Choice Assignment Number 1..Juno Paper...Curiosity can lead to an indescribable Journey

Curiosity can lead to an indescribable Journey

The movie Juno is about a teenager rocker chic girl who gets pregnant the first time that she has sex with her best friend and first love bleaker. They obviously did not use any protection or cautions because like many other teenagers they thought it would never happen to them. When she first finds out Juno takes at least three pregnancy tests and all the results were the same. Her first instinct was to call her best friend who was the total opposite of Juno and was a cheerleader; their decision to get rid of the baby and not to tell her parents, so Juno calls the abortion clinic and schedules an appointment. On her way into the clinic Juno sees a girl from her school protesting outside the clinic and all Juno could remember while she was in the waiting room filling out the papers was what the girl said about the baby having fingernails. Juno does not go through with the abortion because she realizes that there is a baby inside of her. Juno and her friends next idea was to look through adoption adds to see if there were any suitable parents that Juno would want to give her baby too. They finally find a rich suburban couple who would be perfect. Juno eventually gets the courage to tell her parents and her father tells her that he will go with her to meet the adoption parents. When they meet the parents Juno and the new father instantly click and have a bond formed through their music likes. Throughout the movie it shows how Juno will drive over and hour to go visit the new parents showing them pictures of the baby and whatnot. The couple ends up getting a divorce because he states that he has just fallen out of love with his wife. The movie implies that he has a sort of crush on Juno but we don’t have any other reason to believe that he did. The couple ends up getting a divorce and this devastates Juno but she leaves a note on their doorstep and tells them that if Vanessa who is the wife still wants to have the baby Juno is still in. In the end, Vanessa adopts the baby boy but after Juno is done giving birth she finally lets her emotions out and cries while bleaker holds her.
I found two examples from the movie that show analysis that teenagers are looked down upon when they become pregnant. The first was when the secretary is writing Juno a late slip for school and Juno is at least eight months pregnant. The lady just stared at her belly while she is writing her late slip. It kind of shows the difference in age of these two women and that the older woman was thinking that it is a sin to get pregnant at such a young age. The second example of discrimination against Juno was when she was getting her ultra sound and she was in the room with her step mom and best friend and the doctor basically told her that she was not ready to raise a baby and that she was glad she was giving it up for adoption.
I came up with two lessons that I got from watching the movie about how teenagers are looked down upon getting pregnant. The first is the simple fact that who is anyone to judge what type of mother a teenager is going to be. The doctor was wrong to judge Juno and tell her that she was not ready to raise a baby, but if a teenager is ready to have sex then they should be ready to take on the responsibilities that come along with it. The second lesson that I got from the movie is at the end when they show Juno finally letting all her emotion out and how she was crying after she gave birth to the baby and bleaker holding her. This made me think that obviously Juno is going to have an attachment with the baby inside of her since she has been carrying it for nine months. I think that sometimes people overlook the mere fact that even though Juno is just a 16 year old teenager she still has feelings and grows bonds towards things. So before people point their fingers they should make sure that they understand the situation and make sure that they hands are clean as well.
In the first few weeks of class we read an article called The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager by Thomas Hines. I found two specific quotes in that article that describe the message about teenagers in general. The first quote is found on page 8, “And inevitably, the teenager is a disappointment, whose combination of adult capacities and juvenile irresponsibility sows personal heartbreak and social chaos.” This completely describes the way that Juno was looked at by everyone that she encountered about her pregnancy except her family, and few friends. The second quote was found on page 9, “For seven centuries, “Teen” meant a source of anger, irritation, or anxiety, an often apt description of one’s offspring.” I think that the movie was based on this sole depiction of what a teenager is and that because they got pregnant on the first try they are irresponsible angry teens. When everyone makes mistakes but some mistakes are worth the journey.

In the end Juno actually learned a few lessons about herself that in the movie didn't really show. Juno learned that she did care a lot about this baby and hoped that it would be well taken care of; and how its easier said then done to not want anything to do with the baby after it is born. Sometimes even the simplest mistake can lead to an indescribable journey.