30 In the midst of her chaotic life in the hiding, Allison still managed to get a
better price of her house, Allison took a deep breath and plunged. “Okay, let’s try this. Tell Muriel
Steiger you want to counteroffer at seventy thousand. See what she comes back with. Maybe the buyer will take it, or maybe at least we can split the
difference, come out with sixty-seven five or so. If not, we may as well take the sixty-five and get it over with. Lord knows when another buyer’ll
come along and I need money real bad.” 157
From the facts above, it can be concluded that Allison is a perfectionist and a well planed person, who would always leave everything in order, although
she knew that she would never use it again. She does not want to waste her time to make a silly mistake, for example, leaving the garbage unattended.
4.1.3.3 Disciplined
Allison loves her daughter very much, but it does not mean she grants all her daughter’s requests. It is showed in one of situations,
“… I wanna see the baby kitties, Mommy.” Her voice took on a pleading tone.
Allison smiled. “Born, sweetheart. The kittens were born, not borned. There’s no such word as borned.”
“Born. Puh-leeze, Mommy, can I see the baby kitties? Allison laughed good-naturedly. “How can I say no? All right but just long
enough to take a quick look and say our good-byes. And you can’t touch the kittens, Angel. You can only look at them.” 184
The conversation above is shown that Allison always corrects the Stephanie’s mispronunciation. Therefore, it can be concluded that Allison teaches
a disciplined to her daughter in proper pattern. Then, she teaches a disciplined, how to manage the time and get cleaned.
Stephanie scurried away to the cereal aisle. “Can I have sugar Snax, Mommy? I won’t eat ‘em all now, I promise.”
31 Allison sighed. “No, you may not have Sugar Snax. They’re expensive and
they’re not on the Lampleys’ list, so we’d have to pay for them ourselves. I already told you, we’re broke.” 309
From the conversation above, there are two things that can be said about Allison’s discipline behavior. First, Allison cares about the Stephanie’s teeth
health. Second, she has to live in a tight budget.
4.1.3.4 Goal-oriented
She claimed that she has a low self-esteem as a result of being raised by an alcoholic and abusive father.
“…But I spent a year in therapy after my marriage broke up. I thought that was the final proof that I was a horrible person, when I couldn’t even make
my marriage work. What I learned was that the reason I married a man like him, why I put up with his tearing me apart the way he did, was because it
was so familiar. In a lot of ways, he was just like my dad, only as it turns out, a lot worse.” 133
Despite her weaknesses, she determined to provide a better life for her daughter, a kind of life she never had. Therefore Allison decided to get divorced
when she instinctively felt that her daughter’s welfare was threatened by her husband’s abusive behavior. She was determined to create a normal life for her
daughter no matter what it cost her. “…just maybe my four-year-old daughter can live a normal life someday.
A life where her own father doesn’t abuse her.” 29
Allison wants to create a new normal life for her beloved daughter. Thus, she will do anything to ensure her daughter’s happiness.
All she knew was that she would do anything, anything at all, to prevent something like this from happening to Stephanie. She was determined to
create a normal life for her child – an soon – no matter what it cost her. 270
32 Allison is described above as a goal-oriented person who has a strong
motivation to ensure her daughter’s safety. She will not allow anything to harm her daughter even if it will cost her own life.
4.1.3.5 Affectionate
