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All I Asking for Is My Body
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Essay Topics
What are some examples of how Tosh and Kiyo code switch when speaking to different members of the community?
When do Mr. and Mrs. Oyama cede decision-making to their American-born children? How does this affect the power dynamics within the family?
How does birth order affect the opportunities of each of the sons? What opportunities might Jyun have that were not available to Tosh?
If Kiyo survives the war, what do you imagine the trajectory of his life to be? How will it differ from Tosh’s?
At the end of the novel, we know that Mrs. Oyama gives birth to a boy, but we do not know the sex of Tosh and Fujie’s child. How might having a daughter change Tosh’s attitude toward girls?
Is Tosh and Kiyo’s treatment of women a result of their Japanese background or their American upbringing? How does it differ from the treatment they feel they deserve?
What are some of the arguments for and against incorporating Hawaiian English Creole into the current-day curriculum in Hawaiian schools?
What role did sports play in preserving the status quo on the plantation?
How do you think the discharge of the debt will change Tosh’s relationship with his parents?
Think about Kiyo’s development over the course of the novel. Compare the extent to which he feels responsible for his parents’ debt at the beginning of the novel to his actions at the novel’s end.
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