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Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace’s motivation to fight against their illness in order to cherish their life, not to fight against poverty, or to maintain a character’s dignity. The other study is an undergraduate thesis written by Brilyan Nilam Pratiwi entitled “Wanderer’s Motivation to Live with Human in Stephenie Mieyer’s The Host”. Pratiwi said that: The writer finds out the reasons behind Wanderer’s motivation using Malsow’s hierarchy of needs that are influenced by her characteristics and her conflicts. Wanderer is motivated to live with humans to fulfill her psychological needs, safety needs, love or belongingness needs and esteem needs. Pratiwi, 2014: xii According to the quotation above, Pratiwi states that the Wanderer’s motivation to live with humans is because of certain necessities that she wants to fulfill which are psychological needs, safety, love, belongingness, and esteem. From the study of Pratiwi, it can be related to the writer ’s study because the writer develops the concept of motivation to discover Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace’s motivation to cherish their lives which are to fulfill satisfaction, happiness and love in their life. The other study is an article “The Fault in Our Stars” Screenwriting Team Inspired by Personal Grief in a journal jewishjournal.com written by Naomi Pfefferman. According to Neustadter in Pfefferman claims that: Somehow, all of us go through life forgetting the fact that we’re all terminal. But these characters are acutely aware that their time is precious, and they approach every decision from that angle, which is a unique and compelling one. What I think is amazing is that at the end of this story, Hazel and Gus have experienced this great love so that they can die knowing they’ve lived a full life Pfefferman, 2014. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI The statement above shows that the motivation of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters to live their life to the fullest is because of their awareness that time is precious. This statement can be related to this study because it intends to develop the concept of motivation in order to find another reason of Hazel and Augustus’ motivation than their awareness of time. Another study is a thesis written by Rissa Egitia Yuniarti’s undergraduate thesis entitled “The Influences of The Minor Characters Toward The Main Character’s Motivation for a Better Life as Seen in Constance Briscoe’s Ugly”. Yuniarti said that: Her teacher’s kindness teaches her to never give up and to hold on to her dream. The treatments lead Clare to her motivation on a better life, where she can get the love she deserves, never gets beaten anymore and to live in secure financially. Clare’s struggle and survival in her childhood until her teenage life show her motivation influenced by the characters Yuniarti, 2013: x. According to the quotation above, Yuniarti emphasizes that the teacher of Clare who gives her motivation to her to get a better life. Clare ’s struggle and survival in her childhood is influenced by the characters. This study aims to develop the study conducted by Yuniarti because the writer analyzes the same concept of motivation, but the writer intends to analyze Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace’s motivation to cherish their life. Both of them give the motivation for themselves. Augustus Waters is Hazel Grace’s boyfriend who gives her motivation to cherish her life, never give up and to hold on to her dream.