Hattie wants Sybil to steal the corn and peas. However, Sybil refuses what Hattie wants, for the consideration that stealing is wrong. Hattie also makes Sybil
embarrassed by talking loudly at the church functions, which embarrasses her by watching her mother’s voyeuristic, get some satisfying by seeing other’s sexual
activities and to shit on the people’s house yard she hates Schreiber 191-193. Sybil at the age of three, four and five has to follow her mother walking out
the house and walking apprehensively through the town Schreiber 192. It means that Sybil finds that accommodation is the safest way to solve the conflict, since by
accommodation she finally surrenders on what her mother wants and accommodate her wants. She feels that there is no best way to unravel the problems, because she is
afraid of her mother’s threat and what her mother will do toward her if she does some fights.
b. The Conflict between Sybil and Her Father
The interpersonal conflict between Sybil and her father, Willard can be seen when Danny Martin comes into Sybil’s life. When Danny comes into Sybil’s life, her
father tries to separate them. The conflict between Willard and Sybil is that Willard’s will is incompatible with Sybil’s feeling. It can be seen from the quotation below.
When Dr. Wilbur accused Willard of having wanted to break up Sybil’s friendship with Danny Martin, which had a healing effect on Sybil and which
could have developed into a marriage, for religious reason, the father took the umbrage. ‘I did only what I knew to right. I didn’t want her to marry out of
our faith, if she had been older, she would have been agreed with me’ Schreiber 248
The quotation above implies that Willard purposely breaks up Sybil’s relationship PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
with Danny. He considers that the best way for Sybil to have relationship is with the man who is from the same religion. This arouses the conflict between them. The
conflict here is caused by her consideration that her father already does the incompatible attitude that is by marrying Hattie, who has a different religion. Hattie
is a Methodist. And since Danny is Methodist, he is warned by Willard not to have relationship with Sybil. Sybil feels that her father is hypocrite Schreiber 146-149.
What Willard has done to separate Sybil and Danny makes Sybil sad. This situation makes Sybil dissociate into Vicky. The existence of Vicky is Sybil’s way in facing
the conflict. From the explanation above, it seems that there is no other way, except just
following what her father wants. It means that Sybil also chooses accommodation to solve the conflict. She accommodates what he wants to separate her from Danny
Martin. But, this accommodation brings her a deep pain, which she cannot hold on subsequently. Thus, she dissociates into Vicky. For years, she keeps the pain inside.
No body ever knows it. Finally, she can not bring that emotional burden. She escapes from the fact by dissociating herself.
c. The Conflict between Sybil and Parents’ Hypocrisy
