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After reading the chapter “The Sheep” I feel that I have a much better understanding of the politics behind how the government is able to get away with treating prisoners as inhumanly as was described in the chapter “The Heros”. My own understanding of revolutionary Iran is limited outside of the book and up until the chapter “The Sheep” I was confused about several points. Mainly how Islam, usually a very peaceful religion, was used at this time to cause destruction and permit torture. However, Anoosh’s explanation that due to the illiteracy in Iran religion was one of the easiest unifiers made it clear why it was used to unite the nation. In addition, showing that the boy Satrapi likes, Kaveh, is moving to the united states and her mother
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