Jenny Curren: An Analysis
Jenny Curren is Forrest Gump’s best friend and the love of his life in the movie “Forrest Gump”. Forrest is mildly intellectually disabled, innocent and proud. Jenny befriends him on his first day of school and they embark on a relationship throughout their lives. Forrest never could understand Jenny’s complex and often self-destructive life. The viewer is allowed to see the destructive path she takes in life in stark contrast to Forrest’s life and his achievements. This paper is an examination and analysis of Jenny’s life in the context of two psychodynamic theories: Sigmund Freud Continue reading...