"It's bad enough not knowing the new alphabet and not being registered at the municipal offices, all I needed was to come to Oât a virgin."
I kind of laughed when I read this line, because the tone of the sentence made it sound like Mellie was some cliché preteen girl who, having moved to a new town, is worried about not fitting in with the cool kids. She's flung into this unfamiliar environment, but she comforts herself with the fact that she's no longer a virgin because at the very least people won't view her as inexperienced. I found it funny that she saw her virginity as a burden, a sign of her unpreparedness; she was glad to be rid of it because, in her naive mind, losing it gave her a sense of worldliness.
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