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researcher will elaborate the dramatic meanings of Sadness which can be seen by the way the situation happens where Sadness involves.
1. Pessimistic
Over all of Sadness character, pessimistic is the one show up from Sadness until Joy makes her realize how important she is in Headquarters.
Before that, she almost never be positive over everything that happened. Everything for Sadness is always an unable-to-be-finished problem and not
interesting. Most of the time, Joy asks Sadness to think positively. There is a plot where Sadness is strongly believe that herself and Joy will be hard
getting out from the Long-Term Memory and it is almost impossible to get out from there.
“Sadness: Wait Joy, you could get lost in there Joy
: Think positive Sadness : Okay. I’m positive you will get lost in there. That’s Long-
Term Memory. An endless warren of corridors and shelves. I read about it in the manuals.
Joy stops. Sadness is right. But wait Joy
: The manuals? The manuals You read the manuals Sadness : Yeah...
Joy : So you know the way back to Headquarters
Sadness : I, guess..” p.56
Then other evidence of her pessimistic is when the Friendship Island is broken. When Sadness sees that the Friendship Island has vanished, all that
Sadness can say is just negative words. Like what is written in the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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screenplay, Sadness says, “Oh, Riley loved that one. And now its GONE. Goodbye friendship, hello loneliness”p.63 with depressed expression
which can be seen from the film. Then there is a time when Sadness does not have believe on herself
when Joy gives her the chance to take over the console. “Disgust : Joy, you’ve got to fix this. Get up there.
Joy : Sadness, it’s up to you.
Sadness : Me? Joy pushes Sadness towards the console.
AngerFearDisgust : Sadness?? Sadness : I can’t, Joy.
Joy : Yes you can. Riley needs you.
Sadness looks at Joy. Really? Joy nods.” pp.120-121
This pessimistic character also make her easily depressed with negative toughts. The evidence is when Sadness touch the core memory than it turns
into blue then Joy confronts her. “Joy CONT’D: Sadness You nearly touched a core memory. And
when you touch them, we can’t change Sadness
: I know. I’m sorry. Something’s wrong with me. It’s like I’m having a breakdown.
Joy : You are not having a breakdown.It’s stress.
Sadness : I keep making mistakes like that.I’m awful...
Joy : Nooo, you’re not.
Sadness : ...and annoying.”p.24-25”
