Veronika lacks of the belongingness and love needs

60 parents happy and proud of her. Then it can be concluded that her parents’ dream and expectation prevents Veronika to develop the talents and potentialities she possess. Therefore, Veronika cannot actualize her dream to be a pianist. Veronika is failed to fulfill the self-actualization needs because she is afraid of others’ judgment and opinion. This situation leads Veronika to the feeling of frustration. Her parents would still have loved her, but, afraid of hurting them, she had not dared to pay the piece of her dream. That dream as now buried in the depth of her memory, although sometimes it was awoken by a concert or a beautiful record she happened to hear. Whenever that happened, though, the feeling of frustration was so intense that she immediately sent it back to sleep again p. 94. Veronika sacrifices her dream just for the sake of other’s expectations and dreams. Veronika is not capable to fulfill her need. The quotation above emphasizes that Veronika is not satisfied with her decision to sacrifice her dream. The feeling of frustration proves that she is not satisfied with her decision to sacrifice her dream to be a pianist. Moreover, the citation above shows that her parents’ expectations and dreams is the factor that makes Veronika cannot fulfill the self-actualization needs. The environment of her family, her parents’ expectation and dreams makes Veronika cannot actualize herself. In her family, as her first environment, Veronika is taught to be an obedient child that must obey the parents to make them happy and proud of her, even though, she has to sacrifice the self-actualization needs. Veronika’s desire to make her parents happy can be seen through the way she ignores her dream to be a pianist. Finally, Veronika has to give up to what she has dreamed just for the sake of her parents’ happiness. In the name of her love to her parents who have given her unconditional 61 love, her dream to be a pianist must be buried deeply, Veronika does not want to disappoint her parents even though she has to sacrifice her own dream. That love asking for nothing for return had managed to fill her with guilty, with a desire to fulfill another’s expectations, even if that meant giving up everything she had dreamed of for herself… p. 69. Veronika’s failure to fulfill the social needs the love and belonging needs, the self-esteem needs, and the self-actualization needs leads her to commit suicide. Those unfulfilled needs influence her way of thinking about life. Veronika thinks that life is full of repression, disappointment and unfulfilled dreams. Therefore, Veronika views life from a different and negative perspective. Veronika thinks that life is not meaningful and beautiful, but life is a boring routine that will end in vain and powerlessness.