4.3 .3.6 Tom is more Introverted
Watson Lindgreen 1973: 300 verify about the parental influences: “personality pattern that persist are set by the way in which parents characteristically
restrict, comfort, admonish, instruct, and express acceptance and worth”. In line with study, Tom will respond positively to every condition in the family if Amanda treats
him appropriately. AMANDA: Didnt you call him your best friend down at the warehouse?
TOM: He is, but how did I know? AMANDA: It seems extremely peculiar that you wouldnt know your best
friend was going to be married TOM: The warehouse is where I work, not where I know things about people
AMANDA: You dont know things anywhere You live in a dream; you manufacture illusions Where are you going?
TOM: Im going to the movies. AMANDA: Thats right, now that youve had us make such fools of
ourselves. The effort, the preparations, all the expense The new floor lamp, the rug, the clothes for Laura all for what? To entertain some
other girls fiancé Go to the movies, go Dont think about us, a mother deserted, an unmarried sister whos crippled and has no job Dont let
anything interfere with your selfish pleasure I just go, go, go - to the movies
TOM: All right, I ‘will The more you shout about my selfishness to me the quicker Ill go, and I wont go to the movies Williams 1740-1741
Tom experiences a lot of conflicts with Amanda. He smokes and watches movies continuously to release his resentful feeling in his heart. These actions indicate how
he becomes more introverted than before. He is more introverted because he argues that the warehouse is ‘the place where I work, not where I know things about people”.
This fact also indicates that he does not want to share things with other ones. The PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
burden to become the family breadwinner has made him focus on money he can gain. Moreover, he just merely works on and on without trying to socialize.
4.3 .3.7 Tom is Adaptive
Although Tom is not getting along with his mother very well, but he can also join in a common conversation style with his mother Williams 1715. Here, I can
state that he is a person who wants to understand the situation to create a good speaking atmosphere. In line with Hurlock’s definition of development 1980: 2,
Tom has undergone the succession of progressive changes happen because of maturity process and experience. At this point, he is able to adapt himself to the
family. AMANDA: You mean you have asked some nice young man to come over?
TOM: Yep. Ive asked him to dinner. AMANDA: You really did?
TOM: I did AMANDA: You did, and did he - accept?
TOM: He did AMANDA: Well, Well? Well, well Thats - lovely
TOM: I thought that you would be pleased. AMANDA: Its definite, then?
TOM: Very definite. AMANDA: Soon?
TOM: Very soon. The above dialogues also show how Tom acts nicely to his mother. This fact affirms
that he is an adaptive person because he can handle his emotion although he has prior conflict with his mother Williams 1714.
4.3 .4 Tom’s Final Action as a Result of the Suppresssing Condition in the
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