37 she has preparation on it in order to make it done well. It determines that she is
careful on her actions. Another situation shows Veronika behaves carefully is occurring when she
tries to enter fraternity in Villete. “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. In order to enter the community, she tries to disguise her intention.
d. Self-Awareness
Self-awareness is having a clear perception of our personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. Self awareness
allows us to understand other people, how they perceive us, our attitudes and our responses in the moment. In this case Veronika is seen to be person who has high
self awareness each time she does something. “She knew she was going to die soon, why be afraid? It wouldn’t help at all, it wouldn’t prevent the fatal heart
attack; the best plan would be to enjoy the days and hours that remained, doing things she had never before “102. This quotation shows that Veronika aware of
her life. She knows that she has only few days remain. Due to her awareness, she wants to enjoy the days and hours remain.
How could she asked me that? What does she want, to understand why I was crying. Doesn’t she realize I’m perfectly normal person, with the same
desires and fears as everyone else, and that a question like that, now that it’s all too late could throw me into panic. 66
The quotation above shows that Veronika realized that she is a normal person like the others. She is really knows what is said by the women about her
was not true.
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38 In the other occasion, Veronika met Eduard. Again, she realized about
her death. She wanted to express herself freely standing naked in front of Eduard. Veronika was disconcerted at first and then realized that she had nothing
to lose. She was dead; what was the point of continuing to feed the fears of preconceptions that always limited her life? She took off her blouse, her
trousers, her bra, her panties, and stood before him naked. 132 The quotation above confirms Veronika who aware about what she is
doing in front of Eduard. She is aware that dead is about to come and she had nothing to lose about what she is doing in front of Eduard. This quotation, thus,
determines Veronika as a person who has high self-aware.
e. Romantic
