Category A, Prompt A

The passage I believe embodies the theme of Ms. Marvel the most is the last passage with Kamala's father, Abu. He tells her why her name is Kamala when she mentions that her name is abnormal and does not understand why other girls have normal names. He says to her, "It's a special name. Kamal means 'perfection' in Arabic." He then continues to explain to Kamala the reason for her perfection in her father's eyes. On this page, he drops the angry dad role that he has had throughout the book and took on a softer and more understanding tone with his daughter.  He then tells her what I believe the exact message to the readers of this comic book to be. Abu says, "You don't have to be someone else to impress anybody. You are perfect just the way you are." Her father tells her that he is just trying to do his job at her parent and make sure that she is always protected and is raised properly according to their lifestyle and faith. The point that I feel is to be made with this passage is that your parents may be annoying and seemingly creating rules for the feeling of power, but they are for good reasons that we, the readers, may not see ourselves. Also, if something happens that hinders us from doing something or puts us in harm's way, we will have that person to come to rather than having to attempt to solve every issue on our own. This is an important theme in young adolescent literature because the majority of youth do believe that their parents' rules are meaningless and stupid. 

At the end of this tender moment of reassurance for Kamala, her father turns colder again and says, " Good. Because you're still grounded. And I want you to have a chat with Sheikh Abdullah." Kamala thinks that Abu ruined that moment between the two of them, and he did. However, the purpose of this to show that even though your parents are loving and will do anything they can to help you. They are still your parent, not your friend. You can not be surprised when they play the stern parent role when you are in trouble. These are two very important messages that I gathered from this one passage.