Mentors teach us what is bad and good to overall protects us from danger. At the beginning of the movie when Riley was young it shows in the movie that Riley is running around. When she is running she is about to trip over a cord but, right before she does fear steps in and saves her. This shows that humans need other things to guide us to help us get through life. If fear was not present Riley would’ve hurt herself.
Mentors can give us mental support to complete difficult tasks. At the middle of the movie Joy was dragging