There are many ways to determine the meaning of happiness, the most important being the presence of sadness. Over the course of time, sadness has gotten a bad reputation in a sense that if someone if feeling sad, they must be weak or depressed. Truly understanding people have learned that when life gets difficult, one must handle their mental state in a healthy way and seek help or an outlet. The people who are unaware of this, may later become obsessed with a happier past time, and live the present in wistful manner. The movie Inside Out, by Disney Pixar Animation, deals with an 11-year-old girl named Riley, and her five emotions, during a rough change in her life. Through the character of Riley, and her emotion in command, Joy, we see how …show more content…
through the use of Logos. At the end of the film, Joy looks back on one of Riley’s “core memories” of an important hockey game in which Riley misses a goal, and then immediately realizes that the sadness Riley felt was not just sadness but through that sadness Riley also felt compassion from her loved ones. This moment in which Sadness took charge of, is important for making Riley feel a sense of closeness and security from her parents and friends. What Joy thought of as a potential sad and awful memory, turned into one filled with deep meaning and great …show more content…
However, the point is that we feel them physically. Many people feel something and then bury it deep down until they think it’s gone. What you feel does not leave your body or your heart unless you confront it. Emotions are meant to be endured, not ignored. I want to help you confront your emotions, not run around them. Confronting your emotions will allow you to experience happiness, even if something sad or upsetting happens in your day” (Valpone). (elaborate) “Healing is an important process in first dealing with your emotions. Healing doesn’t mean anything is “broken,” it just means that there will be nurturing needed where we have neglected to do it. We are sensitive beings; we go through life so quickly that we often don’t stop to ponder what we’re feeling. And that’s one habit that needs to be broken” (Valpone). (elaborate) In order to be truly happy we must find the perfect balance of accepting our emotions and learning to cope with them. Like Joy, we often become obsessed with the thought of being happy and forget that its not possible to be happy without the aid of all other emotions and like Sadness, we think of ourselves as pathetic and worthless if we feel down, which is not the case at all. We try to hide our true emotions, in fear of looking weak in front of others. The only way for true happiness is to find a balance with all emotions and be in tune with
One of the first conflict styles Joy uses in the beginning of the movie is competing. This occurs when one person completes their goals and the other does not. Adler and Proctor stated (2011), "This win-lose approach to conflict involves high concern for self and low concern for others... competition seeks to resolve conflicts "my way" (page 386). In the movie when Joy comes in contact with a conflict she tends to react the way she sees fit. When sadness tries to touch one of Riley's core memories Joy immediately pushes her away and makes her turn her attention to something else so that she won't be in the way. By being pushed away this causes Sadness to be the losing party because she is not able to achieve her goal of having more input in Riley's
People often create their own happiness. My friend, Hannah, when she mad, she thinks and does things that are funny. Creating your own happiness can be beneficial. Cheerfulness comes from inside you shown these examples, of mice and men, Harry Potter, and my friend Emily all created their own happiness.
Happiness can come in many different ways, but this type of happiness is the one where all could experience, and that is true love. The film that will be analyzed is called Secondhand Lions by director Tim McCanlies, it is based on a boy named Walter is dropped off by his mother, who lies to him frequently, so Walter doesn’t know whether to believe her or not, but she drops him off with his two uncles named Hub and Garth, out in Texas. These two men have lots of adventures and lived life to the fullest. Walter has a lot to learn from the two uncles. Throughout the film it seems to show that happiness is not something that you gain from money, but it is what you gain when you learn the true lessons of life, and the true love that comes with it.
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,
Happiness cannot be reached when it is being searched for, it can only be achieved by focusing on things other than your own happiness.
Happiness is the most prevalent theme in the movie, Thirteen conversations about one thing. It fits in every conversation heard in the film: the search for
These orbs are initially created by feelings of happiness and their prescribed ‘personality island ’ are the fundamental building blocks of Riley’s personality traits. Furthermore, it is noted that Riley’s ‘leading’ emotion is Joy – the main ‘controller’ of the panel, whereas in her Dad’s mind, Anger is the leader and Sadness is the same for her Mum. Perhaps this conveys a person’s main mentality or personality – whether it’d be happy or angry or even sad. Depending on the intensity of these emotions, it could potentially lead to an ‘unhealthy’ mental state. Inside Out follows Robert Plutchick’s ‘Wheel of Emotion’ and displays many intensity levels of the
Happiness may not be easy to find for everyone. Some people may find it in the simplest things. We may be able to find it in other people, our own experiences and even our possessions. We can experience joy from entertainment, our careers and our successes. The problem is that those external things are not reliable
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.
Expressing your emotions can be easily related to voicing an opinion, which has continuously been ridiculed lately. It can be hard to show emotion when it’s been repeatedly laughed at. Like Amy Tan’s mom, most ignore the sight of emotions because they don’t want to their own to be revealed and some that claim to have an open mind and are curious suddenly shut down and become defensive as if upset by what they chose to hear. So why continue to express yourself and not be heard? Shame surrounds what you found to be the most beautiful part of yourself and you close off, only allowing the re-revised version of you to be met while the raw, scribbled, full version is only be known by you. In the movie Inside Out, a core component to Riley’s self, Joy, overshadows other emotions unknowingly. An unfamiliar stressor interrupts Riley’s life that Joy doesn 't understand and, naturally, does everything in her power to make sure Riley avoids anything that could cause her any sadness, displeasure, or suffering. It’s understandable to not want a loved one in any way aching, such as the character Sadness, who is the epitome of the major blues. Sadness becomes a major emotion Riley begins to experience for the first time back to back and is taken on an emotional roller coaster of confusion and stress. A crucial turning point in the movie is when Sadness witnesses Bing Bong silently cry and then empathetically decides to tell
This is shown when Sadness adds blue hues to the originally yellow hued images of Riley’s memories of her life in Minnesota. This shows that our current emotions often shape what we remember of the past. Sadness serves several functions in the film, but most importantly, it allows Riley to recognize that the changes she is going through have created loss. One might be inclined to think of sadness as a state of inaction, but in “Inside Out,” as in real life, sadness and anger prompts people to comfort and help. We see this in Riley’s first angry outburst at the dinner table that leads to Riley to be sent to her room.
You might think, that it is easy to be happy when everything goes as you wish. When your road is filled of sorrows or worries it might sound impossible and unrealistic to feel happiness.
Happiness is a thought of utmost satisfaction one feels, even though all odds are against us. It is a choice that we make in our minds as to no matter what happens, negative or positive, our inner self will always be positive. Some people choose to see the negative side of things no matter what. But at the end of the day, happiness doesn’t exist outside our lives but within us. This is a constant choice that we make in the process of life. When we realize that happiness doesn’t depend on people or things but in choosing to be happy, it automatically becomes part of our character and life.
As human beings, we all have the capability of experiencing emotions and feelings. People can experience happiness,
Sadness, Joy, Fear, Disgust and Anger. Five emotions felt by human beings on a regular basis. These five emotions are personified as characters in the movie “Inside Out”. The movie Inside Out is about an 11-year-old girl named Riley who is living a happy life until she moves with her family to San Francisco (Rivera, Docter, del Carmen, 2015). Cognitive, social and linguistic development are all essential parts that contribute to the development of a growing child, such as Riley. The movie displays these types of development in terms of memories, emotions, attention, humor and many other aspects. The purpose of this paper will be to explain why the movie Inside Out (2015) is appropriate for children ages 6 to 12 years of age in terms of their cognitive, social and linguistic development.