Memoirs Of A Geisha

A Cinderella Story Have you ever done the unthinkable to get the attention of your true love? The film Memoirs of Geisha dramatizes how one can endure so much just to get what they want. The writer wants us to get up to a closer look into the life of becoming a Geisha so the film is narrated in first person point of view by Nitta Sayuri which is the main character. Sakamoto Chiyo (Sayuri) and her sister Satsu was separated from her family because their mother became extremely sick. When Chiyo’s dad threw the fish in the sea that is when she became aware of her mother’s illness. She came from an awfully poor village were her family was unable to provide for her so they gave her up. Chiyo was sold to an okiya (a geisha boarding house) but her sister did not have the looks like her so she was sold to be a “slave” (prostitute). At the Okiya, Chiyo will learn to blossom into a Geisha. A Geisha is an “artist” and to be a Geisha is to move like a work of art. A Geisha is not a prostitute to get more in depth they are Japanese woman who entertain men through dance and song. Some women become Geisha willing. In other countries they have women who participate in activities like
Once you are in the Geisha boarding house your first job is to go to your classes and do your daily duties around the house. This process was challenging for Chiyo because she had multiple people in her ear trying to tell her what to do. The transformation of her names shows how she grew up into a beautiful geisha. After meeting the chairman she thought that once becoming a Geisha she will hopefully meet him again one day. She was taken under the supervision of Mameha. Mameha and Hatsumomo did not get along they despised of each other. So it became a battle to see who would be chosen. Chiyo adopts her geisha name Sayuri. She persuaded Mother to invest in her and let her become the Geisha of the house. Sayuri was the most celebrated