Lord Of The Flies Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

There are basic needs that every human being requires. The basic needs are shown through Maslow 's Hierarchy of Needs, which describe the basic needs for human survival. It is shown in a pyramid that a person must fulfill one level of needs, in order to fulfill the next. The needs do not need to be mastered, just met. To live a completely fulfilled life, one must master all five needs. Santiago has reached all needs, but some needs are covered better than others. He has barely fulfilled the base need, biological and physiological. Biological and physiological needs include air, drink, food, and sleep. “But they went through this fiction every day. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too” (Hemingway 18). “For a long time now eating had bored him and he never carried a lunch. He had a bottle of water in the bow of the skiff and that was all he needed for the day” (Hemingway 26). As shown through these quotes, Santiago eats and drinks the minimal amount. The bottle of water that he keeps in the boat, the bottle that should last him a day, lasted Santiago the three days out at sea catching the marlin. He still fulfills the need because he eats, drinks, and sleeps as his body needs; however, he does not eat and drink a lot. While he was …show more content…
“… and the boys had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish in the first week” (Hemingway 13). Manolin had said that his boat fishes closer to the shore; Santiago called Manolin’s boat a lucky boat. It is a cause and effect. He fishes far from the shore and catches nothing. Manolin fishes close to the shore and catches many good fish. If Santiago starts to fish closer to the shore, he should start to catch more fish like the other boat. By changing this, he will catch more fish, making his catches more consistent. In turn, this change will give him more stability because he has more fish to sell and