and this shows when he leaves before she can answer, but again it just hits so close to home.