Analysis Of The Veil By Marjane

Register to read the introduction… This chapter is called “The Veil”, and she explains how in 1980 they were first forced to wear the black veil at school. This started demonstrations in the streets between the women of the communities fighting for ‘the veil’ against ‘freedom’. Marjane’s mother participated in one of these demonstrations and a picture was taken of her and published in a newspaper in Iran. Scared for her life, “She dyed her hair, and wore dark glasses for a long time” (5). The fear the authorities have on her made her change her appearance to disguise herself. This was a tactic that was necessary for her to survive. Another example occurs later in the chapter called, “The Wine”, in this chapter Marjane is watching her mother put up curtains over their windows in her living room and gets curious and decides to ask her mother what she’s doing. Her mother explains that, “The black curtains are to protect us from our neighbors”, and how, “A glimpse of what goes on in our house would be enough for them to denounce us!” (105).This is when it becomes clear to Marjane that not only does she have to fear the regime, she also has to fear the people in her community. Also in this chapter there is another incident where the Satrapi family is on their way home and they are pulled over by authoritative members of the regime for no reason at all and given a form of a sobriety test, they are then forced to drive to …show more content…
In the United States we focus more and more every day to make sure that we have the best law enforcement to ensure that there is “justice”. There have been many cases in history where incidents have occurred that have been classified as “Racial Profiling”, this is when the law enforcement (police) stops and questions an individual(s) based on stereotypes and preconceived thoughts about their race. This has been an ongoing problem in the African American community in the U.S. There have been incidents that have occurred that have been made internationally known like, the beating of Rodney King in 1991 and more recently the murder of Trayvon Martin. These events cause fear in the African American community when the police are involved. In the Rodney King beating consisted of a videotape of an African American male being beat continuously by four police officers during traffic stop. This caused a rise in the public and had many African Americans fearing that they too would be treated unfairly if they were pulled over. In the more recent case of Trayvon Martin, a seventeen year old was followed by a neighborhood watchmen, this ultimately ended up with him dead. He was unarmed and surely not expecting his fate. The police and watchmen represent the oppressor in the U.S the equivalent in Iran would be the Regime. Another huge problem that occurs in the U.S that is an international problem