A Personal Life: Personal Analysis Of Riley's Life

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An individual’s personality can be determined by certain events, hobbies, or influenced by those who surround them. In Riley’s life, her personality had been determined by those characteristics. Her five main islands of personality were: Goofball Island, Family Island, Friendship Island, Hockey Island, and Honesty Island. These correlated to some event that occurred in her life, or a “core memory”. For example, Goofball Island was developed after she streaked through the house as a child, running away from her father. As shown in the movie “Inside Out” (Docter & del Carmen, 2015), Riley’s experiences would change the islands, either straying away from, or adding to them. In my personal life, I would define my five islands as: Nature Island, Family Island, Comedy Island, Creativity Island, …show more content…

Family is very important, and when I would drift from my family, I would also drift from some of the things most important to me. When Riley’s core memories were tainted and she forgot why those islands were so important to her, she also drifted away from her family in search of something to fill the void she felt. This void was moving away from home, where it is believed held all the important pieces of her personality. Due to the military playing a large role into my growing up, moving to a new place shouldn’t have been so shocking. At sixteen, I moved away from Germany, the place I had been raised for most of my life. I didn’t expect my life to change as much as it did. My bond with my family increased in the time of moving, and I let myself feel many emotions. After leaving my childhood home, I began drifting from my family in search of something new to fill the void of what I defined as home, which was nearly five thousand miles away. I still spent time with my family, but I spent more time with friends and outside of the home. After drifting away from my family, I also drifted away from things I

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