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
Curious is eager to know or learning to something. Veronika is seen as a curios person. A curious person is a person who has high desire to know and learn
about anything. Veronika is illustrated as a person who has big curiosity in her mind. She always asks a lot about everything. She always asks something she
doesn’t know or about something that she doesn’t understand. She asks people around her, but sometimes she puts herself to be asked.
“ What does it mean to be crazy? Insisted Veronika” 31. Veronika asks
this question to Zedka to know what is meant by crazy. That quotation explains that Veronika has willingness to know about everything. It also places her in the
similar position as a curious person. Her curiosity not merely shows by her words of asking, but also can be
seen in her actions toward other people. “She tried to disguise her intention as best as she could, but whenever she came close, they all fell silent and turned as one to
look at her” 41. Her action to get close to the community not only shows that she is an aggressive person but also she is a curios person. She wants to figure about
something and find the answer about what she looks for. In addition, Veronika is
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33 seen to be curious and want to know by joining one activity in the mental hospital
which is invited by Zedka. Do you want to watch? Insisted Zedka. She was going to step outside the
routine, thought Veronika. She was going to discover new things, when she didn’t need to learn anything more---all she needed was patience. But her curiosity for
the better of her and she nodded. 47 The quotation above moreover consolidates Veronika as a curious person.
By letting her to join the activity, she will discover new thing she hasn’t got before.
I want to leave here so that I can die outside. I need to visit Ljubljana castle. Its always been there, and I’ve even never had the curiosity to go and see it
at close range. I need to talk to the woman who sells chestnut in winter and flower in the spring…..I want to find out what extreme cold feels like, I , who was
always so well wrapped up, so afraid of catching a cold. 139
She is told by the doctor that her death is about to come. She asks the doctor’s permission to go outside. Her curiosity to find out situation outside
Villete puts her as a curios person.
e. Attentive
