Nate Archibald’s Conflict

asks her to go right to his suite to clean her dress for being sloshed onto by her Cosmo sort of beverages. Their conflict appears. Chuck has apparently strong desire to seduce Serena over his mind. Nevertheless, it does not ensue. Serena resists what Chuck has been done for her as a persuasive act. Serena insists to go back home and Chuck cannot do anything anymore. Chuck is overly mad about this: ―Whatever,‖ Chuck said. He leaned into the cab and pressed Serena against the seat. ―What‘s your problem anyway?‖ he hissed. ―You‘ve been fucking Nate Archibald since tenth grade, and I‘m sure you did just about every guy at boarding school, and in France, too. What, are you like, too good to give me some?‖ p. 136, Serena is disappointed with what Chuck has screamed. They used to be friends, but not anymore. Serena‘s friendship with her old friends just end. This conflict leads Serena into a hopeless life. The way Chuck has done to underrate Serena is conscious. Chuck‘s desire toward Serena has a goal, to seduce Serena. This conflict has the same type as the conflict between Serena and her other friends, a direct conflict. To make all the explanation above clear, the writer in this research makes a table summing up the conflicts in the story in relation with the gossips. Table 2 . Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl in Relation with the Gossips No. Conflicts Internal Conflict External Conflicts Direct Conflict Indirect Conflict 1. Blair Waldorf‘s Conflict √ 2. Daniel Humphrey‘s Conflict √ 3. Nate Archibald‘s Conflict √ 4. Conflict between √ Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf 5. Conflict between Serena van der Woodsen and Chuck Bass √ The conflicts presents above are related to the gossips described in the previous analysis. All the character which have conflicts is included among the gossips, whether they are the gossipee or the gossiper. In external conflicts, they are also classified as direct conflict. The effort of someone to restrain the other to attain particular goal makes them belong to direct conflict.

C. The Influences of Gossips toward the Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s

Gossip Girl The last analysis goes to the last question formulated in the second chapter. This part is done to figure out how gossips influence the conflicts. Consciously or unconsciously, it is common for men to act to influence the conflicts, including gossiping. The way something influences one another can be resulted in many ways. The gossips influence the conflict not only in solving the problem only, but also in several ways. In this analysis, the influences which happen includes how certain conflict starts, rises, and even ends. Their influences are not limited with the resolution of a plot only. They cover from the beginning till the ending of a conflict Drever defines influence as any past or present condition, experienced as or actually playing a part in determining one behavior, or course of thought in the present 1958:134.