PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI THE INFLUENCES OF GOSSIPS TOWARD THE CONFLICTS IN CECILY VON ZIEGESAR’S GOSSIP GIRL AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By KRISTINA NIMAS WIJAYANTI Student Number: 094214093 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2013 PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI THE INFLUENCES OF GOSSIPS TOWARD THE CONFLICTS IN CECILY VON ZIEGESAR’S GOSSIP GIRL AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By KRISTINA NIMAS WIJAYANTI Student Number: 094214093 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2013 i PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI Maybe it’s not about the happy ending, Maybe it’s about the story. -Anonymous- vi PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI This undergraduate thesis is dedicated to The endless learners who never underestimate others. vii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My first gratitude goes to my Savior Lord Jesus Christ and Mother Mary. Their everlasting blessings bring me to a belief that nothing is impossible. Their bestowal on me is praiseworthy. I would also like to address my deepest gratitude to my parents; Thomas Sukardi and Supari Astuti Veronica for their prays and trust, my sister; Irena Sri Rejeki for her inspirations, my twin sister; Kristina Nimas Wijayani for her supports and enthusiasm toward my writing. Due to the process of this undergraduate thesis making, I deeply thank to my advisor, Maria Ananta T. S., S.S., M.Ed., for her precious guidance in accordance with my writing, and my co-advisor, Harris H. Setiajid, S.S., M.Hum., for his correction and suggestions. I also thank to all lecturer and staff in English Letters Department for giving ideas and helps for the last four years. Gratitude must also be given to the people who give me contributions in various ways during the accomplishment of this writing. Many thanks to my best friends who are always around, friends in English Letters, partners in All Plus – Purikids, girls in Podang 9, members of English Mass Community, colleagues in Culture and Tourism Office of Sleman, and other names that I cannot mention all here. Your contributions are priceless. Kristina Nimas Wijayanti viii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE……………………………………………………………… i APPROVAL PAGE……………………………………………………….. ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE……………………………………………………. iii LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI……………. iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN ORISINALITAS …………………………... v MOTTO PAGE……………………………………………………………. vi DEDICATION PAGE…………………………………………………….. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………. ix LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………... xi ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………... xii ABSTRAK…………………………………………………………………. xiii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ………………………………………… 1 A. Background of the Study ………………………………………. 1 B. Problem Formulation …………………………………………... 5 C. Objectives of the Study ………………………………………… 5 D. Definition of Terms ……………………………………………. 6 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW ……………………………... 7 A. Review of Related Studies ……………………………………... 7 B. Review of Related Theories ……………………………………. 10 1. Theory of Conflict ………………………………………….. 10 2. Theory of Gossip …………………………………………… 11 C. Review of Gossip among American Teenagers ………………... 14 D. Theoretical Framework ………………………………………… 14 CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY ……………………………………… 17 A. Object of the Study …………………………………………….. 17 B. Approach of the Study …………………………………………. 18 C. Method of the Study …………………………………………… 19 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS ………………………………………………. 21 A. The Gossips in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl …..………… 21 1. Gossips among Mrs. Bass, Mrs. Coates, and Mrs. Archibald ……………………………………………... 22 2. Gossips among Chuck Bass, Kati Farkas, and Isabel Coates ………………………………………….......... 24 3. Gossips among Rain Hoffstetter, Kati Farkas, and Isabel Coates ……………………………………………….. 25 4. Gossips among Chuck Bass, Roger Paine, and Jeffrey Prescott ……………………………………………………... 26 5. Gossips among Nate Archibald, Jeremy Scott Tompkinson, Anthony Avuldsen, and Charlie Dern ………. 28 6. Gossips in GossipGirl.net ………………………………….. 29 B. The Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl in Relation with the Gossips………………………………………………… 33 1. Internal Conflicts …………………………………………... 34 ix PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI 2. External conflicts …………………………………………... 38 C. The Influences of Gossips toward the Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl……………………………..…………… 42 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION …………………………………………… 54 BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………… 57 APPENDIX ………………………………………………………………... 59 x PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Gossips in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl …………………. 32 Table 2. Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl in Relation with the Gossips ……………………………………………………………….. 41 Table 3. The Influence of Gossips toward the Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl ……………………………………………………. 52 xi PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRACT Kristina Nimas Wijayanti, 2013. The Influences of Gossips toward the Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl tells about a girl who is gossiped by other characters. The characters who gossip in the story are not only the girls, but also the boys. The gossips are mostly about Serena’s return. Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl is appropriate to be analyzed because it also contains some conflicts had by the characters who are mostly teenagers. As attention seekers, teenagers, specifically American teenagers, often emerge conflicts through many ways including gossiping. There are three objectives in this research. The first one is aimed to find out the gossips in the story. The second one is to get the conflicts in relation with the gossips in the story. The last one is to see how the gossips influence the conflicts in the story. Applying a library research, this research uses some particular books as the main sources to answer three questions formulated. To support analyzing the story, some theories are used, such as theory of conflict and theory of gossip. The review of gossip among American teenager is also needed because it is mostly teenagers who deal with the gossips in the story. Meanwhile, an approach which is used to accomplish this analysis is a psychological approach. A psychological perspective is suitable to help understanding the story, because it is human’s mind and behavior which arises conflicts and gossips in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl. At last, the gossips are figured out in the analysis through the theory of gossip. The gossips found in the story are classified through the gossipee’s and the gossipers’ point of view. The second is the finding of the conflicts in relation with the gossips. They are classified into internal and external conflicts. Some external conflicts are also classified into direct or indirect conflict. From the findings from the previous analysis, the influences can be found. The differences point of view of the gossips takes a prominent role in influencing particular conflicts. Only the conflicts which are closely related to the content of the gossip, the gosipee, and the gossipers get influenced. The influences are not limited by the way they solve a conflict, but also the way they start, rise, and end. xii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRAK Kristina Nimas Wijayanti, 2013. The Influences of Gossips toward the Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Gossip Girl oleh Cecily von Ziegesar bercerita tentang seorang gadis yang digosipkan oleh karakter-karakter lainnya. Karakter yang bergosip di dalam cerita tidak hanya wanita, tetapi juga pria. Kebanyakan gosip yaitu tentang kembalinya Serena. Gossip Girl oleh Cecily von Ziegesar pantas untuk dianalisis karena juga berisi beberapa konflik yang dimiliki oleh para karakter yang kebanyakan adalah para remaja. Sebagai pencari perhatian, para remaja, remaja Amerika khususnya, sering memunculkan konflik melalui banyak cara termasuk bergosip. Ada tiga tujuan dalam penelitian ini. Tujuan yang pertama adalah untuk menemukan gosip-gosip yang diceritakan didalam cerita. Tujuan kedua adalah untuk mendapatkan konflik-konflik yang berhubungan dengan gosip didalam cerita. Tujuan yang terakhir adalah untuk melihat bagaimana pengaruh gosip terhadap konflik didalam cerita. Mengaplikasikan sebuah studi pustaka, penelitian ini menggunakan