"The veil grows thicker over my eyes."
Mellie has always had a veil over her eyes. She thought she was in control of her life, but all of her choices have been influenced by others in some way. Though she defies the truck driver, she still keeps her promise to not go to the Dance Palace. She gets engaged and married because it was Yem's idea. Even her decision to have her baby in the grotto was a mimicing of her own birth as Rose told her. In this way, I don't see Mellie as a very independent character. She's had to become an adult very quickly with her circumstances in Oat, but never quite grasped the concept of making decisions for herself. When she dies, the veil of cloudy judgment descends over her eyes, representing how irresponsible she's been.
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