Closed Adoption Analysis

The 2007 film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, chronicles the life of a teenage girl who, after a one-night hookup with her best friend, discovers that she is pregnant. Juno MacGuff is a quirky, off-beat teenager who doesn’t seem to care what others think of her. When she finds out that she is pregnant, she knows that she isn’t ready to be a mother, but isn’t sure what to do about her most recent dilemma. After talking to the baby’s father, who happens to be her best friend, Paulie Bleeker, she decides that it would be a better idea to have an abortion. However, Juno ultimately decides that she can’t go through with it. She decides to give the baby up for adoption instead. The next step is to tell her dad and step-mom about the unwanted pregnancy, and although they are upset at first, they eventually come to terms with the situation. Juno finds Mark and Vanessa Loring, through an ad in the PennySaver, and decides that they would be the perfect couple to raise her unborn child. Juno and her father meet with the Lorings and their lawyer to discuss the adoption, and decide that a closed adoption would be the best option. Through the ups and downs of Juno’s second and third trimesters, her relationship with Bleeker begins to go downhill as they grow apart from each other. But back at the Loring house, things aren’t as perfect as they seem. Mark and Vanessa end up getting in a huge fight that ultimately ends in them deciding to get a divorce. To make matters worse, …show more content…
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