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5. Never-Give-Up Woman
Janice Templeton is also a never give up person, especially when she has to deal with everything related to her daughter’s nightmare. Janice will do anything
to obtain her desire to make her daughter feel happy, safe, and protected. She will never stop trying to achieve her goals, which are to take care of her daughter and
to cure her daughter’s nightmare. Janice and her husband try to take their daughter, Ivy, to a doctor and a
psychiatrist, because Janice worries of Ivy’s condition. The doctor and the psychiatrist say that Janice does not need to worry of her daughter’s condition.
They say that Ivy is expressing fears of loosing Janice 105. Janice also does not want to involve her daughter in the problems. She lets her
daughter look like a normal child. That is why when a lot of people try to talk about Ivy’s case, Janice sends Ivy to a parochial school for girls which has a
dormitory and led by Sister Veronica Joseph 194. Janice does not want Ivy to listen from other people about what happened to her when she gets her nightmare.
Janice wants to protect her daughter and wants her daughter’s behaviors are the same as a normal girl. However, Ivy’s nightmare becomes worse. Janice decides
to take Ivy back to their home. When the medical science and sending Ivy to a parochial school cannot help to
heal Ivy’s nightmare, Janice tries to go to the church and meets a priest. She tells her problems and confesses on her sins 134. She asks the priest to help her
daughter, but the priest cannot help her because her daughter has not been baptized “Your daughter, was she baptized?” “No, Father” 135. The priest only
suggests Janice to go to the parish priest, makes confession, and throws herself on PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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she has to change her belief. One night, Ivy gets her nightmare and Janice cannot overcome it. She prays to
God “Oh, God she said, nearly voiceless, her eyes blurring with dizziness” 141 and to Holy Mary, asks some help”Help me” she cried to herself “Dearest Mary,
help me to help my child” 141. Suddenly, Hoover comes and wants to help Janice. Janice thinks that her prayer has been answered “She had asked for God’s
help, and He had answered” 144. God has sent Hoover as a helper for Janice and her daughter. Janice will do anything in order to heal her daughter, included
opposing her husband’s way of thinking. Her husband is angry with her because of her reaction to let Hoover helps herself and her daughter. Janice is disappointed
with Bill. She thinks Bill do not care with their daughter. Janice says that she has no choice at that time. She is afraid about Ivy’s condition which will kill herself if
it cannot be stopped “For God’s sake, I was there, you weren’t Ivy was going crazy, I was afraid she’d kill herself” 172. Furthermore, Janice has a reason why
she did that “I had to let him in because only he could help her Is it possible you still don’t understand that?” 172. Janice wants Bill to understand and accept the
reality that only Hoover who can help Ivy from her unusual nightmare.
6. Reclusive
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