she tells her mother about her grade, her mother will be sad and disappointed. Kimberly really does not want to make her mother sad and disappointed because
Kimberly is the only hope for her mother after her father‟s death. The second
circumstance is if she does not tell her mother she does wrong because she lies to her mother and one lie can lead to another lie.
2. Moving into the New Apartment or Staying in the Old Apartment
The second intrapersonal conflict is about the conflict experienced by Kimberly in deciding whether she will move into the new apartment or stay in her
old apartment. Kimberly and her mother live in a small and cold apartment chosen by Aunt Paula. One day their neighbor says to them that the building in the block
and accross the street will be broken down by the goverment. Kimberly feels very shocked after she heard about that. She begins to ask why Aunt Paula does not tell
them about the goverment‟s plan and she also becomes confused whether she will move into another apartment or stay there.
As soon as Kimberly and her mother arrive in America they stay with Kimberly aunt. Her name is Paula. Aunt Paula is the older sister of Kimberly‟s
mother. Aunt Paula is the one who brings them to America. She also looks for Kimberly‟s first school and apartment. However, one day Mr. Al, Kimberly‟s
neighbor, tells Kimberly and her mother that all the buildings on the block and accross the street will be broken down because the goverment will build the huge
compicks . It means that their apartment will also be broken down.
“What‟s wrong?” Ma asked me now. She hadn‟t understood any of this. Mr. Al looked concerned. “Don‟t you know?” Sweetheart, everybody‟s
gradually moving out of here. This whole area‟s boomed. “What” I
sounded as confused as I felt. “Ended. No hope left. The goverment‟s going to build the huge compicks here. All the buildings on this block and
across the street are going to be broken down.” p. 31 Kimberly and her mother are very surprised when they know about it.
Kimberly does not understand why her aunt does not tell them about the goverment‟s plan while actually she knows about it. Kimberly keeps thinking why
Aunt Paula does not want them to know that the building will be broken down. In another part of her mind she also thinks what should she and her mother do if their
apartment is broken down. Kimberly is thinking all the bad possibilities about why Aunt Paula let them live in that apartment. The apartment is in a bad shape
and it is not a good apartment to live p. 33. Kimberly experiences the last type of intrapersonal conflicts by Worchel
and Cooper 1979 which is double approach-avoidance. There are two types in double approach-avoidance. The first type has two purposes. Both of them have
either bad or good features. There are also two purposes in the second type but every purpose has two bad and two good features. In this story Kimberly faces
two choices. The first choice is keep staying in the apartment and hope in miracles but if she and her mother still stay in that apartment, the building may be broken
down. The second choice is running away and moving into another apartment. If they move they will not suffer from any bad issues that may happen in their old
block. However, if they look for another place to live it is impossible for them because they still have to pay their debts to Aunt Paula.
