Blue Like Jazz

Blue Like Jazz Blue Like Jazz is a semi autobiography that heavily includes the spiritual realm. The main religion mentioned within the movie is that of Christianity, and the idea of following God. Donald Miller's journey from being a stereo-typical Southern Baptist to a crazy partier and on to what he feels is appropriate is seen and includes all ends of extremes of Christianity, atheism, and paganism. The supernatural is a major component of life throughout the entire movie. In the beginning of the movie, the supernatural is portrayed as everything there is to be. God, in this case, is the basis of life. It is what many people consider to be the "classic Southern Baptist thinking." All is well in Don's perfect little Christian bubble. He is the assistant to his youth pastor, and desires to attend Trinity Baptist College to study writing, but overall, to make God the focus of the rest of his life. When he gets the idea in his head that his mother is sleeping with the youth pastor and makes the decision to move off to Reed college, all of that seemingly changes. The supernatural is shoved completely out of his life. He wants nothing to do with it and seems to do a pretty good job of escaping from it. He begins to despise God, especially when he receives the news that his mother is pregnant with the youth pastor's child. He calls her and every other Christian a hypocrite and fully believes it. "The Pope," as he is called, is highly instrumental in this belief that there is no such thing as God but people need the idea. Don hits rock bottom at the end of the school year while at the biggest party of the year. He was even named the next pope. He soon realizes through his friend Penny that God has been there the whole time, following him despite all of his efforts to get away. His big turnaround of belief is viewed in the last scene when he is receiving confessions from the old pope and asks forgiveness for misrepresenting who Christians truly are. He comes to