she will not get the second chance to make the right decision. Therefore, she knows that she should take its risk. It can be seen from her diary when she has a
chance to work abroad and she should leave her hometown. “I’ve realized that sometimes you get no second chance and that it’s best to accept the gift the world
offers you” Coelho 25-26. Four weeks after she arrives in Switzerland, she realizes that things are not
as simple as she thinks. She has a dilemma in choosing which way to do, when she has some choices. She can be a victim of the world or an adventurer who
searches for treasure. She chooses the second one, as an adventurer who search for treasure.
Maria chose to be an adventurer in search of pleasure-she put aside her feelings, she stopped crying every night, and she forgot all about the
person she used to be; she discovered that she had enough willpower to pretend that she had just been born and so had no reason to miss someone.
Feelings could wait, now that she needed to do was to earn some money, get to know the country and return home victorious Coelho 39.
In Switzerland, after knowing about her real condition, she does not want to give up. She is brave enough to face life to survive there and back home in
triumph. She dares to adapt with the new environment, as she says, I will die here. But before I die, I want to fight for life if I can walk on my own, I can go
wherever I like 41. Through personal description, it can be seen that Maria is a brave woman
who dares to take risk in every step she takes no matter what. She does not give up easily.
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4. Honest
Maria is an honest woman. She tries to tell what she is supposed to tell. She says what she thinks that it is right. She never hides her feeling when she does
not feel comfortable. She is not ashamed of asking of something that she does not know or she needs to know. Maria’s honesty can be seen when she is invited to go
to the restaurant to have a meeting with the Swiss man, Roger. She does not know what to wear. Therefore, she directly says that she does not have proper clothes to
go there. “I’ve just arrived from the northeast and I haven’t got the right clothes to wear to a restaurant” Coelho 22.
Another Maria’s honesty can also bee seen when she meets a person from the agency model. An Arab tries to impress her by showing some famous arts
from the restaurant. Maria directly says that she knows nothing about arts. “I’m not going to spend the evening pretending to you. I can just about tell the
difference between coca cola and Pepsi, but that’s all about it. I thought we came here to discuss a fashion show” Coelho 51.
When Maria wants to start working in Rue De Berne, she is asked by Milan, the owner of the club to talk to some girls in the club about the job and the
situation. However, she just sits in the bar without knowing what to do. Then, there is a Brazilian woman comes over to her and asks why she decides to work in
the club. Maria answers the question directly without thinking and her honest answer shocks the Brazilian woman. “To be honest, I don’t know where to start or
if I want to start” Coelho 65. 33
As a prostitute, accidentally she meets a painter who asks her to stay because he is interested to paint her face. After the painting time, they discuss
everything until the painter knows about her profession. Thinking that Raft speaks negatively about her profession, she begins to feel uncomfortable with it.
Listen, Mr. Hart, I may be a Brazilian, but I’ve lived in Switzerland for nine months now. I’ve learned that the reason the Swiss are so discreet is
because they live in a very small country where almost everyone knows everyone else, as we have just discovered, which is why no one ever asks
what other people do. Your remark was both inappropriate and very rude, but if your aim was to humiliate me in order to make yourself feel better,
you’re wasting your time. Thanks for the anisette, which is disgusting, by the way, but which I will drink to the last drop. I will then smoke a
cigarette, and finally, I’ll get up and leave. But you can leave right now, if you want; we can have famous painters sitting at the same table as a
prostitute. Because that’s what I am, you see prostitute. I’m a prostitute through and through, from head to toe and I don’t care who knows. That’s
my one great virtue: I refuse to deceive myself or you. Because it’s not worth it, because you don’t merit a lie Coelho 103 – 104.
From the text above, it is obvious that Maria is an honest person. It can be seen from her speech and her reaction in responding to everybody. She is not
afraid of giving any direct answer of anything whether it is good or bad.
5. Lonely
Maria is a lonely woman. In her life, Maria always thinks that she is a lonely person. She feels nobody around her. She does not feel comfortable talking
with her mom because her mom cannot give her reasonable explanation in the conversation. Therefore, Maria always feels lonely at home because she has
nobody to talk to in the house. “Now, you’re a young woman.”
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