The teacher and the student are unable to have a proper dialogue, as well as the teacher and the oppressor conveying information to the teacher. The relationship is the same in both cases. The oppressor knows more than the teacher, and the teacher must not question his or her authority unless he or she wants to risk punishment. Because the oppressor is held in higher regard than the teacher, inequality of power does not allow for dialogue, and without dialogue there can be no understanding or change. In Persepolis, the protagonist Marjane is at school during a revolution in Iran and sees the information she is taught change depending on the interests of the government. When she disagrees with the correct information, the teacher sends her home and calls her parents. Although there was an opportunity for dialogue between Marjane and her teacher, she was simply punished for questioning her