it is a pity that she cannot afford for the blanket as the price is too expensive Briscoe 361. Using the money she earns from her Saturday job and cleaning job,
again Clare manages to fulfill her physiological needs which are considered as the most important among all human basic needs Maslow in Goble 38.
Carmen always asks more from Clare. Every time Clare refuses to pay for the rent Carmen will take serious actions. Her last visit costs Clare to lose her bed.
Coincidently, on the way to school from her early morning cleaning job Clare notices a furniture shop called Thoroughgoods. Her attention comes across a
delightful four-poster bed. When she asks for the price, the shopkeeper mentions that the bed costs £120. Clare tells that she does not have that much of money and
will never be able to afford it. Clare then bravely asks the man if it is possible to pay for the bed over a period of time. At last the man agrees and Clare hands him
£5. After the man promises that he will not sell the bed to anyone, Clare leaves the shop Briscoe 382-383. Based on Maslow’s theory, once again Clare tries to
fulfill her physiological needs.
c. Working as a Nurse
As she realizes that she needs much more money to pay for the bed and to give the rent to her mother, Clare then decides to seek for another job that can be
done at weekend. Clare implements the first category of adjustment which is called problem solving Braun, Linder, and Asimov 478. She seeks for the
solution of the problem she faces. At last she comes to the decision on applying for a nursing auxiliary at King’s College Hospital. She gets the night duty on
Friday, Saturday, and Monday from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. As a confident one, Clare
believes in herself that she can manage it though she might find the job hard later on. “We all had to attend the hospital a few days in advance of our start date to be
shown how to carry out a bedbath, give a bedpan and change a bed. It really was easy-peasy…” Briscoe 382.
Although Clare only works as an auxiliary nurse, she carries out the job professionally. She is always sympathetic to the patients in pain. As time passes,
she is then known as the youngest and most energetic auxiliary at King’s College Hospital. Moreover, some nurses and doctors comment that Clare appears to have
brain and in fact she is. Her progress shows that she is capable of handling the job, and as a result she is then able to pay towards her four-poster bed every week
Briscoe 384-386. By working as an auxiliary nurse Clare struggles to fulfill her physiological needs which become the primary needs among all human basic
needs Maslow in Goble 38. During her working days, Clare discovers that Monday always becomes a
difficult day for her as she always finds herself totally exhausted. Monday is terrible because after she finishes her night duty at King’s College Hospital at
about 8 a.m., Clare then carries out her cleaning job at Whitehall and goes straightly to school afterwards. However, it then becomes a routine that repeat
itself year by year and she never complains since Clare is a hard worker and a tough person Briscoe 387.
Two years of working as a nurse at King’s College Hospital passes in a flash. As her A-levels approach, Angela suggests Clare to take two or more weeks
off the cleaning job and also to book all her holidays on one go so that she will
have plenty of time to revise. When the first day of her exam arrives Clare finds herself calm. Though in fact she is totally exhausted, Clare works steadily through
the papers. She keeps on her mind that she still wants to enter university and pursue her dream as a barrister until she ignores her tiredness.
Eventually the day arrived for the first exam. I got up early and found to my surprise that I did not feel at all nervous. I worked my way steadily
through the papers. Some were easier than others. Inside I felt like a zombie. I still wanted to go to university and be a barrister, but I had
grown so chronically tired that I almost did not care. The last exam came and went. I did not go out celebrating … Briscoe 388.
Since Clare has a great motivation to enter university and become a
barrister, she even does not care about her tiredness anymore. Morris 408 defines motive as an inner directing force, a need, or a want that arouses the
organism and directs behavior toward a goal. Her dreams of going to university and being a barrister become Clare’s motivation that direct her behavior and keep
her struggling through the exams. In order to pursue her dreams, Clare then applies to a number of universities.
d. Going to University
