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;
Afterwards, Jenny told him that Serena went to her school, Constance, and from then on Jenny was his little emissary, reporting everything she‘d seen
Serena do, say, wear, etc., and informing Dan about any upcoming events where he might catch a glimpse of her again. Those events were rare. Not
because there weren‘t a lot of them – there were – but because there weren‘t many Dan had even a chance of going to. Dan didn‘t inhabit the
same world as Serena and Blair and Nate and Chuck. He wasn‘t anybody. He was just a regular kid. p. 49,
Dan feels so hopeless about his feeling. It becomes worse when Serena
leaves Constance. His minds try to trace a way, but the reality does not. The unspoken feeling disappears.
For two years Dan followed Serena, yearningly, from a distance. He never spoke to her. When she went away to boarding school, he tried to forget
about her, sure that he would never see her again, unless by some act of magic they wound up at the same college. p. 49,
The conflicts w
ithin Daniel Humphrey‘s minds are very contradictory. Even after the coming back of Serena to Constance, Dan still keeps silent and lies
to himself that he completely misses Serena. The time, Jenny tells Dan about Serena‘s return, he responds a mere falsehood instead.
Serena van der Woodsen. He took a long drag on his Camel. His hands were shaking so much he almost missed his mouth.
―Dan?‖ his sister squeaked into the phone. ―Can you hear me? Did you hear what I said? Serena is back. Serena van der Woodsen.‖
Dan sucked in his breath sharply. ―Yeah, I hear you,‖ he said, feigning disinterest. ―So what?‖
―So what?‖ Jenny said incredulously. ―Oh, right, like you didn‘t just have a mini heart attack. You‘re so full of it, Dan.‖ p. 48,
Daniel Humphrey is quite well aware of his position. This grabs him into
his conflict, which goes around in his minds only. He struggles against himself with two desires on his head.
c. Nate Archibald’s Conflict
Nathaniel Archibald, well-known as Nate Archibald, is the last character who has the two desires over his mind as well. He is confronted with the two most
gorgeous girls among other characters, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. His double desires are he loves both girls, Serena and Blair. He misses
Serena, but he cannot show it since he is Blair‘s boyfriend. Nate wants to get Serena for the second time when Serena decides to go
back to Upper East Side. However, he already has Blair as his girlfriend and he does not want to make Blair disappointed. He initiates his love story with Serena
at the time Blair goes away for her tennis camp. They both have their first sex, an unforgettable moment for teenagers, indeed. Nevertheless, Nate sways his mind to
love Blair after Serena‘s leaving to a boarding school. It runs well for years until Serena goes back to Upper East Side. Nate cannot resist Serena‘s presence,
although he is in relationship with Blair. He has to choose, a difficult choice. He seems not to have any intention to take side, but the story does not say so;
But today Nate wasn‘t even thinking of Blair. He wanted to see Serena was doing. Last night she had left message on the answering machine in
his room while he was watching a Yankees game with his friends. p. 75, Meanwhile, Nate is also worried about the truth that he does not tell to his
girlfriend yet that he has had sex with their best friend, Serena. He loves Serena, but he does no
t want to break Blair‘s heart at the same time. Nate feels so guilty that he does not have any passion about Blair anymore. This conflict goes around
within his minds. Even though it was raining out and he was freezing his ass off, Nate was in
no hurry to get to Blair‘s house. It was pretty ironic, really. Here he was, a
