„ you tell me the answer.‟ „His relationship with his true father had been the deepest
Emotional experience of his youth, a feeling and dependence he had later transferred to me‟ Courage 242
How he depends on Bruce is the result of how he always depends on his father‟s strength in his childhood period. Philip‟s father, who always dominate, love,
care, and help Philip in solving his Problems has made Philip become too dependent on him. It is supported by the theory proposed by Lindenfield, which states, Parents
who always help their children will make their children too dependent on them Lindenfield 24.
3. On Philip’s Sexual Life
A Close relationship between Philip and his father does not only affect Philip‟s attitudes, but also influence his sexual life. The love of his father is very deep
in Philips heart. It makes Philip so fond of his father. His father occupies the deepest place in Philip‟s heart and the memories of their relationship are so impressed in
Philips mind. Philips love which is so great to his father streaks him so hard when he has to lose his father. No need to doubt that Philip has entered a period of stress as a
surge of his lost. Coleman says a child who experiences emotional period in his childhood
tends to have abnormal behavior. Coleman 117. This is what happens to Philip. He experiences emotional period when he has to loose the figure whom he loves and
admires of and it makes him fall into an abnormal behavior.
Meeting Bruce Quantock is the beginning of Phi lip‟s abnormal behavior.
S andford and Lough explain that if a son is not ready yet separated from his father‟s
reliance, when the father has been physically absent or emotional unavailable, he may choose a man who has a similar psychological type like his father. He will look for
another mentor with whom he feels a natural report. Sandford and Lough also state that a son then absorbs the knowledge of his mentor and imitates his personality traits
and mannerism to identify with him and fit the men tor‟s qualities into himself
Sandford and Lough 190. That is what happen to Philip. Bruce, who is a homosexual, is a mentor who
can make him feel comfortable. So, Philip then absorbs the knowledge of Bruce and imitates his personality, which makes him seamlessly enter homosexual community
of which Bruce belongs to. „I„m nuisance.‟ He whispered one night after a bout of harsh coughing which
brought color to his face.‟ Such as a nuisance…I wish were in Falmouth again and I was rowing you round in the sun.‟
„It‟ll happen again.‟ „Do you love me, Bruce?
„I love you very much.‟ „I love you too, I‟ll be well again in a few days, you‟ll see.‟Courage 133
Furthermore, as we know from the previous explanation, Philip is a person
who has the difficulty in socializing or making social contact. Philip also has the fear to socialize because when he is a child, he always spends his time with his father.
Coleman says that an abnormal behavior can also be formed due to a lack of interaction in the social environment. A person who experiences a lack of interaction
in the social environment will never develop himself. He will feel that no one can
help when he needs Coleman 117. They rarely make social contacts and choose to live with people the same kind with them Coleman 142. Kinsey also adds that a
person can be homosexual due to problems of the inner self. People like this as having personality traits that make it difficult to establish contact with others. And
they feel comfortable to come into a contact with people similar to them. Homosexuality is with them from sexual adequacies Kinsey
et al
633. The contented feeling which is felt by Philip toward his closeness with his
father makes Philip try to find a figure who is similar with his father. It builds the desire in him to make the relationship with the same-sex.
Walker states five factors that make a person become a homosexual. They are a conflict with the parent of the opposite sex, frequent conflict between a father and a
mother that may create a bad view of the children to all relationships of a heterosexual nature, boys and girls who are deprived of companionship with children
of the opposite sex in their earlier years and prefer to become homosexual than the children who have enjoyed the companionship of both sexes, the regular conflict
between rival brothers and sisters rivals that has made a depressed heterosexual companionship and an understanding between the two sexes, and the preference for
girls or boys on the parts of the parents that is likely to produce a similar favoritism in the children Walker 205.
Referring to the theory proposed by Walker, there are two factors that cause Philip become a homosexual. They are a conflict with the parent of the opposite sex
and a marked display of preference for boys on the parts of the parents. The first
factor is about a conflict with the parent of the opposite sex. As explained in the previous chapter, Philip has a poor relationship with his mother. He does not like her.
I hated my mother again for marrying again wit hout telling me first.‟ Philip
knotted his tie then his shrugged his shoulders. „But I‟ve always hated her, anyway. After my dad was killed I always thought of home as a place to get
away from mostly. My mother‟s had conceited sort of woman who gets fits of religion when she‟s nothing better to do. I used to try to love her when I was a
kid, but I couldn‟t. I couldn‟t, Bruce, and I can‟t now. That‟s the truth, whether I‟m ashamed of it or not.‟ Courage 122
This tendency makes Philip has a problem in dealing with women. Thus,
when Bruce asks about it, he says, “I do not know about that, he pondered gravely. or theres something in my own feelings, I have not got a straight.“ Courage78.
Philip also feels that he gets vindictive about woman and sees it as something that cannot be implemented for the more serious stage Courage 94.
The second factor is a marked display of preference for boys on the parts of the parents. Philip is a very beloved son of his father. Philip‟s father always involves
Philip in every activity that he does , so that he is able to maintain and control Philip‟s
life. He also helps Philip in solving his problem. „Everyone in Falmouth knew him,‟ Philip said and for a minute sat in silence,
shielding his face from the direction of the granite house.‟ I used to work with
him when I wasn‟t school.‟ He draw a deep breath.‟ I was seeing if I could still smell tar,‟ he explained.‟ Tar and timber when it‟s first saw into planks-
they‟re absolutely the best smells in the world..‟ Courage 126-127 …
„It‟s not a “physic‟. I wish it was.‟ He raised himself on elbow and looked detachedly at his chest.‟ When I was a kid I was ashamed of being so skinny.
Then for years my father used to make me do exercise with dumbbells every morning. He made me
row too, to give me biceps.‟ „Ah your father…‟ „I did some light- weight boxing at school, later.‟ He laughed lazily, with no
particular vainglory.‟ That ought to shake you-the though of me trying to be abig man.‟ Courage 125
The closeness between him and his father makes Philip‟s so fond of his father. He loves his father so much. He feels,‟ there‟s never been anybody else in my life
like my father,‟ courage 77. He also hopes,‟ I‟d like to be with my father again.‟ Courage 77. This tendency makes Philip want to find someone like his father.
„I used to pray that I‟d met some person – the one person – who‟d make me happy for eve. I used to try to imagi
ne him but I couldn‟t; he wasn‟t real, you see, though there was always something about hi that was like my father.‟
.‟ all I was sure of was of was that he‟d come through door and take me away with him….in a car or a ship perhaps.‟
„it was a kind of rape.‟ Courage 121 Philip‟s experience of overprotection which is done by his father who always
involves him in his activity to maintain Philip‟s life and bad relationship with his mother are two factors which also makes Philip become a homosexual. This analysis
is supported by the theory proposed by Bieber, which states a homosexual can also happen in a condition that a mother ignores their child and the father is too
overprotective Bieber 391.
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
