Juno

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softer side of Juno that her wisecracking personality seeks to hide, yet highlight her non-conformist and individualistic nature.

2. Introduction of parents/stepmother: This is done using the technique of voiceover. This verbal technique has the advantage of filling in gaps in the story - in this case, it gives us a backstory, accompanied by a montage of images. We get a further insight into Juno's character when she uses her dry, sarcastic humour and sophisticated command of language to describe her family in belittling terms. This gives us a sense that Juno is exasperatedly fond of her father (Mac) - "Now he's just your average H-Vac specialist" - but feels superior to him; has abandonment issues with her mother - "Thanks a heap, Coyote Ugly. This cactus-gram stings even worse than your abandonment"; and is fairly scathing about her stepmother (Bren), who works in a nail salon and is obsessed with Weimaraners (dogs). She seems to recognise that she is intellectually superior to ...

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teenager, is not always a reliable narrator and that the audience must judge for itself. Mac is upset and protective; blames himself. Bren is concerned for both Mac and Juno and we see that she is maybe not quite as clam as she seems at first when she says "somebody else is gonna find a precious blessing from Jesus in this garbage dump of a situation." This charming and funny metaphor juxtaposed with the cliché of "a precious blessing from Jesus" shows her agitation at the news, as well as her determination to make the best of it for her family.

4. Meeting Vanessa in the Mall. This scene has significance because it is the first time we (and Juno) see the "unguarded" Vanessa - the ...

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