The film starts in Autumn with 16-year-old Juno MacGuff strolling around in her neighborhood while drinking a jug of SunnyD orange juice. Juno heads to a store to purchase a pregnancy test and takes the test in the store 's public restroom. The pregnancy test shows that Juno is pregnant as the positive sign appears. Juno breaks the news to her friend Leah and she considers aborting her baby. Following that day, Juno tells her pregnancy to her best friend Paulie Bleeker, who is the father of her baby. Afterwards, Juno goes to an abortion clinic to abort her baby but she changes her mind. Instead of aborting the baby, Juno wants to give her baby for adoption. The next day, Juno then reveals to her parents, Mac MacGuff and Bren MacGuff, that she
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In all of Juno’s conversations with the other characters, she never hesitates to say a clever or an amusing statement. An example of this is when Vanessa explains to Juno why people are unlikely to give Mark and her a baby shower. In response, Juno says “Should have gone to China. I hear they giveaway babies like free iPods. They pretty much just put them in T-shirt guns, and shoot them out in sporting events.” Juno’s sense of humor in this example adds fun and pleasure to the conversation. Another communication pattern of Juno is she portrays an assertive communication style. When Juno interacts with other people, she always makes eye contact and expresses her opinions and ideas clearly. Moreover, she is consistently confident with her decision making. When Juno discloses to her parents that she is pregnant, she doesn’t wait for her parents to react. Instead, she immediately states a solution for her pregnancy by saying “But I’m going to give it out for adoption and I already found a perfect couple and they’re going to pay for the medical expenses and everything. After 30 odd weeks, we could just pretend this never happened.” In this example, Juno uses her assertive style of communication to assure her parents that she can handle her pregnancy independently. This is evident through Juno’s confidence in her decision to give her baby for
In all of Juno’s conversations with the other characters, she never hesitates to say a clever or an amusing statement. An example of this is when Vanessa explains to Juno why people are unlikely to give Mark and her a baby shower. In response, Juno says “Should have gone to China. I hear they giveaway babies like free iPods. They pretty much just put them in T-shirt guns, and shoot them out in sporting events.” Juno’s sense of humor in this example adds fun and pleasure to the conversation. Another communication pattern of Juno is she portrays an assertive communication style. When Juno interacts with other people, she always makes eye contact and expresses her opinions and ideas clearly. Moreover, she is consistently confident with her decision making. When Juno discloses to her parents that she is pregnant, she doesn’t wait for her parents to react. Instead, she immediately states a solution for her pregnancy by saying “But I’m going to give it out for adoption and I already found a perfect couple and they’re going to pay for the medical expenses and everything. After 30 odd weeks, we could just pretend this never happened.” In this example, Juno uses her assertive style of communication to assure her parents that she can handle her pregnancy independently. This is evident through Juno’s confidence in her decision to give her baby for