Moana: ENFP [Disney’s Moana]
DOMINANT EXTRAVERTED INTUITION: Ne
Moana is in love with the world around her; this is seen from a very young age as she constantly interacts with the world. She is of a curious mind and sees things from different viewpoints than others. She isn’t quick to come to her own conclusions of the world, but is open to the ever changing patterns of the world outside of herself (Ne). She sees the larger picture beyond her society or the fear of the ocean many have. She is constantly looking for new and better ways to do things and that includes voyaging. From a young age she sees there is a whole world outside her village and her island. She needs to go out and learn about it.
She has classic Ne moments of discovery filled with enthusiasm that is contagious to the viewer. When she comes upon a new idea she lights up with excitement seeing the continual potential. We see this when she comes upon the ships, especially. Notice though, she isn’t one for details. She had the idea of setting sail and of discovery, but she never thought to learn to sail before her departure. She never really thinks her actions through before jumping to them.
Now, there is a possibility to argue that she reflected on leaving for quite a while before voyaging into the great blue yonder, but I disagree with this. She always wanted to go out to the sea, the only reason she didn’t is because her father said no. Even then she was rebellious and looking for a sign to leave. When she makes the choice to leave it is quite spontaneous and not thought through. She didn’t really reflect on the consequences of her expedition nor did she prepare for her trip in any way. She didn’t learn sailing, or pack much. She acted first and in Ne improvisation fashion hoped she could just adapt as she goes and figure it out later. She is not a composed J type, but a restless Ne dominant craving new experiences.
SECONDARY INTROVERTED FEELING: Fi
Her Fi is secondary so it is often a tool for her Ne. Her judgments are heavily influenced and shaped by her Ne experiences. In addition, her Fi can only judge based on her own experiences. Hence, why she doesn’t get why her father judges the sailing into the sea based off of stories and past experiences. Her Fi is not conceptual like Fe, nor does she use dom/aux Ni/Si to learn from these stories or take them to heart. She hasn’t experienced the sea and doesn’t see why a little danger should get in the way of a new future.
However, her Fi does make her alert to the judgement of her father. It is not the fear of disharmony (Fe) that this Fi user is feeling. She is feeling out her Ne ideas on people around her to see if her ideas (Ne) would be accepted. At no point does she agree with him nor believe in her heart that her societal duties should come first (Fe). Let us take a closer look at her lyrics in How Far I’ll Go:
I know everybody on this island, seems so happy on this island
Everything is by design
I know everybody on this island has a role on this island
So maybe I can roll with mine
I can lead with pride, I can make us strong
I’ll be satisfied if I play along
But the voice inside sings a different song
What is wrong with me?
We see she is aware of her society and the role she is supposed to take on. You don’t need to be a dominant Fe or secondary Fe to notice something like this. Fe would take her society and role into play in her decision making, but she explicitly doesn’t in these lyrics. She listens to the “voice inside.” This decision making process has nothing to do with her social role, her family role, etc. It has to do with her inner self, her Fi. She throws social expectations to the wind in order to make her choice! An Fe user would not feel like they have to play the role, the very role would be instrumental in their sense of identity.
TERTIARY EXTRAVERTED THINKING: Te
It is her Te, not Fe as many think, that pushes Moana to accept her father’s and societies priorities over her own. At least for a while… She gets the rationale that her father is looking out for her and her people. That in a practical way he is making the best choice he can and she respects that. She even tries to “play along” for him. Eventually though, her Fi overrides this and she takes off on her own journey. In her heart though, she cannot fake it for him any longer. Her Fi rises as she has to be true to herself. How her father wants her to rule and take on her role is not how Moana does things.
INFERIOR INTROVERTED SENSING: Si
Moana has a disregard for the rules of her people and how things have “always been.” The more her father tries to stop her from using her Ne, exploring the world and ever-changing-ness of it, the more motivated she is to disobey. She feels that her father is tying her down, despite his best intentions. This pressure to control her is a major motivator in her defying him and his rules. His constraints are on her very freedom and sense of self. Living the way he wants would not only get in the way of her Ne freedom, but it wouldn’t be true to who she is, her Fi.
It is interesting because ENPs often get confronted with the fact that they prefer the expedient choice over (Ne) the honorable one (Si). And this tension is very big in Moana’s story, but comes full circle. Her disregard of her father’s wishes and his way of life for their people is Ne overcoming Si, but she discovers that the way of life that she sees as new and exciting is in fact the true way of her people. The very things she disregarded, traditions, were the exact thing she was really looking for. This is true of all inferior functions for us all! We are just uncomfortable with our inferior function and something in our life must push us to confront and overcome our fears of our inferior function. For Moana, she had to explore her freedom and the world to come full circle. To see the responsibility she has to her people and the value of traditions. Her Ne helps her come to terms with her Si, as she sees that the new isn’t always in conflict with the traditional.
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