4.2 Wisdom
Wisdom is the second good behavior found in this novel. Based on the theory of Virtue, wisdom is a good behavior. People who are wise can be seen from their
action, statements, and the way he or she takes a decision. A wise person able to put their understanding into practice
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Person who are wise will never do, say, or take a decision that can harm the other person. Wisdom is always in the same path with
care. In this novel, wisdom is done by Prym. She shows the wisdom by her
statement and consistence. She cares about the stranger, she realizes that the Stranger takes the wrong ways by tempted the society to do a murdering. She tries to show the
Stranger that the way that he took is wrong so that he can stop the plan. “I’m going to do what you asked me to do this evening,” she
said, pretending she hadn’t heard the truths he was telling her. “After all, you come to Viscos to learn about your own nature, to
find out if you were good or evil. There’s one thing I’ve just shown you: regardless of what I may have felt or stopped feeling
just now, you could have pulled the trigger, but you didn’t. Do you know why? Because you’re a coward. You use others to
resolve your own conflicts, but you are incapable of taking certain decision” Paulo Coelho: 63
In the night of murdering, Prym reminds the society by the history of Viscos. Viscos ever had a leader named Ahab. He is a brutal and dictator leader who will do
anything for benefit of himself include killing people who against him. But at the end, he met a priest named Savin. Savin makes Ahab realized that the way to get
something is matter. After telling the society, Prym related the history to the incident that happening in that time.
“Today you are trying to do the same thing: mixing lead with blood, certain that this will be transfromed into the gold we
women are holding. On the one hand, you’re absolutely right.
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On the others, the gold will slip throught your fingers as quickly as it came.” Paulo Coelho: 192
By telling the history of king Midas, Prym starts to apply the story into what the society try to do. Prym tries to stop the society by saying something that the
society doesn’t know that even they do kill Berta, they will never get the benefit from it. The gold bars will never be exchanged into money because only the
Stranger who is able to do it. They need the signature of the stranger to transform it into money.
“I’m telling you the story for one simple reason: gold itself has no value. Absolutely none. We cannot eat it or drinks it or use it
to buy more animals or land. It’s money that’s valuable, and how are we going to turn this gold into money?” Paulo Coelho: 193
Making a good decision and deciding the appropriate response to the certain situation is also part of wisdom. At the end of the story, Miss Prym encourage herself
to save berta’s life by giving a short speech that she belives can make the society change their mind. She tells the society about the bad probability that might be
happend. Wisdom is a good behavior to be applied in daily life. A good decision, good
respponse, good statement can help ourselves and also the others away from a hard situation. A wise person usually is the person who able to make a good decision,
good response, a good statement.
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4.2 THE EVIL 4.2.1 Selfishness
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