Typically, a story, whether short or long does not reveal its total focus or even hint at its theme until, usually, at least midway through its discourse. To do so would distract the reader from focusing on the story as a whole and, instead, pre-focus the reader on single mindedly tracking the theme, which is not necessarily a bad thing. When using parables the intention to pre-focus the reader is usually very clear, becoming evident …showed first 75 words of 601 total…

…showed last 75 words of 601 total…of personal and public disdain. In this case, it is clear that both the title and the veil function as powerful conveyers of the theme within the story. The theme if not in total, does, in part, suggest that personal sin and sorrow are far too horrible to be shown outwardly and as long as the ugliness of our sin remains hidden, we can manage to bare to interact with one another at some level.