Difference between revisions of "Jasnah Kholin"
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(→Personality: "ostracized a bit" is a very informal wording, also it downplays how a lot of people actually viewed her. Thus just changed to "ostracized") |
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She can be temperamental and prone to aggressive verbal outbursts when under stress, even when such a reaction isn't warranted or appropriate. When she calms down, and feels that her response was unwarranted, she feel guilty and apologize to the target of her outburst.{{book ref|sa1|8}} She recognizes this temper as one of her flaws.{{book ref|sa1|8}}
She has a brilliant mind and shows wisdom and care in her studies.{{book ref|sa1|3}} She is very passionate about scholarship and wants others to share in her passion as well.{{book ref|sa1|29}} She often encourages her ward, Shallan, to come up with answers on her own, rather than simply giving them to her.{{book ref|sa1|36}} She also deeply appreciates when people pursue knowledge out of desire to learn and expand their knowledge, rather than for any ulterior motive.{{book ref|sa1|8}} Furthermore, she respects and encourages persistence in others.{{book ref|sa1|8}} She considers history to be the most important literary sub art, as she believes that the present can only be fully understood by understanding the past in a factual and unbiased manner.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
She is prejudiced against the visual arts, going so far as to call them frivolities, although having Shallan as her ward may have changed her opinions on the subject.{{book ref|sa1|5}}
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