'Balance In The Movie Inside Out'

During our First Year Experience classes, we have been learning about a common theme of balance. Balance can be defined simply as stability. It doesn’t need to be a perfect slice down the middle but should incorporate both sides of a scenario. Through the movie, Inside Out, and an article about adolescent development and its correlation to suicide, I learned more about how to apply balance to my life.
As an adolescent grows up, they develop more complex feelings. “Adolescence is a developmental transition period during which there are profound transformations in emotional, cognitive, and behavioral systems” (suicide 693). This definition of adolescence was shown clearly in writer and director, Peter Docter’s work on Inside Out. Riley is an innocent girl who faces difficulty peeking her adolescent years. She moves to a new city, has problems with making friends, and loses her passion for hockey, which she
The movie and the article both present the information through personal experiences. They both incorporate how feelings of identity and appearance play a role in an adolescent’s life. Also, the fact that their parents treated them as if they were still babies had negative impacts on Riley and Marie. The movie and article differ in the way they information was projected. As obvious as it may seem, the movie was projected with pictures and the article was projected with written information. A difference related to psychology was how each “character” adapted to their situation. When Riley moved to a new city, she hated every aspect of it and rebelled, which made her lose her world. But the opposite happened in the article. Marie found this move to be the perfect opportunity to create a new identity for herself, ultimately helping her recover from her suicidal thoughts. In the end, both “characters” ended up in an acceptable mental state, where they accept themselves for who they