1993:99. The writer sees the incident above as a conflict, because the writer sees the disagreement between Pari and Nabi and between Abdullah and the father, Saboor.
Nabi is the man that brings Pari away, which is known also as her uncle. Some people may say that conflict should be the disagreement of two people expressed in a form of
utterance and it should be solved by compromising and negotiating together, but in this case that kind of thing is not the only one that involves in a process when a
conflict occurs. The writer applies the theory of conflict from the book entitled Collaborative Approaches to Resolving Conflict that also considers the struggle of
power as a factor that can express that a conflict happens 2000:2. One of the most important conflicts above is between Pari and Nabi. The
moment when Pari struggles to get lose from Nabi is the expression of disagreement that is expressed by Pari. As a kid she has no words to protest Nabi’s treatment upon
her except by kicking and screaming and it is clearly described by the author of the novel in the quote above. Although Pari has word, she is only a child who has no
power to stop Nabi’s action. The word that she says is only her brother’s name. She wants her brother to help her, in fact her brother is also separated from her by the
father. That conflict or event above gives an important effect to Pari’s personality. The
conflict that happens in the quotation above lets Pari suffers from loss. She loses his best brother. She also loses the figure of person that has a great affection to her at the
first time. In the next part of the novel, the author shows that Pari lacks of affection from a man. Actually what she wants is not just a man, but a man that ever pleased
and gave her the feeling of comfort which means her brother. That is the thing that takes an important part of the development of Pari’s personality later. The sign that
she suffers Female Oedipus Complex is also influenced by her need to be loved by a man, even actually what she needs is the love of her brother.
2. Second Conflict
Pari also spends her childhood in France with her stepfamily. She lives in France only with her stepmother, Mrs. NilaWahdati. Mr. Wahdati does not come with them
because he suffers from an illness. In France, she spends almost all of her time with her stepmother. That is why conflicts are so susceptible happen between them. The
writer considers that conflict happens between Pari and her stepmother, Mrs. Nila Wahdati, as an important conflict that affects Pari’s personality development later,
especially in driving her Female Oedipus Complex’s desire. A conflict that the writer provides is the conflict that happens within Pari herself,
the desire that she has. The desire that appears because of her stepmother’s statement that alludes Pari’s feeling. Stanton says that a conflict that Pari experiences is known
as an internal conflict. Here two quotes that have been provided before. Pari watched Maman as she murmured playfull, giggled at Julien’s jokes,
tilted her head and absently twirled a lock of her hair. She marveled again at how young and beautiful Maman was—Maman, who was only twenty years
older than herself. Her long dark hair, her full chest, her starling eyes, and a face that glowed with the intimidating sheen of classic regal features. Pari
marveled further at how little resemblance she herself bore to Maman, wit her solemn pale eyes, her long nose, her gap-toothed smile, and her small
breasts. If she had any beauty, it was of a more modest earth–bound sort.
Being around her mother always reminded Pari that her own looks were woven of common cloth. At times, it was Maman herself who did the
reminding, though it always came hidden in a Trojan horse of compliments. 2013: 213-214
On the quote above, Pari’s stepmother invites fourteen-year-old Pari to watch her having date with Julien. Based on the novel, Julien is the first man that Pari sees since
she moves to France. Later, she will always see him in her stepmother’s apartment since they are lover. The second quote below is the statement of Pari’s step mother
which hurt Pari. Pari who knows that she is not as attractive as her stepmother is praised by her stepmother. Pari sees that compliment as an allusion. Allusion which
come in hidden Trojan Horse compliment. She would say, You’re lucky, Pari. You won’t have to work as hard for men
to take you seriously. They’ll pay attention to you. Too much beauty, it corrupts things. She would laugh. Oh, listen to me. I’m not saying I speak
from experience. Of course not. It’s merely an observation. 2013: 214
After observing what Pari experiences through those two quotes, the writer can say that those two quotes tell that Pari is experiencing the inner conflict. The conflict
is Pari’s desire to be a beautiful and attractive girl against the fact that she is not a beautiful and attractive to attract man’s attention. Her Maman’s statement is only an
allusion and it emphasizes that Pari is really not beautiful. That kind of allusion is on the second quote.
Moreover, observing the first quote carefully the writer is able to say that Pari
has a problem about confidence when making conversation with a man. The writer also sees that Pari realizes that she is not physically as attractive as her stepmother,
Mrs. Nila Wahdati. Realizing that she is not attractive as her mother affects Pari’s confidence. It makes her so inferior in having a conversation with a man. The cause
of that problem is clear, because she compares herself with her stepmother, Nila Wahdati. The quote below clearly shows that Pari compares her look with her
Maman’s look. Sometimes when Maman and Julien were out, Pari would undress in the
hallway and look at herself in the long mirror. She would find faults with her body. It was too tall, she would think, too unshapely, too… utilitarian. She
had inherited none of her mother’s bewitching curves. Sometimes she walked like this, undressed, to her mother’s room and lay on the bed where
she knew Maman and Julien made love 2013:218. The fact about her beauty and her ability is inescapable fact. Pari knows it and
accept it willingly. However, through watching her stepmother’s performance in attracting a man in front of her emphasizes her that she is not as attractive as her
stepmother’s look. Her stepmother says, on the second quote, that she is beautiful and attractive, but Pari assumes that compliment as a “Trojan horse” of compliments. It
becomes a factor that triggers the obsession within Pari to be as attractive as her stepmother so she can get a man’s attention. This obsession drives Pari to express
signs that she suffers from Female Oedipus Complex later. The conflict becomes clearer by reconnecting those quotes which are provided by
the author in the novel. Pari feels a hesitation which affects her confidence. That feeling is a desire to be as attractive as her mother, in contrary her physical and her
ability to attract a man is not as good as her mother. Therefore, that is why it affects
