and compromising, collaborating. Avoiding is eluding from the conflict when it becomes high tense. Second way is accommodating. It talks about keeping
relationships by placing one’s needs more than our needs. Third way is forcing. Forcing is placing one’s needs more than group’s needs. the fourth way is
compromising. It needs two or more people who back down to achieve a shared goal. The last is collaborating. It searches group advantages. Collaborating is win-
win solution p. 290-291.
B. Theoretical framework
The writer uses psychological approach and theory of conflict. The theory of conflict includes theories of intrapersonal conflict and conflict resolution.
Before the writer analyzes further about intrapersonal conflict of Kimberly Chang, the writer needs one kind of critical approaches as the basic understanding in
analyzing intrapersonal conflict of the main character. The writer analyzes this novel from the psychological side. Hence, the psychological approach is needed.
The writer also employs the theory of conflict to know what actually conflict is. There are two main types of conflicts. They are interpersonal and intrapersonal
conflicts. This study concerns on the intrapersonal conflict of the main character. Therefore, intrapersonal conflict theories are needed to study the intrapersonal
conflict of the main character. A theory on the categorizations of intrapersonal conflict which are explained by some experts is also used to see the kinds of
intrapersonal conflict experienced by Kimberly Chang in the story. The last is conflict resolution. Conflict resolution is needed because it helps the writer to
know how Kimberly Chang solves her conflicts.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter contains three sections. The first section is object of the study. Object of the study discusses about the physical description of the literary
work studied. The second section is approach of the study. It explains about the description of the approach and the reason for chosing the topic. The last is
method of the study. This section contains the description of the steps of work analysis.
A. Object of the Study
Girl in Translation was written by Jean Kwok. It was first published in
New York by Riverhead Book in 2010. Jean Kwok’s Girl in Translation is catogorized as the New York Times best seller. It also has been published in 15
countries and got many awards such as the winner of an American Library Association Alex Award, a John Gardner Fiction Book Award finalist, a Barnes
and Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick, an Orange New Writers title, an Indie Next Pick, a Quality Paperback Book Club New Voices Award nominee and
the winner of Best Cultural Book in Book Bloggers Appreciation Week 2010. Girl in Translation
contains 137 pages which consist of the cover, table of contents, publisher, prologue, and the chapters of story. The story is divided into
fourteen chapters. It is about a young girl named Kimberly Chang who moves from Hongkong to America with her mother. They move to America after
16 Kimberly’s father has died. At first they have a hope that they will get a better life
in America. However, the realities are not the same as their hopes. They have to live in a d
irty and cold apartment, They have to work in Kimberly’s uncle factory with low salary, Kimberly has to adapt to her new school which is very different
from her old school, and so forth. The death of Kimberly’s father and the situations in her new place bring a big influence in Kimberly life. The
intrapersonal conflict begins to appear in her life. She becomes an ambigious and introvert girl. In another side she also has a dramatic love story. In the end of this
story she gets almost all her dreams except her love.
B. Approach of the Study
This study uses psychological approach. The writer chooses psychological approach because it is the most suitable approach in analyzing intrapersonal
conflict of the main character. psychological approach sees the literary work from human phenomenon. Intrapersonal conflict also belongs to human phenomenon.
Therefore, in order to know deeper about intrapersonal conflict, the writer uses psychological approach as the approach in this study. Moreover, the writer also
implements psychological approach to know how Kimberly deals with her conflicts.
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C. Method of the Study
Library study was used as the method in this study. The writer gathered data by reading some books related to the analysis of the novel. The primary
source of the study is Girl in Translation novel and the secondary sources are some books related to the analysis of the novel such as books of psychology
theories, encyclopedia of psychology, and journals. There were some steps taken to do the analysis of the novel. The first step
was reading the novel Girl in Translation. Then, the writer finds the topic of the analysis and formulate the problems from the novel. The topic of this study was
an analysis of intrapersonal conflicts of Kimberly, the main character as revealed in Jean Kwok’s Girl in Translation. There were two problems formulated. The
first was what the intrapersonal conflicts of Kimberly, the main character of Jean Kwok’s Girl in Translation are and how she solves the conflicts. The third step
was finding the theories from books or journals in the library or web document. To answer the problems the writer used the theory of conflict which consists of
intrapersonal conflict and conflict resolution. Next the writer began to work on the thesis to find the solutions to the problems.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
In this chapter the writer attempts to answer the problem formulation. The writer divides the answers into two sections. The first section is about the analysis
of the intrapersonal conflicts experienced by the main character, Kimberly Chang in Jean Kwok‟s Girl in Translation. In the second section the writer analyzes
some ways used by Kimberly Chang to solve her conflicts.
A. Kimberly Chang’s Intrapersonal Conflicts
Kimberly Chang encounters many conflicts in this novel. She faces conflict in herself and conflict with other people around her. However, the focus
of this study is about the conflict in Kimberly herself. Therefore, in this section the writer analyzes the intrapersonal conflicts of the main character, Kimberly
Chang in Jean Kw ok‟s Girl in Translation. There are nine intrapersonal conflicts
which are analyzed in the first section.
1. Telling the Truth or Lying to Her Mother
Kimberly is born in Hongkong and she has spent her childhood there. However, because of her father‟s death, she and her mother have to move to
America. When she enters her new school, she has to be able to do all
