. What two lessons does Marji learn from her mother? “The Party”

At play, a boy tells Marjane and a friend that Ramin’s father had been in the Savak, the Shah’s secret police, and that he had killed a million people. Marjane and her friends decide to put nails between their fingers and beat up Ramin. Marjane’s mother stops them and tells Marjane not to do such things, that it is not Ramin’s fault that his father had killed people. She tells Marjane that she must forgive.