Emotions In The Movie 'Inside Out'

As someone is coming of age, they encounter many mixed emotions about events in their life, like Riley did in the 2015 animated childrens movie “Inside Out”. Her emotions embark on a journey with her as a preteen. Her emotions attempt to comprehend her ever growing feelings, and they must administer the appropriate response to grasp the situation. Riley’s principal emotion is Joy, which is shortly overpowered by Sadness. There are numerous emotions in the human body, nevertheless there are 7 main sets according to Dr. Ekman in the article Psychology of Inside Out; which include Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust, Surprise, and Contempt (Ryan Kelly.) Mr. Doctor and his team who assisted in writing the movie, believed only five characters
According to Ryan Kelly, in his article Psychology of Inside Out he states that our personalities and our memories correlate (Ryan Kelly.) However, our mind does not have “islands” of core memories, regardless we do have core memories based from our personalities and emotions. Also, in his article, he states that in a sense our memories do fade. We have “sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory” (Ryan Kelly.) Over time, our information of events do begin to dicipate depending on the significance of the event. For example, in the movie there is a fading memory of Riley’s childhood imaginery friend, Bing Bong. In the end of the movie, Joy, Riley’s leading emotion, is given assistance by Bing Bong, then he fades away into the memory dump where he will be forgotten forever. Bing Bong is represented with Joy and in the end Sadness. However, there are some memories that will be hidden, though not forgotton in the cortex of the brain. For example, Jangles. Jangles is a clown at Riley’s third birthday party, and he is one of Rileys’s
However, Sadness trully starts to be more prominent when Riley moves from Minesotta to San Francisco. Sadness dominates because Riley is sorrowful due to the loss of her home, friends, and her childhood. Sadness is seen as moping and sulking around the “headquarters” of Riley’s brain. When Sadness touches the memory spheres, Riley’s memories become altered to reveal a sad demeanor instead of a convivial experience. According to The Science of Inside Out a persons Sadness pulls others in to comfort and help (Dachner Keltner & Ekman.) For example, when Riley runs away from home, she returns home and hugs her parents in comfort from Sadness and Anger. Sadness must be realized so that positivity can be produced. Riley did lose friends, a home, and her childhood, despite this she gained new friends, a new home, and a new idenitity and personality. From Sadness, come