Slavery in Memoirs of a Geisha
Raul M. Oreo Jr. LS 303 Grp. 9
The following is the presentation of the findings to the given research problems including the analyses and interpretation to the selection which highlights the depiction of slavery and how it gravely affects the lives of the people.
"PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE LITERARY SELECTION” How does the main character faces the hardships in her life? Through the plot “Slavery is known to be a condition where one has a full authority and absolute power over another person (Merriam Webster Dictionary).” Slavery has been present in the life of Sayuri even at the start of the story in the novel. Sayuri, the main protagonist of the story unraveled a long journey before she reaches the most successful point of her life. Slavery affects the life of Sayuri in different factors, physically and mentally wherein she made adjustments for her to move on and step further to her path that directed the plot of the story. Moreover, she lived a life full of trials and misfortune. She experienced various experiences such as tragedy and romance that shapes and defines her personality and character. In the novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden, the main character experiences tragedy at her early stage of life. The social issue on slavery is very evident at the start of the story in which the main character experiences tragedy and her life have been ruined at such a young age. Beside from experiencing poverty while living at the countryside, her father, left with no other choice but to sell his daughters, the main character was unwillingly sold by her father to the Nitta Okiya. This situation in the plot proves that slavery is still common not only in the ancient times but also during the 1900s since the settings of the story is during the 1930s. She has been coerced to be enslaved and become a servant. Consequently, with her being bounded to the Nitta Okiya which is a Geisha house, she was exposed to the foreign and explicit
The following is the presentation of the findings to the given research problems including the analyses and interpretation to the selection which highlights the depiction of slavery and how it gravely affects the lives of the people.
"PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE LITERARY SELECTION” How does the main character faces the hardships in her life? Through the plot “Slavery is known to be a condition where one has a full authority and absolute power over another person (Merriam Webster Dictionary).” Slavery has been present in the life of Sayuri even at the start of the story in the novel. Sayuri, the main protagonist of the story unraveled a long journey before she reaches the most successful point of her life. Slavery affects the life of Sayuri in different factors, physically and mentally wherein she made adjustments for her to move on and step further to her path that directed the plot of the story. Moreover, she lived a life full of trials and misfortune. She experienced various experiences such as tragedy and romance that shapes and defines her personality and character. In the novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden, the main character experiences tragedy at her early stage of life. The social issue on slavery is very evident at the start of the story in which the main character experiences tragedy and her life have been ruined at such a young age. Beside from experiencing poverty while living at the countryside, her father, left with no other choice but to sell his daughters, the main character was unwillingly sold by her father to the Nitta Okiya. This situation in the plot proves that slavery is still common not only in the ancient times but also during the 1900s since the settings of the story is during the 1930s. She has been coerced to be enslaved and become a servant. Consequently, with her being bounded to the Nitta Okiya which is a Geisha house, she was exposed to the foreign and explicit