Hierarchy of needs and peak experience of Agatha in Soman Chainani’s The School for Good and Evil: The last ever after

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According to Maslow, an individual needs to have their basic needs gratified before they’re able to reach self-actualization stage where they make their action real. Therefore, an individual needs to fulfill his physiological needs, safety needs, belonging needs, esteem needs, and finally self-actualization. After they actualize themselves, they are more likely to have peak experience and its aftereffects that change their behavior and how they see the world. This research aims to identify the psychological growth of Agatha including hierarchy of needs, peak experience, and aftereffects of peak experience in Soman Chainani’s School for Good and Evil: The Last Ever After. This study focuses on the process of how Agatha gratified all her needs one by one in the hierarchy until she reached self-actualization stage as well as identify Agatha’s peak experience as a momentum of her to embrace her true potential as a queen of Good, and to find out the aftereffects of her peak experience as the impacts of her mental growth. The data is analyzed using the theory of hierarchy of needs and peak experience from Abraham Maslow. The result of this study shows that Agatha’s fulfillment of the hierarchy of needs, including physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization needs is successfully gratified throughout her journey in the story. After Agatha fulfilled her self-actualization stage, she was able to experience peak moment where she embraced her fate as a queen of Good. Agatha’s peak experience gave 3 out of 5 aftereffects to her, which are (1) Agatha’s view of herself, other people, and the world change in a healthy direction, (2) creativity and spontaneity are released within her, (3) Agatha apt to feel that life in general is worthwhile no matter what her circumstance is.

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Menurut Maslow, seorang individu perlu memenuhi kebutuhan dasarnya sebelum mampu mencapai tahap aktualisasi diri di mana mereka membuat aksi mereka nyata. Maka dari itu, seorang individu perlu memenuhi kebutuhan fisiologis, kebutuhan keamanan, kebutuhan sosial, kebutuhan harga diri, hingga akhirnya aktualisasi diri. Setelah mereka mengaktualisasikan diri, mereka lebih cenderung memiliki pengalaman puncak dan efek sampingnya yang mengubah perilaku mereka dan cara mereka melihat dunia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi kebutuhan hierarki, pengalaman puncak, serta efek setelah pengalaman puncak yang dialami oleh karakter Agatha dalam novel karya Soman Chainani yang berjudul School for Good and Evil: The Last Ever After. Studi ini berfokus pada bagaimana karakter Agatha mampu memenuhi satu persatu kebutuhannya hingga mencapai aktualisasi diri dan mengalami pengalaman puncak sebagai momentum dalam merengkuh potensinya. Analisis data tersebut menggunakan teori hierarki kebutuhan dan pengalaman puncak dari Abraham Maslow. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Agatha mampu mencapai semua kebutuhan dalam hierarki Maslow, yaitu kebutuhan fisiologis, keamanan, cinta, penghargaan, serta aktualisasi diri. Setelah Agatha mencapai tahap aktualisasi dirinya, ia pun mampu mengalami pengalaman puncak di mana ia merasakan adanya transformasi dalam diri serta caranya memandang dunia di sekelilingnya. Pengalaman puncak yang dialaminya pun memberikan beberapa afterefek pada dirinya, yaitu (1) berubahnya pandangan Agatha terhadap dirinya dan orang-orang di sekelilingnya, (2) munculnya kreativitas dan spontanitas, serta (3) ketabahan untuk tetap hidup dan berusaha walau di tengah-tengah kesulitan.