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“Inside Out” is a movie about a young girl named Riley and how her emotions control her. She navigates through life with happiness, and when she’s sad, she doesn’t accept sadness. When characters named Joy and Sadness go away, Anger, Fear, and Disgust try to control Riley, but they lose authority. Riley then gets on a bus and tries to leave California.
When Joy and Sadness return, Sadness is the only one who can get Riley off the bus because she hasn’t accepted this emotion yet.
The movie “Inside Out” shows that people have to accept sadness in order to enjoy happiness. There are three lessons. The first one is about how a happy memory can be just as sad. The second lesson shows that just because a situation is bad doesn’t mean a person can’t fix it. The third lesson in the movie shows that even in the darkest moments, a person should never give up.
Riley is a happy person. When Joy was lost in the forgotten memories, Joy saw that Riley had lost one of her hockey games. Riley was in a big playoff game for her team. She missed the big shot to win the play-offs and felt awful. Riley was sad and wanted to quit but her team and parents didn’t care that she floundered the attempt. Everyone cheered her up, and she felt happy because no matter what she was supported by everyone else.
As the movie also showed, just because something is bad doesn’t mean a person can’t fix it. In the movie, Riley had a grotesque apartment. She eventually put it together, and it looked beautiful because she used all her emotions and imagination. It first was an empty room with nothing then with a little work it had bright stars, a desk with notebooks and a bookbag next to it, and much more.
In the darkest moments, Riley never gave up. The atmosphere brings sadness when she sees the house, but Riley cheers everyone up by playing. If Riley never thought to play around it would have been sad because a few seconds earlier her dad got a call that the moving trucks wouldn’t be there anytime soon. She just wants everyone in her family to be happy so she distracted them with a game of hockey in the house. When conditions worsened, Riley did whatever she could to cheer up her parents even if it was for a second.
People might think that sadness is unacceptable because when a person is sad they may cry or feel awful. The world may not like sadness because it darkens the atmosphere. It affects other people and they tend not to have a lot of energy when they’re bitter. However, people need sadness even though it may have an effect on how they act. People need to go through some pain to understand life. When a person is sad most of the time, they can see the real world. An example is when a person is mourning they might see the true meaning of life which is spending time with loved ones.
The world can learn from Riley’s experience. She went through a lot when she moved. By changing her environment she learned a very important lesson. People should watch this movie so they can see how Riley dealt with her sadness. This lesson could change the world by showing everyone to be happy and not stressed.
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