HIERARCHY OF NEEDS OF MEILIN LEE IN TURNING RED BY DOMEE SHI

Auleri, Sarah and Dahlan, Femmy (2024) HIERARCHY OF NEEDS OF MEILIN LEE IN TURNING RED BY DOMEE SHI. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the needs of Meilin Lee's character as well as explain the characteristics of a self-actualization person portrayed by Meilin Lee as the main character in the movie Turning Red. The writer applied the theory of the hierarchy of needs by Abraham Maslow. A descriptive qualitative method and psychological approach were used to analyze this study. The writer found 31 data in this study. Meilin Lee as the main character successfully fulfills five needs based on the hierarchy of needs. There are 7 data on physiological needs, 4 data on safety needs, 3 data on belongingness and love needs, 6 data on esteem needs, and 2 data on self-actualization needs. The needs that are difficult to be fulfilled are self-actualization needs. Self-actualization is the highest need based on the hierarchy of needs. Mei has to go through various things to get to this highest level. She had to try to get the money to buy concert tickets and cancel the ritual that initially made her family angry to go to the 4-Town concert she had been dreaming of. Then, Mei also goes through several challenges so that she can control her emotional feelings to control her red panda. After successfully fulfill the self-actualization needs, Mei is also known as actualized people and have specific characteristics that are different from others. Mei has seven characteristics of self-actualization. There are 2 data on acceptance of self, others, and nature; 2 data on spontaneity, simplicity, and naturalness; 1 data on problem centering; 1 data of continued freshness of appreciation; 1 data of democratic character structure; 1 data on creativeness; and 1 data on resistance to enculturation. The most prominent characteristics that Mei portrays are acceptance of self and spontaneity. Mei can accept her red panda because it represents her emotional feelings. In addition, Mei can also spontaneously express things that she has been keeping and not hide her feelings anymore. In conclusion, though Mei is still a teenager she successfully fulfills all needs based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This is because of the characteristics of self-actualization she has.

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