The Mind In Riley Anderson's Inside Out

“Inside Out” by Francisco Jimenez is a realistic short story about a boy from another country that moves to America, he transfers schools. In the beginning Francisco moves to America. He meets a caterpillar that helps him through tough times. Soon Francisco gets judged for speaking another language. Francisco gets scared and stops talking for a while. In the end Francisco earns a reward for a drawing. His caterpillar has now turned into a butterfly. Francisco gets the honors of releasing the butterfly that was once his only friend. This story shows that Francisco goes through stages like a butterfly.

As she tries to settle in her new home she being to wonder if her move to San Francisco was a good idea. As her dad is barely with them and she is in a house with no furniture Riley starts to feel out of place in her own home. Joy now out of the picture, anger comes along and starts to control Riley. For example, while eating dinner Riley mom asked her if she wanted to join the local hockey, but being controlled by anger instead of joy, Riley refuses to join. Roth points out that “Thus one of the ways we can change our behaviors is to proactively change our self-image…” (199). Riley changes her behavior because her self-image was a sad girl who misses home. When Joy and Sadness left headquarters, Riley was faced with being just angry about things instead of happy or sad. As that happened, the Joy she once had disappeared and Anger was out to find the Joy he once knew and could cope

Riley’s negative attitude started when they were driving to their new house because the journey was long and boring. California was different it was densely populated and the houses there were small. When she enters her new home for the first time. The writer of the movie shows us how riles mind works. They are five main key players that control Riley’s emotions. Joy has been always glowing and was responsible for making her happy. Sadness was dark and always had a sad face, she was the opposite of joy and was always sad about everything. Anger always had a bad temper. Disgust was always picky since she was a kid, she has always refused to eat vegetables. Fear was the last one of the five who worked in the headquarters.

At the beginning of the film, Riley and her parents live in Minnesota, where she has friends, enjoys her school, is a valued member of an ice hockey team, and has an all-around happy life. The movie’s introduction depicts a typical day of Riley’s life in Minnesota, during which all five of the emotion characters properly fulfill their functions and leave Riley in a normal state. Joy provides happiness for the young girl. Sadness provides Riley moments of comfort from her parents and emotional bonding between Riley and her parents. Fear keeps her from hurting herself by prompting a cautionary response. Likewise, Disgust and Anger fulfill their intended, beneficial roles, thereby fulfilling their manifest functions. At the end of the day, Joy congratulates her counterparts, telling them, “Nice job, everybody. Another perfect day.”

These emotions are important for children to learn about and be aware of especially when getting older and growing into the tween years. One of the two things I took away from this movie was that you could have more than one emotion attached to a memory. It isn’t a very hard concept to teach children but it’s more or less something that hasn’t been acknowledged on another TV show or movie. Another thing I took away from this movie is that all of your emotions play a role an important role in representing who you are for example, Riley is run by Joy, her mother is run by sadness and her father is run by anger. This could mean that Riley is inherently happy person who normally reacts with a positive out look on life, this could also mean that her mother comes off a little more reserved and some what sad and her father a little more aggressive or short tempered, this enables each person to have their own personality. I feel the biggest lesson children can take away from this movie is the idea that you are allowed to feel whatever emotion you are feeling and that is okay. You shouldn’t feel like you have to force down your emotions to make things easier for yourself and others around you, feel what you are feeling mindfully and then move

The movie Inside Out directed by Pete Doctor and Ronnie del Carmen shows the inner-workings of a young girl named Riley’s mind, depicting her emotions as individual characters that use a control bored to control her emotions, thoughts, and actions. The film starts at Riley’s birth and we’re initially introduced to Joy, then Sadness, after which we meet Anger, Fear, and Disgust. Riley’s life is filled with happy memories and moments until her family packs up and moves from Minnesota to San Fransisco. Not long after the move Joy and Sadness get sucked up into the tube that takes memories to the long-term memory bank and they have to work to find their way back. And in the end when Joy and Sadness return back to headquarters it is Sadness who ends up saving the day.

Conversely, the development of emotions into something stronger is a major element of the plot. The actions of the personified emotions is a vague exploration of intensity levels. Sadness, for example; completely sinks in on herself, lies down on the ground and has to be dragged when she realises there is no hope. This is representative of the progression of Sadness into the more intense grief. Fear too displays the intensity levels of emotions, usually he is apprehensive. But becomes fearful when faced with a minor obstacle; such as the electrical chord in Riley's memory. When he is placed in control of the control panel Fear quickly intensifies to outright panic. Anger too cycles through annoyance and anger throughout the film. He represents rage at certain times, signalled by his head catching fire. As a result Riley reacts aggressively, such as her shouting at her father. The development throughout the film is based on the relationship between the core emotions, rather than their intensity. By the end of the film, the relationship between the emotions is stronger. The emotions have become more complex, rather than more intense. The development of emotions over time is certainly accurate. The intensity levels of emotions were not inaccurate, so much as not adequately explored and

As in life, each of the emotions in Riley’s headquarters, her mind, has a purpose or job. Joy’s job is to make sure Riley remains happy and tries to find the fun in every situation. She also seems to be the emotion who directs the other emotions, the one in charge. Joy accepts each challenge as an opportunity to turn the situation into a happy memory. She tries very hard to keep Sadness away from Riley’s happy memories and turning them into a sad memory. Our textbook states happiness as progressing toward the realization of a goal. (Feist, 2015, p. 419) Joy’s attitude towards life goes

Disney Pixar latest offering ‘Inside out’ (2015) tells the story of 11 years old Riley and how her idyllic and happy life which suddenly changes when she moves to san Francisco with her family. The movie which runs as two connecting stories, one with Riley’s day to day life and the other being Riley’s basic emotions that we see living in her conscious mind. The emotions: joy, Fear, Anger, disgust, and sadness all live in headquarters and play a significant role in Riley’s life, memories and actions. Directed by Peter Doctor, Pixar went above and beyond even their normal level of investment in the depth of the character development and the story to accurately portray how the emotions work within us. Working with psychiatrist, Neuroscientist and psychologists for over 4 years to develop the film which although it was not intended during its conception is hoped

In my opinion, another emotional concept shown in the film can be hope and love. Riley was always hoping for everything to get in place. The first day, when she first enters the house she was disappointed. The house was nothing than what she expected. Instead of getting her emotions down, she saw it from a positive point of view. She can now design her room however she likes. She had hopes that everything was going to get in place and she would have at least a similar life. Love was another emotion shown in the film. Riley was always showing the love she has for her parents and the people she left behind. Her family plays an important role in her emotions since they were always looking for was to support her. They wanted what is best for her.

The journey faced by Joy and Sadness reflects on how people’s emotions work in accordance with each other. At the end of the movie, Riley, her mother, and father are seen in a group hug on the floor. For once in the entire movie, Joy let's Sadness take control over Riley’s switchboard, which allows Riley to reflect on her mistakes and learn that she needs to accept her new life in San Francisco for the better of the family. Shortly after, both Sadness and Joy take control of the switchboard, allowing Riley to grow into herself and accept her mistakes as a life lesson. Students may feels as though failure is a huge setback in their academic career.

It’s been a long day for Riley and it wasn’t over yet, there’s still night school. Sure, it was only 4 hours, but the kids wore her out today. A 4 and 5-year-old and 6 months old can be a handful for anyone, especially a 16-year-old, but the agreement with her parents, in order to leave her school to help her cousins, Angel and Mike with their kids, was night school. Although she enjoyed being there, it was quite different that home, Riley had friends to hang out with, was able to walk to the movies, the store and could catch a bus to just about anywhere. Consequently, there’s just the little park down the end of the graveled road, making night school a highlight. Along with her was Mike, his sister-in-law, Deb, and her niece, Diane. Mike always drove and Riley stayed pretty quiet during the trips since Mike is really the only one she knows and although Diane’s her age, there’s not much common ground. Diane’s the partying type and more experienced with the opposite sex.

Tessa had always had her life set, she always had a schedule and it was always plain; wake up, eat, go to school, go to extra curriculars, come home, do homework, sleep, and repeat. Atlanta was a lively city, it was known for its seductive nature and accordingly had millions of people living in its nooks, high but Tessa had never felt the positive energy. Her life felt stagnant, she didn’t feel like she belonged. It was a Sunday afternoon and she was strolling home from her music lesson, inhaling the stench of the city. She couldn’t wait to finally get out of here. She only had to endure one last year at her unbearable high school before she could leave the city, she couldn’t wait for that day to finally arrive. It’s not that her life had been particularly substandard, but since her mother died when she was four her father had shut everyone out and there was always an odor of alcohol coming from their small apartment. She was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she noticed a man a few feet away approaching her, he smiled mischievously and she glared daggers at him.

“We should be home by tonight and don’t you worry, if we cannot make it home by tonight we will catch the first plane early in the morning” Matt replied with a sincere look on his face. Matt and Tracy were headed to their car that was going to pick them up and take them to the airport when they were approached by Riley. Riley always understood the insane schedule of her parents’ jobs and she was always understanding towards them no matter what. Riley was more mature than most kids her age because most 12 year olds wouldn’t think as hard as Riley did when a situation came up. “Bye mom and dad, have a safe trip” Riley answered to her parents just as they were about to get in the car. As everyone said their final goodbyes, Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones drove off in a taxi looking as bright as the sun.

It’s been a long day for Riley and it wasn’t over yet, she still had night school. Sure, it was only 4 hours, but the kids wore her out today as 4 and 5-year-old and 6 months old can be a handful for anyone, especially a 16-year-old. The agreement with her parents, in order to quit school to help her cousins, Angel and Mike, with their kids, was night school. Night school was sort of a highlight though, although she enjoyed being there it was quite different that home. Riley had friends to hang out with, was able to walk to the movies, the store or could catch a bus anywhere. Consequently, there’s just the little park, down the end of the graveled road. Mike, his sister-in-law, Deb, and her niece, Diane, went to night