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were feeling guilty and confused. She felt guilty when she was abandoned by her mother. She blamed herself as the cause of her mother left her behind. The
confusion happened when Sheila was to decide to stay in a special education class or to join a regular class which means that she had to separate from Torey. On the
other hand, joining in the regular class was her dream. Furthermore, her research findings showed that there were some causes of Sheila’s psychological conflicts.
First, Sheila was a girl who used to make troubles due to her mental disorder. Secondly, she did not want to be separated from Torey because she loved her so
much. However, Sheila had to obey the rule of the school. In her study, Azmi 2007 said that there were some effects of Sheila’s
psychological conflicts. First, Sheila became a little girl who was afraid of failure, of disappointing someone, or even of making a little mistake. Second, she became
destructive to express her anger. Besides, Sheila became upset because of being separated from Torey.
Meanwhile, Imelda Liaury, a student of English Letters Study Program of Bina Nusantara University, also used the same novel to conduct her undergraduate
thesis. She wrote her study entitled An Analysis of Sheilas Character in One Child by Torey Hayden
in 2005. She discussed Sheila’s psychological condition in the novel in order to know what Sheila’s real behavior, her mental disorder
factors, and find out the appropriate treatment for her. According to Liaury 2005, Sheila’s psychological condition is caused by lack of secure and love from
her parents in whom she felt rejected and be unwanted child by her parents.
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Consequently, she behaved as a disturbed child who likes to destroy other’s precious things. She concluded that Sheila had mental disorders.
Quite in opposition to the previous studies, this study discuses the influence of teaching styles on personality development. The writer uses the same
novel, Torey Hayden’s One Child in which no one has ever discussed yet the influence of Torey’s teaching styles on Sheila’s personality development.