extreme excitement in her thought, but the feeling is also strangely painful, like an ache her lungs p. 72
In this case Kimberly faces approach-avoidance. It means that she has to face unpleasant and pleasant things. When she hears the conversation between
Mrs. Wu and her mother she jumps into a conclusion that probably Matt has the same feeling as her. If Matt has the same feeling as Kimberly, she will be very
happy. However, if Matt does not like her, it will hurt Kimberly very much.
7. Staying in the Exhausting Life Cycle or Escaping
In the seventh intrapersonal conflict Kimberly faces the problem of her life cycle. Since she lives in America she experiences many difficulties in her life. All
things are different from her old place. She has to study harder than her friends because of her lack of English ability and her poverty. She also has to work in the
factory everyday after school to pay her f amily‟s debts to Aunt Paula. Moreover,
she has to face other problems in her school. Every day she faces those problems and she feels exhausted. Therefore, in this seventh intrapersonal conflict, the
writer will discuss what exhausting life cycle experienced by Kimberly and why it
causes the conflict in herself.
After her moving to America, Kimberly has to face many difficulties. She and her mother live in the country where everything is different from their old
country. Kimberly has to adapt to a new enviroment there. She has to learn English because all of her subjects are in English. Learning English is not an easy
matter for her even her mother does not have enough money to facilitate Kimberly
to improve her English. Kimberly has to study very hard to get the best school which provides her with a scholarship. She also has to help her mother in the
factory after school every day. Moreover, her Aunt does not allow Kimberly and her mother to go out from the factory and the apartment. Everyday she feels
anxious about everything. All she want is to have a break from the exhausting cycle of life, to run away from the same anxiety that haunted her. She fears of her
teachers, her every assignment, Aunt Paula, and the fear that she will never escape p. 73.
From the situation above Kimberly faces avoidance-avoidance intrapersonal conflict by Worchel and Cooper 1979. Kimberly is in the middle
of the situations that makes her have to choose whether she escapes or she stays and survives. Unfortunately, whatever her choice it will brings bad results.
Kimberly gets scholarship in her school and she has to be responsible with the scholarship. Therefore, she tries not to do anything wrong in the school otherwise
she will be dropped out from school. Escaping from the teachers and getting bad score in her assignments can have bad influence on her scholarship. However, if
Kimberly still survives there she will be so stressful. Kimberly also fears her Aunt because her Aunt does not allow her and her mother to achieve a better life.
Kimberly and her mother still have to pay debts to Aunt Paula so that they cannot look for another job and aparment. They also have not found the new apartment
yet. Thus, it is difficult to run away from Aunt Paula.
8. Keep Struggling for Oral Examination or Giving Up
The eighth intrapersonal conflict happens when Kimberly has to do her oral examination. Kimberly is a dilligent student in her school. She gets the best
score in almost all her lessons. However, there are some students that do not like her and they try to bully her. One day when all the students in her class are doing
a big examination, Tammy, one of the students who do not like her, tries to trap her. She lets a piece of paper fall down from her sleeve so that Kimberly takes and
reads it. While Kimberly is opening that paper, her teacher comes toward her and thinks that Kimberly wants to cheat. Even though Kimberly and her friend have
explained the truth, their teachers still do not believe them. The teachers agree to have an oral examination to prove whether Kimberly cheat or not. On the day
before the oral examination Kimberly has to help her mother to finish a shipment until 2 a.m. After that she still has to study for the next day‟s examination. In this
point she experiences the conflict in herself. She feel tired and desperate but she has to study to face her oral examination. Therefore, the writer will discuss her
intrapersonal conflict in facing her oral examination. In Kimberly school there is a group of girls who do not like her because
Kimberly has different style with them and she is also smarter than them. One day there is a big Physical Science test in Kimberly‟s class. It is not the easy test
because all the students are fearful of the test. Some of the students feel that the subject is difficult and they complain about it because they do not understand.
Sheryl is one of the students who consider that the test is not easy even she fails the last test. Curt thinks that this test will be harder that the previous and all the
