30 She saw the woman bending over her bound body, which was full of tubes
and protected against her will. She openly expressed desire to destroy it. She moves her head from side to side, pleading with her eyes for them to
remove the tubes and let her die in peace. 15
Those quotations above thus states she show When Veronika talks to Eduard, she shows that she is such an aggressive woman. Aggressive person is defined that a
person ready or likely to attack or quarrel. “
I could fall in love right now and give everything I have to you,” she said, knowing that he couldn’t understand her. “all you ask from me is a little
music, but I am much more that I ever thought I was, and I would like to share other things with you that I have only just begun to understand.”
Eduard smiled. Had she understood Veronika felt afraid-all the manuals of good behavior say that you should never speak of love so directly, never
to a man barely know. But she decided to continue, because she had nothing to lose. 130-131
According to the quotation above shows that Veronika tries to express her feeling to Eduard even though Eduard doesn’t give any reactions. No matter how
Eduard gives reactions, she has intention to continue expressing her feeling to
Eduard.
b. Stubborn
Stubborn refer to not to change about one’s attitude or position or sometimes determined as have a strong will. Veronika is illustrated as a stubborn
person. “What’s all got to do with me? Thought Veronika, unable to say anything. I’m not your aunt and I haven’t got a husband 14.” Based on the quotation, her
reaction to what the nurse saying implies that she is still in her intention to commit suicide. Here, we can see the similarity part of a person which is defined as
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31 stubborn and what Veronika has done. She still holds on to her desire to commit
suicide. It shows that she has a strong will, which is to commit suicide. In another occasion in the hospital, she seems to be a stubborn person in
front of Dr. Igor. “Please, Dr. Igor, let me live a little of the time remaining to me, because we both know that tomorrow will be too late 141.” The quotation
illustrates Veronika stiff-necked to stay awake of her remaining time even though doctor command her to take a rest.
c. Thoughtful
In addition to be careful, Veronika is also seen as a thoughtful person. Thoughtful refers to thinking deeply about something. In the beginning of the
story, Veronika is illustrated to put several thoughts while she is committing to suicide. Veronika begins with taking the time to give full attention to the matter at
her hand. Its about taking a breath before acting, allowing for a moment of awareness before making a decision. Veronika always think deeply and review of
what is happening and before doing something. After the incident with the fraternity, she had sometimes thought: If I had
choice, if I had understood each earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps…. 46
This quotation determines that Veronika always put deep consideration on something before it leads her to a decision. In another occasion, Veronika is seen
to think about what she has experienced in the asylum. “She could almost touch the destructive energy leaking out of her body. She allowed the feeling to emerge,
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32 regardless of whether it was good or bad; she was sick of self-control, of masks,
of appropriate behavior” 67-68. Veronika hated everything, but mainly she hated the way she had lived
her life, never bothering to discover the hundreds of other Veronikas who lived inside her and who were interesting, crazy, curious, brave, bold 68.
d. Curious
