Campbell's Theories Appilied to Modern Film

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Campbell states in his interview with Bill Moyers. One of Campbell’s theories states that a hero must be willing to sacrifice themselves for the better of another person. When Juno finds out that she is pregnant, she knew that she was too young to be a mother and the first thing that comes to mind was to get an abortion. On her way to the abortion clinic, Juno runs into one of her classmates, Sue Chin and she informed Juno that her baby had fingernails. , “All babies want to get borned[..] You know your baby has fingernails” (Reitman) , this statement made Juno realize that there was actual life living inside of her and it would be unfair if she would take that away from the unborn fetus. She decided not to go through with the abortion and instead look at adoption as another option. She was willing to give up her body, reputation and her only chance to enjoy her final year in high school, to have this baby and in the end of all of it having to give it to another couple. This ...

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