distributive negotiation a person forces somebody else to do something in order to fulfill hisher goal. Kimberly forces her mother to buy her new underwear so that
her friends do not ridicule her anymore.
6. Conflict Resolution of Questioning Whether Matt Love Kimberly or Not
In the sixth conflict resolution, the writer analyzes how Kimberly deals with her intrapersonal conflict when she likes Matt but she does not know whether
Matt likes her as well or not. Kimberly likes her friend at the factory whose name is Matt. Matt is handsome and he has a good personality. However, Kimberly
does not know Matt‟s feeling toward her. One day Kimberly hears the conversation between her mother and Matt‟s mother. From their conversation
Kimberly concludes that the two ladies think that Matt and Kimberly like each other. That conversation creates intrapersonal conflict for her. On one side
Kimberly is happy beacause if Matt like her, it means that they have the same feeling. However, Kimberly also feels sad because she cannot guarantee that her
mother and Matt‟s mother‟s thoughts are true. To make sure about Matt‟s feeling, Kimberly finally tells her feeling. She says that she like him. After Kimberly tells
Matt that she like him, Matt gets surprised because actually he also like Kimberly. Matt has never told her about his feeling because he thought that Kimberly does
not deserve him. I said stiffly, “That was because I liked you.” Now, in profile, I saw him
smile. “Really? Sometimes I allowed myself to believe that. But all you did after we...umm, you know, in the bathroom that time...was ignore me.”
“You had a girlfriend, remember?” “Well, it didn‟t really help me get less confused. I‟m not like you, Kimberly. I‟m just a stupid guy. I‟m not some
hero from a kung fu movie come to save you from your life.” p. 104
Kimberly solves her intrapersonal conflict by using the second type of conflict handling skills know who is involved. Kimberly does not want to give up
with her feeling. After she know s the “key players” she decides to tell Matt that
she likes him. Matt is surprised with her statement but finally Matt admits that he also likes Kimberly.
7. Conflict Resolution of Staying in the Exhausting Life Cycle or Escaping
In the seveth conflict resolution the writer analyzes how Kimberly solves her intrapersonal conflict when she has to choose whether she keeps staying in her
exhausting life cycle or she escapes from it. Every day Kimberly has to do the same stressful activities. She has to study harder than her friends because of her
scholarship, she also has to work every day at the factory so that she can pay the debt to Aunt Paula. Kimberly really wants to escape from her exhausting life
cycle but she does not know how. Therefore, Kimberly decides to stay rather than to escape.
Kimberly likes a motorcycle so much. Someday she dreams of having one. When she is in the library, she takes magazines about cars and motorcycles. She
uses her interest in motorcycle as her “escape” from all her problems instead of really running away from them.
In the library one day, I picked up Car and Driver instead. Paging through the photos of glossy convertibles, I felt something open up in my head.
Car and motorcycle magazines become my escape. I wanted just to ride a Corvette into the wild night and not have to fill out the income taxes for
Ma, not have to be responsible for everything that was in English p. 73.
