Flight: A Novel

How is the loss of purity theme depicted within the narrator's conversation about giving blood?

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The unnamed narrator meets a fellow traveler who hails from an island nation. She explains to the narrator that her country has a law concerning the donation of blood. Once she visits the UK, she will never again be able to donate blood, since her blood will be considered contaminated. The narrator wonders if the woman's sacrifice of purity had been worth it.