Core Memory Movie Analysis

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The emotions I feel most often are happiness and sadness.
The glowing balls or “core memories” are made by significant memories or events. My “core memories” are saying goodbye to my family at the airport in Vietnam, spending the summer and winter vacations by traveling different states and counties, and my first day of kindergarten.
The core memories are helped created by Joy, therefore, she has a positive personality.
When Sadness touches one of the happy core memories, she colors it blue. In result, she makes those happy core memories into sad memories. Yes, I think it is possible that our current moods can color our past memories. We define our personality by our thinking, feelings, and behaving.
I think the core memories changed forever because once Sadness touched the core memories, there’s nothing to change them back to the way they were.
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I think our society values happiness over other emotions, such as anger and frighten.
At the end of the movie, Joy learns that the other emotions, especially Sadness, are also important because in order to be happy, sometimes you have to feel sad first.
I think it is easier for females or younger people to express different emotions since during their childhood, they taught that it is okay to cry while there are gender stereotypes that men or older men should not cry as it would weaken their masculinity. As a result, men tend to hide and have difficult times to express their

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