John Green and The Fault in Our Stars Previous Research Findings

18 The researcher applies Maslow’s theory of needs to answer the first research questions. Maslow believes that people possess a set of motivation systems unrelated to rewards or unconscious desires. People are motivated to achieve certain needs when one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on. Each person is capable of planning and guiding his actions with a full awareness of their meaning for his own self-realization. The second research questions use Adler’s individual psychological theory, this theory believes that each person is ordinarily aware of the reason for hisher behavior. Heshe is a conscious of hisher inferiorities and conscious of the goals for which heshe strives. The more an individual resolves hisher life planning successfully, the happier hisher life will be. 19 The Fault in Our Stars What kind of life perfection that giving meaning to Hazel How does Hazel struggle to get her life perfection Theory of Human Motivation Physiological needs Safety needs Love belongingness needs Esteem needs Self-actualization needs Individual Psychology Fiction Finalism Inferiority Feeling Striving for Superiority Style of Life Social Interest Creative Power G. Analytical Construct Figure. 2 Analytical Construct 20

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design

This study uses a descriptive qualitative research. Creswell 2007:37 explains qualitative research begins with assumptions, a worldview, the possible use of a theoretical lens, and the study of research problems inquiring into the meaning of individuals or groups assign to a human or social problem. The result of the analyzing process is also presented in the form of words, clauses, and sentences as a replacement of numerical data.

B. Data and Source of the Data

Data source used in this research was taken from a novel entitled The Fault in Our Stars. Since this research is a qualitative research, the data are the expressions, symbols, words, phrases, clauses and sentences taken from the novel. The data were related to the kinds of life perfection that gives meaning to Hazel as the main character in the novel and analyzes the struggle of Hazel in getting her life perfection. The Fault in Our Stars was written by John Green which was published for the first time in 2012 by Dutton Books Penguin Group Inc.. Its luminous story has made it as 1 bestseller all around the globe. The novel has 313 pages which are divided into twenty-five chapters. In this study, the researcher also uses