Fear And Bias In Monsters Inc.

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As a toddler, Monsters Inc. taught me not to judge things or people without giving them a chance. Within the movie, fear and bias based on that fear drives the chaos that occurs. In the monster world, their society trains them to believe that humans are dangerous and evil, however they lacked experience involving interactions with humans, aside from scaring children in their sleep. By creating this fear, they establish a bias against humans, closing their mind off to sympathizing or understanding humans. However, once Boo’s presence forces Sully and Mike to recognize and mentally grasp that humans and monsters resemble each other at the core, the bias ingrained in them disappears and they forms a connection with Boo. Similarly, rather than

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