Veronika has an attractive appearance

35 “You see how far we’ve come?” said Veronika to Mari. “Some madman decided it was possible to grow flowers in winter, and nowadays, throughout Europe, we have roses all year round. Do you think even a Sufi master, with all his knowledge, could do that?” p. 100. Veronika’s logic thought prevented her to trust or to follow anything useless and beyond her logic. Veronika always used her logic to protect herself from being influenced by other people or other conceptions. Moreover, the author characterized Veronika as a curious person. Veronika always tried to know something in detail; she did anything just to find out the detail information of something that she really wanted to know clearly. “Veronika noticed her reaction at once, which alerted her instincts. Had she been here longer than she had thought? Was she still in some danger? She began to pay attention to each gesture, each movement the two men made; she knew it was pointless asking questions; they would never tell her the truth, but if she was clever, she could find out what was going on p. 26-27. Veronika’s reaction to the situation when she had a conversation with the two doctors shows that she was trying to know something in detail. During the conversation with the two doctors, Veronika noticed a change in the young doctor’s face and she became more aware of every gesture the two doctors made, and immediately she knew that there was something wrong with her. It shows that she is trying to watch for the details. Veronika‘s ability to think logically and critically has helped her to organize and plan something for her life. It enabled Veronika to live well-prepared and well- ordered. However, in the other side, her logical and critical thought led her to commit suicide. How Veronika’s logical and critical though influenced her to commit suicide 36 can be seen from her reason of committing suicide. Veronika thought that she would gain nothing by continuing to live and everything is wrong in this world p. 7.

4.1.5 Veronika is a sympathetic person

Besides Veronika is a logical and critical person, she is a very sympathetic person. During her life in Villete Veronika showed that she could be a very sympathetic person. She showed her concern when Zedka was getting a treatment, even though Zedka was a new person in Veronika’s life. Veronika screamed and shouted uncontrollably when she saw Zedka’s treatment. Veronika knew that the treatment hurt Zedka and so she did all she could to stop the treatment. “Veronika started calling to Zedka, shouting, threatening that she would go to the police, the press, and the human rights organizations. “Calm down. You may be in a mental hospital, but you still have to abide by certain rules.” She saw that the man was utterly serious, and she was afraid. But since she had nothing to lose, she went on shouting.” p. 49. Veronika was shouted to get the attention from the nurse, to make the nurse stop the treatment. Although that Veronika was threatened by the nurse and for a while Veronika felt scare, but she still kept shouting because she knew that the nurse would not harm her anyway, even if she would not lose anything since she is already dying. Veronika’s effort to stop the treatment proves that Veronika is a sympathetic person who cares about others’ suffering. On another occasion, Veronika also gave her sympathy to Eduard. Veronika tried to save Eduard from electroconvulsive therapy ECT. Veronika shouted when