The Conclusions of the Characteristics of Daniel Stone and Trixie Stone
75 The second conflict undergone by Trixie is the conflict between Trixie and
her ex-boy friend, Jason. The conflict emerges because they had different interest. However, Jason did not want to hook up again with Trixie because he did not
want to lose his bright future as a hockey athlete. In contrast, Trixie was still in love with Jason and wanted to hook up again with him. There was no conflict
resolution since before they resolved the conflict, Jason had found dead. The third conflict emerges between Trixie and her best friend, Zephyr. The
conflict appeared after their plan did not work as their expectation. Since Trixie had been raped, it triggered the conflict between them. They blamed each other
because it was their plan but either Trixie or Zephyr did not want to be accused as the one who suggested the plan. Although Trixie was so angry and disappointed,
she could still forgive Zephyr when Zephyr apologized. Meanwhile, it was not easy for her to believe Zephyr anymore.
The last interpersonal undergone by Trixie is the misunderstanding between her and Janice, a sexual assault advocate. Trixie thought that Janice was
only a sexual assault advocate that did not know how her feeling to be a victim of a sexual assault. Thereafter, Janice told Trixie that she was a victim of a sexual
assault so she also understood what Trixie felt. Thus, she advised Trixie to do some positive things as Janice had done to resist the depression.
2 Intrapersonal Conflicts Undergone by Trixie Stone
Trixie has two intrapersonal conflicts as seen in Jodi Picoult’s The Tenth Circle. The first intrapersonal undergone by Trixie is whether she should take her
76 clothes off or not. At that time, she lost the game that she had to take either her
bra or her low-rise jeans off. To resolve the conflict, Trixie decided to take her bra off in case that Jason would get jealous and they could hook up gain.
The second intrapersonal conflict undergone by Trixie is going to Jason’s funeral or staying at home. Jason’s spirit that haunted Trixie made Trixie reckless.
Since Trixie did not want to attend Jason’s funeral but if she did not come to the funeral, the spirit would haunt her. In contrast, if she attended his funeral,
everyone would underestimate her and talked about her. It was hard for Trixie to decide but to resolve the conflict she needed to choose one of them. Hence, she
decided to attend Jason’s funeral accompanying by her father.