Yes this is true it can fall on both.
We have two defining points in the continuum when it comes to satire and those are as stated Juvenalian and Horatian. They are based on the writings of two great Roman satirists Juvenal and Horace. Horace wrote with more amused understanding of truth and his is more wry amusement while Juvenal is more critical and wants to harshly criticize the issues.
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B. Grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story
Although there are various options, here is what I would write if I were in your position:
Learning tends to have a positive effect on a person's life in that (1) by learning, one gains a sharper sense of what one does not know and is so able to ask more pertinent questions and (2) by learning one gains insight into diverse perspectives, and thus the ability to reframe problems and possibly gain fresh insight into these problems.