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with a female Seeker that wants to remove her from Melanie‘s body. She
becomes a fugitive and is hunted by the Seeker. Therefore, she rushly prepares to go to the desert and brings only few supplies. Despite hunger and thirst, she
keeps walking slowly to reach the place . She stay persistent to find human due to the fact that her thirst and hunger are uncontrolable. When she is about
to die, she finally meets Jeb, Melanie‘s Uncle that gives her water.
We thought we heard a sigh. And then the water flowed into our mouth, and we gulped at it and
choked on it. The water vanished while we choked, and our weak hands grasped out for it. A flat, heavy thumping pounded our back
until we could breathe. Our hands kept clutching the air, looking for the water. 2013: 153-154
―We‖ in the quotation above stands for Wanderer and Melanie. It can be said that Uncle Jeb fulfills her need of drink. He gives Wanderer water although
she is a soul who uses Melanie‘s body. She is very thankful to Jeb for giving her water so she is saved from dehydration. She knows that if she lives with
them, her need of drink will always be fulfilled. She will be healthy and able to live with humans she loves. Her conflict with the Seekers motivates her to
be persistent in order to satisfy her thirst. Thus, her motivation to live with human is in order to fulfill her basic need of drink.
After she meets Uncle Jeb and other humans, she is contained the underground cave as a prisoner. She is in conflict with human because they
fear she may capture them. Humans in the caves of Pichacho Peak are afraid of her therefore they guard her there. However, they are still giving her food.
Food. They were feeding me? It was the bread
–a dark, unevenly shaped roll–that I smelled first, but there was also a bowl of some clear liquid with the tang of onions. As
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I leaned closer, I could see darker chunks on the bottom. Beside this were three stubby white tubes. I guessed they were vegetables, but I
didnt recognize the variety. It took only seconds for me to make these discoveries, but even in that
short time, my stomach nearly jumped through my mouth trying to reach the food. 2013: 185-186
It can be said that humans fulfills her basic needs of food. She is hungry
before she meets them. They feed her with appropriate food, the same food as they eat. If her basic needs are not fulfilled, she can harm Mel
anie‘s health. She can not show her care for them if she is hungry and weak. Food and
drinks that they give to her enables her to be healthy and survive. Therefore, her motivation to live with human is pushed by her basic need. She has a
persistent character that make her motivates to fullfill it. Moreover, her conflict with human affect her motivation because it makes her strong to bear
her hunger.