thing that represents her mother within herself. The thought about her difference causes the inferiority within herself.
The compliment uttered by her stepmother in order to reinforce Pari is useless. It helps nothing, it gives nothing, it just emphasizes implicitly that she is different and
never be as good as her mother. It just triggers a flaming within Pari herself. Being around her mother always reminded Pari that her own looks were
woven of common cloth. At times, it was Maman herself who did the reminding, though it always came hidden in a Trojan horse of compliments.
She would say, You’re lucky, Pari. You won’t have to work as hard for men to take you seriously. They’ll pay attention to you. Too much beauty, it
corrupts things. She would laugh. Oh, listen to me. I’m not saying I speak from experience. Of course not. It’s merely an observation 2013: 213-214.
Pari sees her mother as a superior and she herself as an inferior. The way Pari sees how different her mother and she herself affects her confidence, especially while
having conversation with a man. Moreover, it also affects her behavior. And yet, under his unrelenting gaze, she could not help her pulse quickening
and her belly tightening. She found herself speaking in an artificially sophisticated, ridiculous tone that was nothing like the way she spoke
normally. 2013:216 In addition, the decision of the author of the novel not to give one or two
boyfriends as a Pari’s friend explains that Pari has no any relation with boy or man, except with her Maman’s lover, Julien. In the novel,
it is emphasized that Pari has no other friend except Collette, which is a girl, who has been a close friend to Pari since
second grade.
She was going to her friend Collette’s house to study, she said. Her friend since second grade, Collette was a wiry brittle-looking girl with long limp
hair and nose like a crow’s beak 2013:218. Based on the facts that she has only a girl friend and the feeling that she feels
whenever she meets a man can conclude that Pari has a problem about her confidence when having relationship or just a conversation with a man.
3. Jealous
Another Pari’s characteristic that is shown by the author is the jealousy. The term of jealous has a meaning as an action that shows anger or unhappiness because
somebody that is loved or liked is showing interest to somebody else Oxford, 2010:802. In this part, the writer shows the jealousy expression that Pari has. Pari
does not show any anger on someone but she feels the unhappiness. As an example, she is jealous of her stepmother’s achievement. She is unhappy that her stepmother
gets the man that Pari wants, named Julien. Besides, the author of the novel does not
clearly show that Pari wants Julien through an explicit dialogue. The author shows it through Pari’s action that wants to be treated like how Julien does to Pari’s
stepmother. Sometimes she walked like this, undressed, to her mother’s room and lay on
the bed where she knew Maman and Julien made love. Pari lay there stark- naked with her eyes closed, heart battering, basking in heedlessness,
something like a hum spreading across her chest, her belly, and lower still 2013:218-219.
The statement above shows that Pari wants to feel what her stepmother feels with Julien. Pari wants to make love with Julien. She wants Julien. Moreover, this
statement below describes that Pari thinks that the reason why Julien still stays with her stepmother is because he wants to get close with Pari. The statement that provides
the reason why Pari shows the jealousy to her stepmother is explained in these two quotes below.
Julien took her to faculty events at the university, and Maman invited him to author readings at the bookstore. Pari tagged along at first-Julien asked her
to, which seemed to please Maman-but soon she started making excuse to stay home. She wouldn’t go, couldn’t. It was unbearable. She was too tired,
she said, or else she didn’t feel well. She was going to her friend Collete’s house to study, she said 2013:218
“I’ll bet he’s disappointed,” Collete said. “That you don’t go out with them.”
“Well, if he is, he’s not letting on.” “He wouldn’t let on, would he? What would your mother think?”
“About what?” Pari said, though she knew, of course. She knew, and she wanted was to hear it said.
“About what?” Collete’s tone was sly excited. “That he’s with her to get to you. That it’s you he wants.”
“That is disgusting,” Pari said with a flutter 2013:218. The first quote explains that Pari is always invited whenever Julien and her
stepmother Maman have a date. Julien, her stepmother and Pari often spend time together. It does not only make the relation between Julien and her stepmother closer
but it also makes Pari feels closer with Julien. Because of the closer relation between Pari and Julien, Pari shows jealousy whenever she sees her mother with Julien even it
is not shown clearly by the author. The second quote shows a clearer prove that Pari has a hope
in Julien. As stated before, Pari thinks that the real purpose of Julien is to get Pari, not her stepmother. Because of that thought, Pari does not like see her
stepmother with Julien and because of that she decides to go to her friend’s house
than to join their activity. By applying the three mental stages theory by Freud, the writer can say that Id
has the role in driving Pari’s personality becomes a jealous person. Pari has a wish to get Julien, because Pari loves and likes Julien. The desire to get Julien fully is
impossible to be realized. Julien is Pari’s stepmother’s lover and Pari cannot arrogate him from her stepmother. The pleasure that can be satisfied by having Julien as a
lover is impossible. One of the three mental stages that seek pleasure is Id. In this problem, Pari’s Id has a desire to get Julien as a person who can satisfy Pari’s desire.
The desire of Pari’s Id is the reason why Pari has hope for Julien’s love. She wishes that Julien wants to get her not her stepmother. Pari’s Id desire is illogical, primitive
and amoral 2008:28 because it wants the stepmother’s lover. Id is one of the mental stages that have no connection with the reality. Ego is the
one that has a connection with the reality. Ego has a power to follow the power of Id or reject it, because Ego works based on the reality 2008:29. The reality that is
faced by Pari makes Ego cannot follow the desire of Pari’s Id. Id’s desire which cannot be followed by the Ego shows a reaction, that reaction makes Pari become a
jealous person. In this part, the three mental stages that involve in Pari’s characteristic are Id and Ego which have power against each other.
As the conclusion of part A, the writer can say that in the novel And the Mountains Echoed, the three characteristics of the main character explained before
are the characteristics in Pari’s early life which is concluded based on what the author
