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Sadness is portrayed as a round and dynamic character in the movie. As a complex character, she is more than just being unhappy. Sadness can feel empathy and worry towards the other characters around her. More of her attributes start to unravel throughout the movie, and they discover that she is more than she’s classified as. Sadness showed complexity because other characters misunderstood and doubted her capabilities. They chose not to understand her role because it was perceived negatively towards Riley. As a dynamic character, Sadness experiences change and development. She was seen as a heavy load who caused problems and now as a crucial part of Riley’s emotional comfort. It took her to understand herself to realize how she’s just as important as the other emotions.
The purpose of making Sadness a round and dynamic character was to connect with the audience. Her character shows that undergoing sadness can be beneficial as it helps with growth and transformation. The filmmaker sends a message to the audience that it’s crucial to feel this emotion as it helps the person understand who they are rather than suppressing the sadness and undergoing no change. At the movie's end, Riley learns how to be vulnerable towards her parents because of sadness. The emotional connection between Riley and her parents got stronger as they learned to empathize with one another. This shows how valuable it is to feel sorrowful– the connection from person to person gets better.
Docter, Pete, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Inside Out. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2015.
While Joy tried to prevent Bing Bong from feeling sad about his rocket, Sadness enabled him to feel that emotion by talking about it. In this scene, the filmmaker shows the audience that it’s okay to sit down and feel this “negative” emotion. It will eventually pass when it is expressed and let out.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist and Antagonist
Sadness can be portrayed as the antagonist because she refuses to listen to Joy’s instructions. Her actions ruined Joy’s mission of maintaining Riley’s happiness and created problems in Riley’s mind. If Sadness listened, Joy and she wouldn’t have gotten sucked out of the headquarters.
Sadness is also the protagonist in terms of her personal growth and self-acceptance. Her journey to knowing her purpose and self-identity is one of the movie's central focus. She discovers that she’s essential to Riley’s emotional well-being and development.
Sadness’s journey highlights the evolutionary power of empathy and susceptibility. The filmmaker wants to make the audience aware that sorrow isn’t a negative emotion but rather promotes connection and strength.
Sadness kept touching the core memories. If she touches it, the memory will turn blue and become sad forever. The headquarters' main goal is to maintain Riley’s core memory as happy.
Docter, Pete, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Inside Out. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2015.
Docter, Pete, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Inside Out. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2015.
Docter, Pete, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Inside Out. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2015.
It was Riley’s first day at her new school. All the emotions except Sadness tried to ensure Riley’s day went well. Everything went downhill when Sadness touched a core memory while Riley was presenting. Since the core memory turned blue, Riley started reminiscing about her life in Minnesota and how she missed it. This caused her to cry in class, which was seen as an embarrassment, considering she was a new student. A new core memory formed, but it was blue instead of yellow.
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