Difference between revisions of "The Girl Who Looked Up"

The story is then repeated to Shallan by [[Hoid]] while she is [[Kholinar]], after discovering her attempts at helping the native residents had failed.{{book ref|sa3|82}}

 

Even though it is an open ended story, with many different interpretations, both Shallan's and Hoid's tellings might have some special meaning behind them.

 

As she tells the story in Urithuru, the writing and various details indicate that it was meant to be a hopeful tale, with an unfortunate end. This is in line with Shallan's thinking at the time, with her new found power, and the struggle between her identities. She ends the story right as the storms destroy the wall, and stopping there. The audience she summons also indicates that she feels the eye's of the world are on her, and it is vital to humanity that she controls her identities.

 

Hoid tells the story slightly differently, the main difference being that he includes an epilogue. After the storms destroy the walls and bring in light, people are devastated by the destruction. But they also are better off without the walls, and they'd prefer it. This is because now they can see what they do, as opposed to before when they were in complete darkness. Hoid spins the tale as a reason to keep on going, even after tragedy. This might be the reason he chose this particular story to tell while comforting Shallan, after she discovers what her good deeds around Kholinar have really done.

 

 

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