seventeen-year-old guy, about to have sex with his girlfriend for the first time hers, anyway. He should have been running. p. 129,
Conflict had by Nate Archibald is the last internal conflict, as the writer in
this research has classified before, described by Cecily von Ziegesar. The three of them have two desires within their minds. Blair has difficulty in stating her
disagreement toward her mother‘s new boyfriend because of his ugliness, at the opposite side Blair thinks that Cyrus is quite good for healing her mother‘s broken
heart from the infamous divorce, she wants her mother happy. Next to Blair, there is Dan who is despondent over his unspoken feeling toward Serena. He loves
Se rena, but he does not want to state that because of their social status‘ contrast.
He realizes that it is impossible for him to be in conformity with Serena. However, he keeps trying in silence. Last, Nate‘s internal conflict is presented. He
loves Serena, but he does not want to tell the truth to his girlfriend, Blair. He does not want to make Blair sad. Those contradictory minds are apparently blended.
Two strong desires are on fight within their heads; those are what make them named as internal conflicts.
2. External Conflict
There are more external conflicts in the story than the internal ones. The conflicts come as the plot flows. Here, the writer in this research analyzes them
carefully start from the beginning up to the end, the same way has been done in the previous part. The conflicts deployed are mostly between the main character,
Serena van der Woodsen and other characters, while there are also conflicts which do not include Serena within.
a. Conflict between Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf
Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen used to be best friends. They did everything altogether when they were younger. Blair feels that she has lost her
best friend ever. Nevertheless, it does not take so long until Blair realizes that she is eventually
very pleased with Serena‘s leaving. She gets all the things she wants in her life, being the one that everyone looks at. She has not really spoken to
Serena. However, the conflict arises when Serena goes away from her boarding school. Blair is so upset that she probably will lose things she acquires so far,
even her boyfr iend, Nate. Blair‘s struggle against Serena is easily guessed.
Though Serena rarely knows why the conflict occurs. At first, when Serena had gone to boarding school after sophomore year,
Blair had really missed her. But it soon became apparent how much easier it was to shine without Serena around. Suddenly, Blair was the prettiest,
the smartest, the hippest, most happening girl in the room. She became the
one everyone looked to. So Blair stopped missing Serena so much. She‘d felt a little guilty for not staying in touch, but even that had worn off when
she‘s received Serena‘s flip and impersonal e-mails describing all the fun she was having at boarding school. p. 22,
The conflict between Blair and Serena apparently starts by the time the
story opens until the end. Serena wishes to reform their friendship, but not for Blair. She keeps being selfish and gives unwelcome gestures due to Serena‘s
c oming. Blair is averse to Serena‘s return. This clash seems to have no end.
She Serena waited for Blair to smile gratefully for covering for her, but all Blair did was glance at Kati and Isabel to see if they‘d noticed the slip.
Blair was acting strange, and Serena fought down a rising panic. p. 30, Her jealousy also leads Blair not to invite Serena to the Kiss on the Lips
party which she organizes. Party is one of the things that Blair and Serena never
