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Wow What a Good Title U Got “There In the movie inside out, a running theme throughout the movie is growing up despite the ups and downs in someone's life. One of the major examples in the movie is when the character Riley begins the journey of becoming accustomed to being older and in a new school and a completely new state and city. “You remember how she used to stuck her tongue out when she was coloring? I would listen to her stories, all day. I just wanted riley to be happy.” Throughout the movie, her emotions notice how she is reacting to growing older and how she reacts in a different way then when she was younger back in Minneesota. She didn’t have the same drive as when she did back in her old town because of all of the things she was facing. Also as important in the movie is when she is faced with all these hard …show more content…

Another reason that this movie shows growing up is the emotions, particularly joy, realize how important it is that all emotions be recognized fairly if not equally, and all are important to the process of riley growing up. “I... I know you don't want me to, but... I miss home. I miss Minnesota. You need me to be happy, but I want my old friends, and my hockey team. I wanna go home. Please don't be mad.” When experiencing this new life, it’s important that Riley not stay continuously and unconditionally happy, because all her emotions needed a chance to shine through and be accepted. Talking to her parents showed maturity and allowed her to really accept what was happening in her life, and understanding even though she didn’t like it all that much, that she still was able to handle it.This was important to her growing because the idea of just joy wouldn’t allow her to really accept the new home and would be incredibly unrealistic to expect from a young person going through those same struggles. Growing older was a big learning experience for riley and her emotions, and she ended up handing it immensely well as

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