After figuring out the gossips in the website, Chuck, Roger, and Jeffrey start gossiping each other about the disease had by Serena which is apparently
heard by Daniel Humphrey. Because of hearing the gossip unintentionally, Dan‘s internal conflict is influenced. Dan‘s two desires become more complicated
because of his believe that Serena has good characteristics. He really loves Serena, but the gossips make him hesitant. Nevertheless, at the end of the story,
Dan chooses to ignore those gossips about Serena and eventually loves Serena in an unconditional way.
Hence, the gossip in GossipGirl.net about Serena‘s disease influences Daniel Humphrey‘s internal conflict through the way Daniel hears them from
Chuck, Roger, and Jeffrey.
b. Gossip about Serena’s Baby
Gossips about Serena‘s baby bring Nate Archibald, Jeremy Scott
Tompkinson, Anthony Avuldsen, and Charlie Dern having a gossip. They gossip each other about Serena‘s baby in France just the same as the story in website
tells. Also for Rain Hoffstetter, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates, they gossip about Serena‘s pregnancy as well. Nevertheless, it is not as clear as the boys gossiping
about Serena‘s baby. Both of the groups share information to each other which is probably
from the gossips in the website. Those gossips destruct Serena‘s credibility.
Knowin g the gossips in the website about Serena‘s baby in France brings
Nate, Jeremy, Anthony, and Charlie to raise them by sharing to each other. As explained before,
Nate‘s internals conflict is influenced. Nate‘s desire to show his
unspoken feeling toward Serena disappears. The image of Serena is broken because of the gossips he hears from his friends. At first, Nate doubts the gossips.
However, Nate ends his internal conflict by neglecting Serena forever. He chooses to love Blair, his girlfriend, instead, because the gossip has made Serena look bad
for Nate. Meanwhile Rain Hoffstetter, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates gossip about
Serena‘s pregnancy. The website mentions that Serena has a baby leads the girl to think that it is possible for Serena to be pregnant when they look the way Serena
rest her hand on her stomach. Blair is there when they see Serena in distance and gossip about her. It is Serena that they friends stare, not Blair. That is why this
lead Blair rises her conflict toward Serena. She hates the way Serena gets her friends‘ attention and being the centre of attention.
The last table in the analysis presents a summary about the influences of the gossips toward the conflicts.
Table 3. The Influence of Gossips toward the Conflicts in Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl
No. Gossips
Influenced Conflicts
Influences Starting
Rising Ending
1. Gossips among
Mrs. Bass, Mrs. Coates, and Mrs.
Archibald Blair Waldorf‘s
Internal Conflict √
2. Gossips among
Chuck Bass, Kati Farkas, and Isabel
Coates Conflict between
Serena van der Woodsen and
Blair Waldorf √
Conflict between Serena van der
Woodsen and Chuck Bass
√
3. Gossips among
Rain Hoffstetter, Conflict between
Serena van der √
