In story of your life mystery of what the creature exactly is gives a sense of passion to the main chracters.As they were curious wanting even a ” sound spectrograph” to know what they are saying .
The heptapods even though not being able to speak their language I’m time and space give a true sense of curiosity. in which often gets lost once one person loses the ability to try to learn more.
All together the devoted nature of the protagonist Louise as they went on “learning the rules of their script before writing anything legible” is another quote that determinates the passion to fully learn the hepatods ways inside and out. No matter the circumstance.
This could’ve been extended or added to however you did manage to summarize the the plot into your own words drawing details from the story with proper quotation and character motives
I agree that the protagonist is a very passionate person with a unique sense of skills. Do you think that she fulfilled her duties out of passion alone? Or do you think that she had some sort of ulterior motive?