The movie Monsters University tells the story of two monsters, Mike Wazowski and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan, and their adventures while studying at college. Ever since Mike was a young monster, he has always dreamt of becoming a “scarer”. A “scarer” is a monster who enters the human world at night in order to scare children so their screams can be saved for energy. While Mike was in preschool, he attended a field trip to Monsters Inc. with his classmates. This field trip influenced Mike to spend all of his time studying to get accepted into the most prestigious scaring school of all time, Monsters University.
Mike’s studying pays off as he gets accepted into Monsters University as a scare major. Mike continues to study hard, while Sulley, one of his classmates, relies on his natural scaring ability. Sulley comes from a talented family of scarers which causes him to be lazy and depend primarily on his scare technique. As the semester progresses, Mike and Sulley continue to argue to prove which monster is the better scarer. During the final exam, Dean Abigail Hardscrabble fails both of the monsters and kicks them out of the program. Hardscrabble felt as though Sulley did not study enough and although Mike had all of the scarer’s knowledge in the world, he was not scary at all.
Mike decides to prove himself to Dean Hardscrabble by entering the Scare Games. Mike joins the only fraternity available, Oozma Kappa, but they are denied entry because they are a team member short. Sulley realizes that the competition is his only shot back into the scare program and decides to join Mike. In the beginning of the movie, Mike and Sulley start off as rivals, but they eventually become best friends. Monsters University demonstrates many of the ...
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...zma Kappas until he recognized that every one of his teammates looked up to him. They relied on his intelligence and encouragement to bring out the best in them. If Mike had not examined himself, the Oozma Kappas would have had no chance of winning the Scare Games.
Monsters University is not only about how Mike and Sulley become best friends and end up working at Monsters Inc. Monsters University exemplifies that the biggest challenge in life is not always about achieving dreams, but learning to find value and joy in life when those dreams fall apart. This movie is full of many themes that we have been discussing in our sport psychology class. These themes may also be seen as life lessons and success. The main themes that were demonstrated throughout the movie include motivation, leadership, commitment, focus, distraction control, imagery, and self-examination.
...ng himself or his family, he seems to know an awful lot about life and how things ought to be. The part of Mike seems to be the most likely of the characters to be the mouth piece for the shows creators, writers and producers. Rarely is Mike made to look silly or ignorant. On occasion Archie will have the upper hand but for the most part when Mike and Archie are debating, Mike through a well articulated view is usually the victor.
High school sports can have a tremendous effect on not only those who participate but the members of the community in which they participate. These effects can be positive, but they can also be negative. In the book Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger shows that they are often negative in communities where high school sports “keep the town alive” due to the social pressure. In this way, Friday Night Lights gives insight into the effects of high school football being the backbone of a community, revealing that the fate of the individual football players are inadvertently determined by the actions of the townspeople.
Throughout Mike’s life, he had the fortunate experience of having some inspirational mentors. I have identified four of his numerous mentors as the most critical to his development, both educationally and personally.
Students should read this book in a high school English classroom because it demonstrates how relationships can be difficult, but teamwork can help to solve many issues. Hutch realized that it would not help his team to continue fighting with Darryl and by being mad at his father. He was able to take those difficult relationships and form them into positive outcomes and achieve his goal. After winning the championship game, “Hutch made his way through his teammates, and up through the stands and did something he had not done in a very long time: Hutch hugged his father. And his father hugged him back” (Lupica 243). This proves to students that if they continue to work hard and focus on a goal, they can achieve it by being a team player on and off the field.
Mike was also a paranoid person. For example, he gave the wrong address and phone number to the school so if something happened they could not contact him.
The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street? is a good play to watch for all ages. The play is so relatable to viewers because the characters are the kind of people everyone knows. Steve Brand is the sensible character. He, alone, is the person who stays level-headed throughout the entire ordeal.
Asma, Stephen. On Monsters :An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.
doubted him.There were low expectations set for Mike as well as his peers. He just wanted to
Mike Rose does not describe himself as a nuisance, but as a student who was overlooked. This treatment was very a detriment to his education. “I would hide by slumping down in my seat and page through my reader, carried along by the flow of sentences in a story.” (Rose 19) He discusses the teachers’ inability to “engage the imaginations of us kids who were scuttling along at the bottom of the pond.” (Rose 26) This strategy combined poorly with the attitudes of other students who did not want to work hard, who just wanted to be average. (Rose 28) Mike Rose describes that mix of students and how it affected his own perception of education:
High school sports are approached with clashing opinions. Some of these opinions are positive, and supportive of athletics. “Athleticism, among many activities, offers teens a physical outlet to exert their troubles, anger, emotions, and other feelings” (Chen 1). This can be observed in nearly all of the football players in Friday Night Lights. This can also be noticed in the world today. “Athletics help high school students understand their own abilities and talents” (Chen 1). This piece of evidence is very accurate when describing high school athletes. Sports can make a high school student humble. As can be seen by the preceding information, high school athletics can have a positive impact on a student’s life.
Once Mike returns from the nursing home, he starts acting like a grown up. He explains to his mother “I told her she was fine, I told her a lot of things…” (Cormier 5). Through this experience, Mike learns that it might be something from the outside and something else in the inside. He realizes that he does not want to grow up fast. He explains “ I went upstairs and shaved my moustache off” (cormier 7). By seeing this he learns that growing up is not easy. You have to give it time. By doing this he becomes more wise and mature. By visiting the nursing home, Mike learns that you can grow a moustache to look older but from the outside but you have to act older and that’s what matters the
College is a time for young people to develop and grow not only in their education, but social aspects as well. One of the biggest social scenes found around college campuses are athletic events, but where would these college sports be without their dedicated athletes? Student athletes get a lot of praise for their achievements on the field, but tend to disregard the work they accomplish in the classroom. Living in a college environment as a student athlete has a great deal of advantages as well as disadvantages that affect education and anti-intellectualism.
One significance of football that is apparent throughout this movie is bringing not only the students together but also
This assignment starts with notes to give you a general sense of the evolution of monsters, and some info to help you generate ideas.
When asked to envision a monster, everyone would have different ideas. Some would speak of beastmen with large horns and sharp teeth. Some would imagine a swarm of hive-minded insects that surround their victims to drain their lives. Some would find that their demons as shapeshifters that disguises themselves as familiars or loved ones, only to stab their targets in the back and consume their soul. These sort of creatures aren’t seen in reality except, perhaps, in a videogame or a horror novel. Instead, everyday, we are burdened by the “monsters” that are expectations, challenges, and our own minds. These obstacles aren’t ones we can physically fight, but ones we must overcome. As for myself, I would imagine an invisible voice that clings to