neediness

Laura is an older woman, highly educated, actively devout, intelligent, resourceful, good-humored and a long-time resident of a community that struggles to balance its relative wealth with the neediness of surrounding communities.

The character’s neediness and insecurities are cringe-inducing and hilarious, but his love for movies makes him sympathetic — or at least not completely insufferable.”

At other times, Poinsettia’s rampant neediness comes spilling out, resulting in anger or despair.

Without explicitly saying so, Goode reveals in Haddix and others a breed of human drawn by a dark neediness to these animals that nature designed to grow beyond their control.

But it quickly becomes deeper and more complex, as Donny’s own behavior becomes erratic, fueled by self-loathing and neediness rooted in shame.