dialogue part 3

What is the meaning of the title?

Throughout the ending of the book Tosh says several times “All I asking for is my Body.” I believe what he is saying is that he wants to live his life the way he wants to and have his own freedom, but instead he is throwing away most of his life because of his parents. Tosh and Kiyoshi’s parents owe a $6000 dollar debt, and because Tosh is the oldest son he is supposed to be the filial son. His parents expect Tosh to work hard and raise money to pay off their debt. Tosh doesn’t believe that he should be the one and he tells his parents that. Tosh finally tells them that he doesn’t want to pay off the debt because really it’s not his responsibility, that’s when they turn it over to Kiyoshi because they believe that he is a better son. At the end of the book Kiyoshi wins money from gambling, which he sends to Tosh to give to his parent so they are able to pay off all the debt. I feel that Kiyoshi is more respectful towards the way his culture works rather than Tosh is, and feels accomplished by paying off the debt.

Ch 19 Fragments

Sentence fragments are a word group that pretends to be a sentence and are usually most recognized when they appear out of context. For a sentence to be a sentence, it must consist of at least one full independent clause. A fragment can be fixed in two different ways: pulling the fragment into a nearby sentence or turning the fragment into a sentence. A subordinate consists of both a subject and a verb, and is know to be patterned like a sentence. Subordinate clauses can't stand alone and are used as adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. By deleting the opening word or words that make it a subordinate, you are capable of changing the clause to a sentence. Phrases also are used as adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, and can't stand alone. Parts of compound predicates, lists, and examples introduced by such as, for example, or similar expressions are other word groups that are commonly fragmented. There are five ways when a fragment may be used, they are for emphasis, to answer a question, as a transition, exclamations, and in advertising.

Chapter 19 taught me a good amount about how to repair a fragment. When I am typing up something on the computer, I usually end up with a fragment and never really understand what it is exactly or how to fix it. This chapter has taught me to understand that and will hopefully come into effect. I recommend reading over this chapter if you find yourself tangled up in fragment sentences a lot.