As a young child, Marjane is aware of what is going on in the Iranian Revolution, but she is hearing the information from a biased source.
Extension Since Marjane is young, she believes whatever she is told. Unlike her parents, she does not possess access to unbiased sources, so her main source of information is from school. The government controls the schools, so they choose what the schools teach. They will make the schools teach whatever makes the regime look good, so the selective teaching creates a bias. While Marjane and her parents are talking about the king, she says, “I love the king. He was chosen by God…It’s written on the first page of our schoolbook” (Satrapi 19). Marjane’s prejudice is apparent when she explains why she loves
