Difference between revisions of "The Girl Who Looked Up"

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 foundnewfound 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'seyes of the world are on her, and it is vital to humanity that she controls her identities.{{cite}}

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.{{cite}}

The story is probably a metaphor for the humans leaving Shinovar. The wall would be the mountain chain blocking both storms and stormlightStormlight, and the strife that came from "breaking" the wall would be the first Desolation.{{cite}}