Childhood Innocence

Within the graphic novel all throughout the pages we can see hints of the absence of childhood innocence. Marjane is just a little girl that should have no worries in the world, yet she is being exposed to political term oil that is consuming her childhood innocence. When Marjane protests the veil in the beginning of the book, she is fighting a cause that is much greater than her. Rather than an average child just following the rules, she questions why the veil is there, it almost ignites a though inside of her as to why society is forced to conform underneath a certain rule. This questionability she has for social standards leads her to asking her father how the Shah came into power. She believed that God had chosen him due to what her schooling had taught her, yet it was an influential British man. Later on in the novel she calls out a teacher for reversing what she taught them about the Shah before the Revolution. This is just another example of how social standards are set and fear tactics are used to persuade people into doing what the Shah wants. While Marjane is wrapped up in the Revolution she is missing out on the experiences of a childhood, her innocence was taken early, even earlier than Anton;s innocence in The Assault.