Self-Actualization — A Critical Comparison between Antonia and Other Minor Characters

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10.2991/icsshe-19.2019.195How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Antonia, Growth, Self-actualization, Maslow, Need Hierarchy

Abstract

This thesis concerns on the theme of growth and self-actualization in My Antonia in terms of Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, studying characters’ satisfactions of different levels of needs and evaluating their developments. Maslow’s need hierarchy theory indicates that individual’s behavior is motivated by the five layers of needs, and the gratifications of needs parallel with and influence one’s growth and development. To some extent, the theory of human needs can serve as the generalization and summarization of human’s course of initiation and self-actualization. By comparing the heroin’s course initiation with that of other minor characters, the thesis draws a distinctive vision of truly self-realized person as Antonia.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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