THE FUNCTIONING OF THE HUMAN BRAIN (INSIDE OUT)

 This movie depicts a wonderful concept of the working of the mind. It begins a 11 year old girl who experiences daily life and how her mind functions in different situations. She has just recently shifted rom her home in Minnesota to San Francisco, where her dad’s job has taken him. All these things happen against her will.

The girl’s moods are regulated by a coalition of five characters who function from a control room behind her eyes. The leader of this group  is Joy. She is true to her name; she is effervescent and always on the move. Externally her skin glows depicting her liveliness and vigour. Her companions are Anger, a fiery red –lady finger shaped figure; Disgust, a green Amazonian filled with virulent hatred; Fear, a nervous type character who dresses like a librarian, and Sadness, a moping, pessimist young woman with pale blue skin and a very chunky.

These five characters as depicted in the movie are in the headquarters, trying to keep the girl in balance by all that they do. The most vital thing that they are in charge of is her memories, which are kept in small marbles at the rear side of her mind. At times when Sadness silently manages to touch them, they turn blue. Somehow or the other, when the others are paying attention elsewhere, Sadness wanders out into the rear of Riley’s head and unattentively starts fingering the marbles, thereby spoiling the girls mood.

The parents of the girl are in their own world and hence aren’t aware of what’s going on with their daughter.

With the absence of joy from the headquarters; matters keep moving on from bad to worse. Joy and Sadness try their best to reach the headquarters before the islands collapse but unfortunately are unable to do so. Finally after a great loss of islands they manage to reach the headquarters, Joy tells sadness to take over and she manages to bring the situation under control.

What is interesting here to notice is the role emotions play in the normal functioning of us all. Joy and Sorrow are emotions which are equally important.