"The Islamic Revolution," would be the most important vocabulary word that is shown in this chapter as it is the root of all the other problems that go on in the upcoming chapters. The Islamic Revolution was a religious uprising that occurred in the year of 1979 against the Shah of Iran.
The word itself can tell us what we are going to be learning throughout the story, as the whole book is literally about the Islamic Revolution in a 1st person view told by Marjane Satrapi. Throughout the book it tells us about the fundamentalists and their practices in a very detailed way (page. 75, 125), and also explains the events that took place during the time Marjane was still in Iran (in a way that we readers can understand in a simple way). The story of how the Shah of Iran came to power (page. 19) was even explained in the book which shows us that with all of these events, stories, people, it can teach us more and more about the Islamic Revolution which is very helpful to us in understanding the book.
Overall, The Veil was a part of the book that gave us a brief explanation of the story of Marjane and what was going on during the time when she was still a youngster and didn't know what the veil signified (page. 3), and even thought she could become a prophet.
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