Monsters University Life Lessons

In the animated movie Monsters University directed by Dan Scanlon, there are many overall helpful lessons in life twisted into the dialog of the characters. For starters, the little green monster that is named Mike isn’t the scariest looking monster but he is very determined and puts his heart into scaring. When Mike is younger he goes on a class field trip to Monsters University, While on the trip he sneaks into one of the doors with a scarer and watches the scarer scare a child. After they exit and people realize that he went in there one of the employees or “scarers” gives Mike his Monsters University hat and says “That was real dangerous, kid. I didn’t even know you were in there. Wow. I didn’t even know you were in there.(gives Mike his hat) Heh, not bad, kid.” (Scanlon, X:XX) This lights the fuse to Mike’s interest in scaring. Even though Mike isn’t very scary looking and has been told this throughout …show more content…
Mike is pretty much the perfect example of an upbeat person throughout the movie, but there is much more in the movie then Mike and his determination. Much farther in the movie when Mike and Sulley are looking at the scare simulator after they won the scare competition Mike notices that it has been tampered with. Mike questions Sulley about it and if he had anything to do with it, it turns out Sulley was the one who did it. Sulley and Mike get into a argument about why he messed with the scare simulator and in the heat of the moment Sulley says “Well, what was I suppose to do? Let the whole team fail, because you don't have it? (Scanlon, X:XX) This makes Mike very frustrated that Sulley didn’t believe in him enough to let him give the scare simulator a shot. Sulley’s lack of trust in Mike causes a split between them but they make up in the end. This is a great example of how sometimes people just won’t believe in you even if you try your best, No matter how hard you try there will always be someone who tries to shoot you down: It’s just