Jenny Curran Becomes A Genius in the Forrest Gump Book (movie and book spoilers)
Jenny Curran is Forrest Gump’s love interest in the book of the same name by Winston Groom from 1986, as well as the movie adaptation in 1994. Forrest met Jenny when they were kids and as they grew up, they split apart and came back together many times. While the book and movie take very different paths and have different messages, both managed to be excellent in their own right and shows the world views of Forrest Gump, an individual with an unusually low IQ. Forrest inadvertently excels at the many activities he tries out throughout his life but doesn’t understand context behind what people say. In the book, Forrest goes through much more wild experiences than in the movie, and the same could be said about Jenny. Jenny's character has a lot more depth and influence in the book. In the movie, Jenny is shown to have an abusive father who sexually assaulted her as a child. Jenny and Forrest quickly bec...