The Veil of OPPRESSION

At the very first part of the story, we are introduced to the veil and how the children react to it. The veil was meant as a sign of oppression, in which the children were forced to wear these veils to cover most of themselves up, shunning out individuality and diversity. This is represented by Marjane Satrapi's drawings of the children wearing the veil; they all look the same, same eyes, same noses, same mouths, covering up their hair, and clad in black. This links back to 1984, in which the Party's main objective was to make everyone think and act the same, denying them of their basic emotions and personality.