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The quotation above shows that Jeb, a human, can give the protection which are needed by Wanderer. Jeb is ready to protect Wandere
r‘s life from anyone who wants to kill her because they have become friends. Wanderer knows that
her life can be threatened anytime because she is a soul that care for human. Jeb can protect her because he is the owner and also the leader of the ‗house‘
or caves. He has the power to create rules for anyone who lives inside his caves. Anyone who against him will get punishment or even death. Therefore,
her need of protection arise from her conflict with Kyle, which motivates her to live with human.
3. Motivation to Fulfill the Love or Belongingness Needs
The next level of Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs is love or belongingness needs. This needs emerge after safety needs are fulfilled. Petri
stated that it is include ―a hunger for affectionate relationships with others, a need to feel part of a group, or a feeling that one belongs
‖ 1981: 303. In this novel, it is
clearly described that Wanderer‘s care and love for human caused herself in conflict with her own kind and also with human. They can not
simply understand that the reason is triggered by her need to feel belong by people that she loves, which is human.
Jamie crawled up the mattress, worming his way around Ian, to put his arms around my neck.
―Sorry. Dont be sad.‖ ―Dont worry about it.‖
―You know I love you, too.‖ So sharp, so piercing, the emotions of this planet. Jamie had never
said those words to me before. My whole body suddenly felt a few degrees warmer. 2013: 537
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From the quotation, it concludes that her love needs are not satisfied before
she meets Jamie. Her love and care pushes her to face the conflicts in order to be able to live with human. She wants Jamie, the reason she came, cares for
her, too. Jamie cares about Wanderer as his friends. He fulfilled her hunger for affection by communicating with her. He also gives his care by giving
gestures that comforted her feelings. Thus, Wanderer needs for love is fulfilled by Jamie because she makes Wanderer feels that she belong to live
with human. Wanderer needs to belong or to be accepted by humans because she
loves them. She loves humans, especially for Melanie, Jamie, and Jared since she is
inserted into Melanie‘s body. It is uneasy because she faces both conflict with Seeker that hunts her and also with human that want to kill her.
These conflicts motivate her to live with human so she needs to be loved by human that she loves.
―I do trust you,‖ he whispered. ―With all our lives, I trust you.‖ And he had trusted me with every single human life. His, and Jamies,
and everyone elses.
―Thank you,‖ I whispered back. ―You did it,‖ he repeated in wonder.
―Were going to save him.‖ Jamie is going to live, Mel rejoiced. Thank you, Wanda. 2013: 616
The quotation above show that her need of belongingness isfullfilled by Jared and Melanie. Due to the fact that she is a caring soul, she is willing to injure
her arms to steal medicines. Moreover, her cleverness makes her find the way to heal in order to save Jamie from infection wound. She is not only
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succeeding to heal Jamie but also give them the medicines supplies to heal humans that are living there. Her brave action makes her love needs fulfilled.
Jared, Jamie, and all humans there are very thankful for her help. Jared and Melanie say thank you for her to show that they accept her. Her character that
is brave, strong, caring, smart, sincere, and persitence; and also her conflicts; motivates to fulfill her need of being a part of human community.
4. Motivation to Fulfill Esteem Needs
The fourth level of the hierarchy is esteem needs. This stage related to a positive, high evaluation of oneself. It can be divided into a need for self-
esteem which motivates individual to struggle for achievement, strength, confident, independence, and freedom whereas a need for esteem from others
include the needs of the social status, recognition, independence, appreciation by others of one‘s abilities, and a feeling of importance 1981: 303-304. In
this study, the writer focuses on Wanderer‘s need of esteem by others, how
she wants herself to be recognized as a friend of human. She is persistence and brave characteristics that help her through her conflict with Seeker and hostile
human. She needed to be trusted and appreciated by human for things that underlie her motivation to live with them.
Wanderer is a brave and persistent soul that enables her to help human, although it may endanger her life. She has no fear to steal medicines
from healing facility that are full of souls that can capture her anytime if they know that she is with human. She uses her cleverness to trick them by making
