crime in the class, their teacher still do not believe. Her teachers decide to have an oral examination to prove that Kimberly does not cheat.
Even though Kimberly does not cheat she still feels nervous when she is going to do the oral examination in front of her teachers. Fortunately, Kimberly
has to help her mother to finish a shipment the night before her oral examination. She gets back home late after two a.m. and she still has to study for her oral
examination the next day p. 74. She cannot study on the previous days because everyday she has to work in her school then she has to help her mother and study
for the next day‟s lesson. That night Kimberly experiences the conflict in herself. She is afraid of her oral examination on the next day. She feels really tired
because she cannot sleep and she wants to give up. There is only her mother‟s sleeping body to give her comfort. That night represents Kimberly‟s. She says that
the night is slightly wet and it fills with the taste of her fear. Beyond the circle of her lamp is only darkness. She finds herself close to despair that night but far from
sleep p. 74. Based on the situation above, Kimberly faces the first kind of double
approach-avoidance. There are two choices that Kimberly has to choose. The first choice is she gives up and sleeps instead of studying. The first choice can bring
advantage for her because she can sleep well. However, the first choice can also bring disadvantage. If she gives up and stops studying perhaps she will fail on the
oral examination. The second choice is Kimberly does not sleep at all that night and she keeps studying for her oral examination. This choice also has both
advantage and disadvantage for her. If Kimberly chooses the second choice she
has to face the oral examination and she will be sick because she lacks sleep. However, if she keeps studying she will be able to do her oral examination on the
next day because she has prepared all things well.
9. Keeping Her Baby or Having an Abortion
The ninth intrapersonal conflict happens when Kimberly and Matt have sexual intercourse. After Matt‟s mother passes away, he feels very sad and
desperate. He does not know where to go and only Kimberly comes up in his mind. Matt tries to meet Kimberly. When he has met her, he tells her all his
burdens and sadness. However, they never realize that their meeting will bring them to a big trouble. In the middle of their conversation, Kimberly and Matt
make love. Unfortunately, after their meeting Kimberly is pregnant. In this section, the writer will discuss what intrapersonal conflict experienced by
Kimberly when she knows that she is pregnant. After Matt‟s mother passes away, he tries to look for Kimberly because he
does not know where to go and Kimberly is the only one comes to his mind. He looks for Kimberly in her school but he finds that Kimbely is talking closely with
Curt. Looking at that, Matt decides to go because he thinks that Curt is her boyfriend but Kimberly tries to run after him. After Kimberly finds Matt, they go
to Kimberly‟s apartment. In the apartment Matt and Kimberly have sexual intercourse. Matt catches her by her sleeve and his hands are pulling her back.
When Kimberly clo ses her eyes she can feel Matt‟s arm goes around her body.
Even his hands are under Kimberly‟s shirt, stroking and tantalizing. He kisses
Kimberly and she feels like she stops breathing. Matt is filled with need. Kimberly thinks that he seems unable to control himself p.102.
Kimberly attempts to stop him but she cannot. She asks Matt to use double condoms to prevent any unexpected things happen to them. However, that
condom was useless for them because they did not notice that the two condoms were torn.
After he‟s gone and I was trying to get the stains out of the blankets so Ma wouldn‟t suspect anything when she came home, I stopped short, my
hands flying to my mouth . There were the condoms. I should have known. The two condoms had rubbed against each o
ther and they‟d both torn. What a stupid idea of mine it‟d been. Neither of us had even noticed p.
104. The broken condoms become a serious matter for Kimberly. She never
imagines that she will be pregnant after that incident. She does not know what she will do. She has never experienced this kind of thing before. Kimberly faces the
second type of double approach-avoidance. When she knows that she is pregnant she is confused as to how she will respond. There are two choices she has to
choose. Every choice has both pleasant and unpleasant features . The first choice is having the abortion. If she does that she will not be ashamed and she will not
have the responsibility as a mother. However, if Kimberly aborts her pregnancy she will do a wrong thing. The second choice is to keep her baby. However, if she
chooses that she will have the responsibility of being a mother in her teenage years.
