conflict. He says that a conflict is a special sort of frustration because it requires choosing among alternatives Warga 112.
Warga also states in his book about types of conflict within a self. There are: first is approach-approach because it involves making choice between two equally
attractive alternatives. The opposite of this is avoidance-avoidance conflict, in which the alternatives are equally unattractive. It means we are damned if choose one and
doomed if we do not. And the last is double-approach-avoidance; that the conflict involves such choices of good and evil on both sides Warga 112.
B. Theoretical Framework
In analyzing the novel, the writer uses six theories; theories of character and characterization, theory of personality, theory of conflicts, theory of dissociative
identity disorder, theory of parental influence on children psychological development, theory of motherhood. Theories of character and characterization will
help the writer to describe the main character and all her characteristics of this story. It also means that the writer will describe all characters and their characteristics
inside the main character. By using theory of personality, the writer will analyze deeper on the main character’s personality and her alternate. It helps to understand
what personality is before study deeper on the next parts. The theory of dissociative identity disorder is used to give clear descriptions about dissociative identity
disorder, being multiple, and the symptoms. Actually, this is the main theory in searching what kind of person Sybil is. Parental influence on children psychological
development will describe and answer about the role of family, especially parents, as PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
why Sybil personality splits. Because the writer believes that somebody’s personality is splitting because severe childhood trauma, and in this case parents give the biggest
contribution. Similar with theory on parental influence on psychology of the child, by
using the theory of motherhood, it will specify emphasize about mother’s role in taking care of her child. This is important, because in this story, Sybil’s mother plays
the biggest part in contributing of being multiple. It also her responsiblility of causing Sybil’s multiple pesonalities. The theory of conflict is very useful to give
specific details of the conflict in the story. It will also help the writer to show how main character deals with all conflicts.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter contains three parts. The first part is object of the study that states the physical descriptions of the novel. The second part is the approach used in
this thesis in analyzing the novel. The last part is method of the study. It deals with the research steps taken from reading up to the report writing. It also deals with what
the type of study undertaken, aspects of the topic, and how and where to gather data.
A. Object of the study
The object of the study is a novel entitled Sybil, the True Story of Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities by Flora Rheita Schreiber. Sybil was written in
1973 and first published in the same year and became bestseller. Sybil is the most controversial novel talking about Multiple Personalities, later called Dissociative
Identity Disorder. Because of its controversy, it was brought into a film in 1976 starring Sally Field as the actress and won an Emmy award. Thus, Sybil deeply
affected readers’ point of view in seeing the new term of being Multiple and of course its influence the mental health profession.
The novel analyzed was published by Penguin Book in 1975. The novel was written based on the true story of Dr. Cornelia C. Wilbur’s patient, Sybil who was
firstly considered as the patient with schizophrenia that had a history of blackout and emotional background, and then finally it was revealed that she possessed more than
