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Sadness And Joy In Inside Out By Disney Pixar

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Sadness and Joy should be treated as equals. This concept is portrayed in Disney Pixar’s Inside Out, when the protagonist Riley struggles to come to terms with her sentiments on moving from a small town to San Francisco. As she attempts to grasp her emotions, she refuses to acknowledge that her dejection is substantially the reason for her frustration. Pixar reveals that experiences are not appointed to one single emotion, but that each contributes to emotional comprehension, by assigning human characteristics to the different emotions and illuminating comparisons between society and the characters. Pixar uncovers the reality that each emotion has a purpose in the understanding of feelings by administering human attributes in order to shine a light on the unawareness of society. The audience gets a view inside Riley’s mind and the emotions: Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness each …show more content…

The character Joy always wants to be in authority over Riley’s emotional experiences; she refuses to acknowledge Sadness’ role in helping Riley grow up. Joy finds ways to keep Sadness in a corner and away from the control center of Riley’s mind, just as society tends to treat depression and sorrow with contempt. Instead of accepting that other emotions are equally as important in experiences, society and Joy just want to recognize the jovial moments in life. Similarly, when Riley and her family first move into the new home in San Francisco, her mom explains to her to ignore her father’s stress and just “put a smile on her face”. Instead of encouraging Riley come to terms with her unhappiness, her mom advices her that she will get through it by bottling up her feelings, as society leans toward praising happiness and suppressing “negative” emotions. The connections to reality, assists the audience in accepting the

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