So far it seems like the mother is trying very hard to keep Jeanette from sin and evil and is slowly failing. There comes a point that you can not shield or protect your loved ones from evil in the world. In "Exodus" Jeanette slowly starts to see different points of view other than what her mother has tried to teach her by Elsie. In the "Leviticus" she actually hears the sound of her neighbors fornicating. I am interested to see where this will end up and how much Jeanette's frame of mind will change by the end of the story.