Inside Out Themes

According to Adler and Proctor (2011), it talks about responding to transgressions and some examples to that would be coming to an acceptance, rejection and discussion. In the movie “Inside out” we discover how all the emotions try to steer the way to control the little girl “Riley” mind but one specific character by the name of “Joy” is basically the one in charge of them all and tries to take on more of the responsibility in situations. Throughout the movie something happens to Riley and her emotions

The theme -family and friends are a powerful force to help people through their struggles- is shown very clearly in the story Inside Out & Back Again as well as in my life.

-How memories can warp over time- At midnight on the eve of his 26th birthday, Niles always wakes up on the morning of his 20th birthday. Niles has no way of recording what happens in each cycle of his life, so he can only rely on his memory. The brain is not perfect, and memories fade, distort, and occasionally appear out of nowhere. Niles will have to occasionally deal with forgetting key elements of his past that could help him escape the cycles and remembering events that did not really

Pixar’s Inside Out is an interesting take on how our emotions work as well as how our brains operate. The story starts off with a narration by Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, explaining how her job works, and how she and the other emotions came to be inside the mind of young Riley Anderson. The emotions watch and guide Riley by influencing how she reacts to different daily situations. The only thing the emotions are not prepared for however, is an unexpected move from Minnesota to San Francisco (Inside Out). This hilarious take at how our brains work allows Inside Out to create an entertaining and engaging movie using character interaction and its deeper emotional and psychological meanings.

The film Inside Out tells the story of a young girl named Riley and her changing emotions after she is forced to move from her home town in Minnesota to San Fransico for her father’s job. The story is told from the perspective of her five emotions. Riley’s emotions are led by Joy, who attempts to guide her through the stressful event. Although Joy puts forth great effort, Sadness takes over. When trying to protect Riley’s core memories from Sadness, Joy is swept from headquarters through the dump tube and Sadness follows. With Joy and Sadness gone, Anger, Fear, and Disgust are the only emotions left in headquarters; therefore, Riley cannot be happy or sad. Because Joy and Sadness are absent, Riley’s personality islands diminish one by one. Riley fights with her family, pushes away from her friends back home, and loses interest in hockey. As Joy and Sadness navigate through Riley’s brain in search of a way back to headquarters, they encounter many obsticles. Back in headquarters, Anger, Fear, and Disgust place the idea of running away into Riley’s head. Joy witnesses the transformation of a sad memory into a happy memory, and finally realizes the importance of all emotions, including Sadness. With the help of Bing Bong, Riley’s imaginary friend, Joy and Sadness find their way back to headquarters and are able to stop Riley from running away. An update in headquarters takes place, and more personality islands develop. Joy learns to accept the

War, a state of armed conflict between different nations, states, or different groups within a nation or state. When war is declared, it may not be safe for innocent citizens to live in that country. A refugee is someone who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, or persecution. In the novel Inside Out & Back Again, Ha, the main character, is a refugee child from Vietnam, struggling to suit her needs as a child. Along with the stories of Til Gurung, Amela Kamenica, Emil Hadzic, and other refugees experiences can be described as their lives turning “inside out & back again.”

There are 6 valid emotions; in the movie, Inside Out 5 of them are personified. Joy was the lead emotion in Inside Out however; you find that all the emotions are important through her narration. She states that, Disgust keeps Riley safe by pointing out the “gross” in everything, Anger keeps her safe by protecting her from others and improves her hockey skills, Fear keeps her safe by imaging the worst scenarios possible, Sadness keeps her safe by helping her to adjust to situations, and Joy keeps her happy. In the film Joy was clearly in charge, she narrated the film and at ‘Headquarters’ she gave everyone their assignments when Riley woke up. Joy kept all the emotions in check; she looked for ways for the other emotions to reveal themselves

In life, you could be a variety of emotions, but people typically want to be happy. In the movie, “Inside Out” Joy, one of Riley’s emotions, wants Riley to be happy all the time. Joy also takes charge, making her main priority making Riley happy. Joy can be seen trying to make her happy, but not thinking of the other emotions, primarily Sadness.

Inside Out is about a 11 year old girl who live happily playing hockey, until her parent decided to move to San Francisco. Thus the physical manifestation of a young girl’s emotions trying help get her life on track. These are Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger residing within her mind in the Headquarters. They work together to help influence Riley’s life decision. Each of the emotions bring different purpose in Riley life: Joy is there to bring happiness, Fear is to there to make sure the safety of Riley, Disgust prevents her from getting hurt physically and emotionally,

Through out the course of the movie Inside Out, there were many examples and demonstrations of different strands of psychology. The first one is an example of cognitive psychology. When Joy, Sadness and Bing Bong were traveling to get back to headquarters they ran into Riley subconscious. This part of the brain that you are not fully aware of while thinking, and talking using that little voice in your head, but the thoughts and feelings that reside in your subconscious impact your personality and decisions. For example, your fears are stored in that portion of the brain and if something occurred during your day that reminded you of that fear, your body and mind would react, you would most likely physically move away from

In life, like the movie, people need joy, and they chase it because joy helps them to feel positive. As joy helps with staying positive, Riley talks about all the good memories she made back home in Minnesota but now all are turning into sad memories. As she tries to stay positive about San Francisco, the joy she once had playing hockey with her friends and dad strips her of happiness. In the book, the Achievement Habit Roth suggest that, “Whether or not we have an accurate self-image, it can strongly color who we are, what we do, and how we respond to the world around us” (Roth 198). As she sees herself being

In the film, I felt there were three themes running through the film that I found interesting and one theme that I disliked. The film showed that the cave drawings found were made by prehistoric man over thirty thousand years ago and the people viewing the drawings were in awe of the fact they were still around. Another theme running through the film was that art is inherently part of being human. The film also was continually demonstrating the need to preserve these cave drawings. The film also made some suppositions and filmed them as if they were true without providing proof or facts.

Brain and Memory Psychological Analysis The movie Inside Out uses the art of cartoons to portray how the brain works in correlation to memory and emotional brain development in children. They reference Riley's personality based on her past memories, and how each memory has made who Riley is today. A human being’s personality and daily actions are based on their past experiences and memories.

Had I watched this Inside Out at different points over the semester, I would have been able to find different flaws each time. This movie is supposed to be about Riley, but it turns out to be centered around the journey that Joy and Sadness must take in order to return to headquarters, more specifically, it validates sadness as an emotion. Sadness spent her first eleven years with Riley being told to stay back and not to screw anything up, in reality, sadness is often frowned upon, because for some people, they are the opposite of Riley’s character. This movie shows that the happiest of children can go through life changing struggles and embrace their other emotions. You cannot appreciate being happy unless you have known being sad, this movie brings attention to the necessity of a balance in life.

Among all of the emotions, the one which exhibits the most leadership qualities is Joy. Going by the Big Five Personality Traits, Joy excels at the expectations of nearly of the traits. The first, being surgency, is completely natural to her character. Being the physical representation of joy itself, she is constantly energetic, extroverted and makes conversation whenever possible, even with Sadness, whom she does not like initially. When she is trying to raise Sadness’s sprits to continue on and make their way back to headquarters, she makes Sadness think happy thoughts, which to Sadness include “[a] good movie where [a] dog died.” The second trait is conscientiousness, which Joy shows not through her teamwork with the other emotions, but through the dependability she has for Riley. Having been with her from the moment of her birth, Joy is committed to always see Riley happy, thus she never leaves her post at the control board until she and Sadness are taken away; and even then, Joy spends every moment looking for a way back to Riley. The third trait is agreeableness, which matches her personality perfectly. Everything Joy does or talks about is heavily optimistic. Despite everything that goes wrong about the move, including the dreams versus the reality of what the new house would look like, the moving van not arriving on time, and not being able to find a good place to eat, Joy remains