Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden pgs.1-80

After finishing In Harm’s Way, I decided to read the book Memoirs of a Geisha. I choose this book because I have always wanted to see the movie but I never had the time so I thought I should read the book then see it. So far this book has kept my attention. It is very different from what I am used to reading. The Japanese world is so much more different than ours and it’s very neat to see the differences.  I enjoy reading about the geishas and what they have to go through to become one. I never realized what it took to become one. There are many different steps one must take to be a geisha such as the training and school. I also find it very unusual that you don’t have to be pretty to become one. Most aren’t that pretty and it surprised me.

               I enjoy this book the most out of all that I read becomes it captures my attention the most.  I feel like I understand some of the problems that the “geishas in training” are going through. It also is neat to see a new perspective on things. I hope the movie is as good as the book. Click here to see the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUqiU8ya5co.

3 comments October 31, 2009