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Maslow's Hierarchy Of Need Analysis

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What’s the difference between a character’s wants and needs? A character wants is something they can or can’t obtain, but can live without. A need is something that a character usually can or might not be able to live without.

How do these characters’ elements relate to growth and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
Intrapersonal stage and interpersonal stage, the characters value his or her own needs and usually bonds with vital characters. Between team and community, the protagonist meets and bonds with prevalent characters. Therefore, fulfilling the need to belong and forming a community. Lastly, the protagonist becomes self-actualized, since all the basic need are met.

Choose a character from a film, book, television show, or game, and discuss how the character transforms …show more content…

Does the character grow, regress, fluctuate, or stagnate throughout the story?
Intrapersonal: In the beginning, the character, Teiichi Niiya, investigates ghost rumors as his academy.
Interpersonal: protagonist meets a girl named Yuuko Kanoe, who reveals herself as a ghost with no memories. Teiichi, fallen in love with her, decides to investigate her death by looking through the school's seven mysteries revolving around her appearance. Teiichi and Yuuko discover the truth about these ghost stories while helping those who are troubled. Eventually, it is discovered, Yuuko has no memories and she forced her entire reason for existing into another dark form referred to as "Shadow Yuuko".
Team: Teiichi and yuuko meets Momoe Okonogi whom eventually joins. she is indebted to Teiichi for saving her from the Underground demon legend (which was fabricated by Yuuko) lastly, Yuuko's grandniece. She is the only character other than Teiichi and her own grandmother to be able to see Yuuko. She originally believed that Yuuko was an evil spirit until she learns the truth but was seeing Shadow Yuuko. The entire team begins solving the school seven mysteries into Yuuko

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