Sapphira’s Conflict as Reflected in Willa Cather’s Sapphira and the Slave Girl

By
Meta Lusiana
02026093


ABSTRACT

The title of this study is Sapphira’s conflict as reflected in Willa Cather’s Sapphira and the Slave Girl. The objectives of the study are, (1) to describe conflict in Willa Cather’s Sapphira and the Slave Girl, and (2) to describe the psychological factors that cause of conflict in the novel.

The research is categorized into a library research. The subject of the research is Sapphira and the Slave Girl and the object of the research is Sapphira’s conflict founded in the novel. In this research, the writer uses library method to collect the data. Besides that the writer also takes the data from the internet to get information completely. Then the data are analyzed by using Psychological approach by Abraham Maslow.

The result of this research indicates that first, the conflict of the story. It can be traced that there is a conflict between Sapphira and Rachel-Nancy. Sapphira hates Nancy because she is suspected having an affair with Henry. Because of that, she always finds the girl’s fault to satisfy her anger. Second, the psychological factors that causes conflict in the novel, that is. Sapphira’s personality and psychological needs. The personalities that are considered as the causes of the conflicts are jealously, suspicion, and bad-temper. The psychological needs that she wants to achieve are safety, love, and esteem needs.