Memoirs if a Geisha
Arthur Golden
500/500
Historical Fiction
Sayuri is 18 now and she doing okay with her new companion mr tottori. He treats her well and compliments her a lot. Since sayuri is becoming very popular and earning a lot of money mother decides to let sayuri have a bigger room then hatsumomo. Hatsumomo is very mad and decides to go into her room one day and finds Sayuri's diary which has thoughts that a geisha shouldn't reveal and her thoughts about people like the chairman but in the end she just let sayuri have it. Hatsumomo's career is over after a few weeks due to her not trying as hard anymore to be a geisha and according to a doctor she was mentally unstable, Mother kicked her out and everyone believes that after a few years she became a prostitute and an alcoholic and died. As for pumpkin she was lost without hatsumomo as her sister but she was still a pretty good geisha. It was a though time during world war II but they had general tottori to support them, they also helped soldiers and other okiyas by giving them goods. General tottori was taken into custody and they're okiya was searched. The war was getting worse and worse and now the men couldn't help the geisha's any longer and they were all on their own but one day Sayuri met up with Nobu and they decided that after the war they would be companions and he would help her and her family in the war. During the war many people died, Sayuri went to live with another family and sold kimonos while mother worked as a nurse int eh local hospital and Tottori died eventually. The family he was staying with was really nice to her but she got really thin and was very worried about the people she cared about. After the war ended in 1945 it still wasn't safe for her to go back to her okiya so she stayed another year. Nobu came to see sayuri and told her that he could take her back home and he could be her danna and he would give her lots of jewellery and treat her right as soon as his company got back on their feet. She returned home after a few weeks and went to see all her old friends like memeha, pumpkin and nobu. She made her appearance as a geisha again and performed for american soldiers. She decides to have a party with Nobu, Pumpkin, Memeha and Chairman and it is loads of fun. Sayuri entertained the minister and chairman a lot for a long time after that and Nobu asked to be her Danna. They all went on this really nice honeymoon thing in and island with Chairman and Nobu but all she could think about was Chairman. Her plan was to make Nobu break up with her and see her sleeping with the minister but instead Chairman saw her and not Nobu. They end up talking about it a few days later and They find out that they have both been secretly in love with each other! Chairman becomes her Danna and then we see forty years later she lives in new york with her son and Chairman died peacefully and in love with her.
I think this book was actually pretty good i liked the story line but it was a bit too long for me. I am so happy that hatsumomo is finally out of Sayuri's life and that she will never bother her again. Im also really happy that Chairman and sayuri are finally together. Im also really glad that Mother is okay after the war. I wonder what happened to pumpkin and nobu after wards.
- "how curious is it what the future brings us. you must take care, Sayuri, never expect too much"(485)
I really like this quote because it is true that you never know what will happen int he future, Sayuri probably expected Nobu to forgive her and Pumpkin to be her friend again but that didn't happen but at teh same time she probably didn't think that she would be with Chairman but she did in the end, you can never be sure of what will happen.
Arthur Golden
500/500
Historical Fiction
Sayuri is 18 now and she doing okay with her new companion mr tottori. He treats her well and compliments her a lot. Since sayuri is becoming very popular and earning a lot of money mother decides to let sayuri have a bigger room then hatsumomo. Hatsumomo is very mad and decides to go into her room one day and finds Sayuri's diary which has thoughts that a geisha shouldn't reveal and her thoughts about people like the chairman but in the end she just let sayuri have it. Hatsumomo's career is over after a few weeks due to her not trying as hard anymore to be a geisha and according to a doctor she was mentally unstable, Mother kicked her out and everyone believes that after a few years she became a prostitute and an alcoholic and died. As for pumpkin she was lost without hatsumomo as her sister but she was still a pretty good geisha. It was a though time during world war II but they had general tottori to support them, they also helped soldiers and other okiyas by giving them goods. General tottori was taken into custody and they're okiya was searched. The war was getting worse and worse and now the men couldn't help the geisha's any longer and they were all on their own but one day Sayuri met up with Nobu and they decided that after the war they would be companions and he would help her and her family in the war. During the war many people died, Sayuri went to live with another family and sold kimonos while mother worked as a nurse int eh local hospital and Tottori died eventually. The family he was staying with was really nice to her but she got really thin and was very worried about the people she cared about. After the war ended in 1945 it still wasn't safe for her to go back to her okiya so she stayed another year. Nobu came to see sayuri and told her that he could take her back home and he could be her danna and he would give her lots of jewellery and treat her right as soon as his company got back on their feet. She returned home after a few weeks and went to see all her old friends like memeha, pumpkin and nobu. She made her appearance as a geisha again and performed for american soldiers. She decides to have a party with Nobu, Pumpkin, Memeha and Chairman and it is loads of fun. Sayuri entertained the minister and chairman a lot for a long time after that and Nobu asked to be her Danna. They all went on this really nice honeymoon thing in and island with Chairman and Nobu but all she could think about was Chairman. Her plan was to make Nobu break up with her and see her sleeping with the minister but instead Chairman saw her and not Nobu. They end up talking about it a few days later and They find out that they have both been secretly in love with each other! Chairman becomes her Danna and then we see forty years later she lives in new york with her son and Chairman died peacefully and in love with her.
I think this book was actually pretty good i liked the story line but it was a bit too long for me. I am so happy that hatsumomo is finally out of Sayuri's life and that she will never bother her again. Im also really happy that Chairman and sayuri are finally together. Im also really glad that Mother is okay after the war. I wonder what happened to pumpkin and nobu after wards.
- "how curious is it what the future brings us. you must take care, Sayuri, never expect too much"(485)
I really like this quote because it is true that you never know what will happen int he future, Sayuri probably expected Nobu to forgive her and Pumpkin to be her friend again but that didn't happen but at teh same time she probably didn't think that she would be with Chairman but she did in the end, you can never be sure of what will happen.
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