While the third is a problem-focused form of coping that reveals the strategies dealing directly with the stressful strategies by applying problem-solving techniques to
decrease it. Further, Brockovich and Eliot 180 add that problem-solving skills may include isolating the problem, identifying the route to its obstacle, figuring out a way to get
round it, and fixing the problems.
5. Parental Love
Moore 8 defines that parental love is a parent feels for his or her children. This love is followed by a huge sacrifice of time, energy, expense and upset, as parent does
everything in their power to promote their children’s happiness. Even when problems arise in the relationship, as they inevitably do, the caring usually continues undiminished
because of the powerful ties built up over so many years.
Parental love consists of two kinds: father’s love called paternal love and mother‘s love called maternal love. Even though, paternal and maternal loves shares different
characteristics and even on the contrary of each other, both of them play a crucial role and should be practiced in balance Fromm 36. This matter is considered very important
because it determines their children’s psychological development. In this case, parents as the closest companions have big responsibilities for making the children secure in life,
guiding the children to cope with their problems, teaching them and becoming a good figure in order the children can imitate their behaviors. This is supposed to prepare the
children, as they grow older, to manage their needs and situation themselves. According to Fromm 36, the aspects of love consisting of knowing,
understanding, and respecting become the influential factors that affect their children’s personalities. These aspects are supposed to lead children to be mature. Further, children
often behave uncontrollably without considering the circumstances. It may possibly caused
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by their misunderstandings or the lack of parents’ attention to them. At this point, the good quality of communication between parents and children, as the manifestation of parental
love, should be maintained to keep the intimacy and harmony of the relationship. Moreover, a good family communication beginning with openness in which
children can disclose their feelings and attitude to the parents is effective to make them comfortable and cared in the present of the parents Noller and Fitzpatrick 17. Later, in
order to sustain the created intimacy in family parents can give the children their supportive messages including such behaviors as praising, approving, encouraging,
displaying affection, helping, and cooperating with children Noller and Fitzpatrick 201. The huge patience, hard work, reasonable boundaries which are based on love is needed
the most in this case. In fact, the existence of reasonable boundaries helps to guide children’s behaviors, making them feel more secure, and preventing them from becoming
too spoiled. Besides, if parental love is applied well, it may give good impacts on both the
children and the parents. For the children, they can live happily, grow up mature, and establish their self-esteem and trust. While for the parents, they will feel joyful, proud, and
relieved because they bring love as a gift from God for their children that is not merely talked about but also demonstrated. Further, as love is shared enjoyment that builds the
strongest bonds with children, the parent who excels in this particular area will always be very much loved. By taking the opportunity to be kind and loving, they earn the obvious
and genuine affection of their children, the most satisfying result possible for any parent. Without their children, many would feel a great emptiness in the very core of their
existence.
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B. Criticisms on The Road
There are some criticisms that arise toward Cormac McCarthy and his work, The Road. Criticisms are used to help the readers understand the novel so that they can get a
better insight about the analyzed novel. McCarthy, one of the greatest American science fiction authors, has written ten rich and often brutal novels, including the bestselling No
Country for Old Men, and The Road. In his interview with The New York Times, McCarthy reveals that he prefers literature works that deal with issues of life and death,
http:query.nytimes.comgstfullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DA163EF93AA25757C0A96495 8260sec=spon=pagewanted=3 accessed on 28 June 2007 at 9.44 am.
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road was published in 2006. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007 and was chosen as an Oprah Book Club Selection. In The
Road, McCarthy presents a post-apocalyptic American tale of survival and unfailing hope as a man and his son journey through the ruins of utter devastation. This novel is about the
strong spirit of human beings in solving their life problems. According to New Stateman, a United Kingdom current affair magazine, in the introduction page of The Road, the novel
is very dazzling and interesting. A gripping, heart-rending human story, which explores the depths of despair and
savagery beside the heights of love, tenderness and self-sacrifice. McCarthy has delivered a master stroke: this tale is beautiful, hypnotic, and terrifying real.
While Oprah Winfrey said that the novel is both gripping and inspiring because it explores the severe destructiveness, desperate tenacity and tremendous tenderness capable
within human civilization. It can grab the readers from the first sentence http:www.spokesmanreview.comapstory.asp?AP_ID=D8PIRE4G0 accessed on 9 June
2007 at 12.07 pm. In an interview with her, McCarthy said that the inspiration of writing The Road came during a visit to El Paso with his young son. He imagined how the city
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