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Because her father beats and molests her and her sisters. She wants to be a bird so she can fly away from the abuse.

//Jenny displays typical behavior for a person that has endured sexual abuse as a child. It is said that, at least with girls, they either end up a 'loose' woman or a nun. This may not be true in every case but it certainly can be. When she prays for God to make her a bird so she could escape her horrible situation Forrest couldn't really understand. In fact, even as an adult, he never really could grasp what had happened to his friend Jenny and how it effected every aspect of her adult life.//

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