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b. The Interpersonal Conflict of Sanada Chiaki
1 Against Her Father
Sanada Chiaki was in the elementary school when her father started to abuse her sexually. He abused her when her mother was not at home or sleeping.
When she finally told her mother about what her father did, her father denied it and yelled at her.
He was my father. He liked to do filthy things. When I was in elementary school he even told me not to bathe. I really love you, Chiaki. So I want
lick all the dirt off you myself. It might feel really good, but there’s nothing to be afraid of. You mustn’t tell anyone about this, though. It’s our secret.
Don’t even tell Mama. If anyone finds out, they’ll take you away from Mama and me, so never, ever tell anyone, OK?
But I did, finally. In middle school I told my friend about it, and then I told Mama too. Mama talked to him, and he was standing there in his white
shirt, twisting his white handkerchief and listening to all these things she was saying, and then suddenly he started yelling at me. How dare you
make up such a disgusting lie? That was the first time I ever heard him raise his voice, but it certainly wasn’t the last. 95
Since Sanada did not have the power to fight against her father, all she could do was just wishing that it would end soon and her father would die soon too. This
can be seen from the following quotations: That’s why I’ve always just wished he would hurry up and die, and he’s
told me to drop dead too, lots of times. I really and truly wish he would die, 130
According to Worchel and Cooper, this brings an interpersonal conflict for
Sanada. It happens between Sanada and the power outside her, in this case is her father. The cause of the conflict, based on Isenhart and Spangle theory of causes
of conflict, is the interest. Sanada does not want to be abuse sexually, while her father wants to fulfill his sexual desire. Since Sanada is still in elementary school
when this conflict emerges, the style of approaching the conflict, according to
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Beebe, Beebe and Redmond, she chooses giving in. She does not have the power to fight against her father’s will. All she could do was just wishing that her father
would die soon. From all the quotations above, it can be seen there is an interpersonal
conflict between Sanada and her father. Her father abuses Sanada sexually and she could not fight against it. Sanada chooses giving in style, since she does not have
the power to fight against her father’s will.
c. The Interpersonal Conflict between Kawashima Masayuki and Sanada
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