1. Internal Conflict
There are some internal conflicts deployed by Cecily von Ziegesar in this novel. Starting from the beginning of the story, the writer arranges this part.
a. Blair Waldorf’s Conflict
The story opens through Blair Waldorf‘s early conflict. She has two desires to get what she wants within her minds. They are her disapproval toward
her mother‘s new boyfriend and her desire to see her mother happy. Blair, as everyone calls her, has her minds mixed dealing with her
mother‘s new boyfriend, Cyrus Rose. She definitely resists the presence of Cyrus for stealing her mother‘s heart, Eleanor Waldorf. However, she can do nothing for
stating her disagreement in public regarding the fact that her father has left her mother the previous year for a man because there is likely an infamous divorce
among Upper East Side‘s society. Blair cannot directly say what is on her mind, because she does not want to let her mother disappointed. All she wants to do is to
see her mother happy. The man Blair was so upset about was Cyrus Rose, her mother‘s new
boyfriend. ... He looked like someone who might help you pick out shoes at Sacks
– bald, except for a small, bushy moustache, his fat stomach barely hidden in a shiny blue double-breasted suit. .... He had a loud laugh
and was very sweet to Blair‘s mother. But he wasn‘t Blair‘s father. p. 6, Blair thinks that it is unbelievable that her mother falls in love with Cyrus.
He is definitely ugly. It is embarrassed for Blair to have Cyrus in her house, in the Upper East Side, an exclusive area. Again, Blair just keeps her minds by herself.
As far as Blair was concerned, Cyrus Rose was a completely annoying, fat, loser. But tonight Blair was going to have to tolerate Cyrus Rose,
because the dinner party her mother was giving was in his honor, and all the Waldorfs‘ family friends were there to meet him. p. 6,
These incompatible minds lead the writer in this research resumes that Blair has internal conflict. Instead of saying that she dislikes her mother‘s
boyfriend, she decides to keep that in mind and pretends that everything is alright. The fact, that her mother gets better after she meets Cyrus, also makes Blair stops
saying anything that will break Eleanor‘s heart. The party is held on purpose by her mother, she does not want to ruin that. There is nothing that can make her
mother happy as good as Cyrus did, as Ziegesar writes, ―A year ago she wouldn‘t
have fit into the dress, but she had lost twenty pounds since she met Cyrus. She looked fantastic.‖ p. 11.
b. Daniel Humphrey’s Conflict
Daniel Humphrey, a pale and miserable man, is not the stereotype of the Up
per East Side‘s society. Daniel loves the main character, Serena, but he tends to think that it is impossible for them to have a relationship. Daniel has two desires
within his minds: his desire to say the truth that he loves Serena and his desire to stop his move to pursue Serena because he is not in the same status as Serena has.
Both are mingled. Dan, Daniel‘s nickname, deeply falls in love with Serena van der
Woodsen, the main character, at the first sight when Jenny had a party in their house. Dan adores Serena so much that he stalks her all the time without having
any intention to be detected. The reason why he does not show his true feeling is that they are in different status. Dan lives in Ninety-ninth and West End Avenue,
on the contrary Serena lives on 994 Fifth Avenue, a ritzy, white gloving building. They both just do not match. Ziegesar narrates;
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