The Influences of Gossips among Nate Archibald, Jeremy Scott

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 √ Kati Farkas, and Isabel Coates Woodsen and Blair Waldorf 4. Gossips among Chuck Bass, Roger Paine, and Jeffrey Presscott Daniel Humphrey‘s Internal Conflict √ 5. Gossips among Nate Archibald, Jeremy Scott Tompkinson, Anthony Avuldsen, and Charlie Dern Nate Archibald‘s Internal Conflict √ Gossips in GossipGirl.net are not included above because the finding shows that it is related to the previous gossips mentioned. It becomes the sources of the gossips among particular characters. In brief, the conflicts which are influenced by the gossips that have the same contents as in the website are the conflicts that are influenced by gossip in GossipGirl.net indirectly.