The movie Juno goes against the norm and is the complete opposite of stereotypical teenage movies. Juno MacGuff is just an ordinary sixteen year old girl in high school. One typical boring day turns into anything but ordinary when she decides to have sex with her boyfriend Bleeker. Low and behold, an unwanted pregnancy happens. There was much praise for Juno’s fresh, unique and witty attitude, resulting in winning the 2007 Academy Award for “Best Original Screenplay.” Juno’s character gives positive light on teen age girls because Juno represents real teen age girls, not the stereotypes from movies. Movies and media create stereotypes that are in turn portrayed through teen age girls.
I wrote this last year in English 102 in Kevin VanWinkle's class. This is my intro paragraph to my midterm. This isn't the full paragraph because the rest of it talks about my academic sources. But my argument is that through media, teenage girls are being stereotyped and it is negatively effecting them. I think this intro paragraph could've been stronger if I used more figures or tropes.
All teenage movies portray teenage girls as slutty and that they can't keep their legs shut, resulting in teen pregnancy. But unlike all the other movies on teenage girls and their stereotypes, Juno is different because it has a positive light on what really happens and what teenage girls have to go through.
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I think that first senctence is already really strong, and attetion grabbing. But if you were to add tropes or figures it wouldn't hurt. Nice intro though.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea for the paper. I think that teen movies were a really big part of the culture that we grew up in. Most of them were pretty mindless, but I agree that Juno was unique and I think you analyzed it very well in the little I read
ReplyDeleteYeah like Jasmine said, i like your intro. What did you think about the chapter though? How did you use tropes?
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