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widely-known theory called The Wright Theory about the meaning of colors toward psychology.
“GREEN.Balance
Positive: Harmony, balance, refreshment, universal love, rest, restoration, reassurance, environmental awareness,equilibrium, peace.
Green strikes the eye in such a way as to require no adjustment whatever and is, therefore, restful. Being in the centre of the spectrum, it is
the colour of balance - a more important concept than many people realise. When the world about us contains plenty of green, this indicates the
presence of water, and little danger of famine, so we are reassured by green, on a primitive level.”.
Other meaning comes from her bare feet. Her bare feet are an express of a person that fully energize and difficult to control. Like in the screenplay, shown
that Joy likes to jump here and there. In an interview of a USA Online News 2016, called USATODAY, the director explains the meaning behind Joy’s bare
feet. On the interview, Pete Docter declares that Joy’s bare feet and pixie reinforce her rambunctious character.
After all the direct meaning have been elaborate, it can be concluded that Joy is an energetic character. The next part of all is Joy’s dramatic meaning
which can bee seen by the situation where the character involves.
1. Optimistic
Joy is an optimistic character. She like to see the positive on everything. When other characters are giving up to face certain things then Joy will
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ways to solve it. As seen in the screenplay that Joy positively thinks that the new house will be great for Rilley to live when the other characters are
feeling doubtful. She keeps saying good things so the other characters will think the same way.
“Anger : I can’t believe Mom and Dad moved us here Joy
: Look, I get it. You guys have concerns. But we’ve been through worse Tell you what: let’s make a list of all the
things Riley should be HAPPY about Anger : Fine. Let’s see... this house stinks, our room stinks...
Disgust : Pizza is weird here... Sadness : Our friends are back home...
Fear : And all of our stuff is in the missing van
Joy : Oh c’mon, it could be worse...
Disgust : Yeah, Joy. We could be lying on the dirty floor. In a bag” p.29
Then there is a condition where Joy and Sadness are lost in long term memories, which is like labyrinth. When the islands break down, Joy tries
even harder to go out from the long term memories to save Rilley. As can be seen from the screenplay that Joy positively thinks that there is a way out of
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
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Other evidence is where Sadness who is full of depressive knowing that it is a long way to take and she does not want to go around again, Joy hugs
the core memories - which one of those is the memory while Rilley playing around with Meg - and she wants to make it to happens again. In
consequence, she goes to the labyrinths and pulls Sadness leg. “Joy
:trying to stay positiveWe’ll just have to go the long way. They turn to look back into the deep memory shelves.
Sadness :Yeah. The long, long, looong way.I’m ready. Sadness lies down on the ground, offering her leg. Joy sighs. She
doesn’t want to do this again. Joy
: Ah, yes.pulling SadnessThere’s gotta be a better way.” pp.63-64
2. Determined
Determined is part of Joy character in Inside Out film. She never gives up on whatever she wants to achieve. Her determinedness is mostly shown
when she and Sadness are out from Headquarters. In the screenplay, Joy tries her best to go back to the Headquarters from the thin bridge that
connects Goofball Island with the Headquarters. The first strong evidence from the screenplay is that even in labyrinth, Joy is not stopping to find the
way out even she has to pull Sadness leg here and there. “Joy
: You are my map Let’s go Lead on, Mind Map Show me where we’re going
Sadness : Okay Only, I’m too sad to walk. Just give me a few... hours. Joy grabs Sadness’ leg and DRAGS her into the shelves.
Joy : Which way? Left?
