I. Introduction Talking to us with the knowledge of age and in a voice without delay haunting and startlingly instant, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old lady with uncommon blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her residence and bought into slavery to a famend geisha home. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; carrying kimono, elaborate make-up, and hair; pouring sake to disclose simply a contact of internal wrist; competing with a jealous rival for males’s solicitude and the cash that goes with it.
In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world the place appearances are paramount; the place a lady’s virginity is auctioned to the best bidder; the place girls are educated to beguile essentially the most highly effective males; and the place love is scorned as phantasm. It’s a distinctive and triumphant work of fiction—without delay romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and utterly unforgettable.
II. Comparability and Distinction After studying a lot of optimistic critique concerning the novel, I purchased a copy and learn it eagerly the second I took maintain of it. I’ve seen the film lengthy earlier than I learn the e book. It was the film that captured my curiosity and based mostly on my expertise, the books are all the time higher than the film, apart from The DaVinci Code which I believe, doesn’t have any distinction with the e book, that’s why I made a decision that it’s a should to learn the novel.
The characters have been vividly described. I used to be carried away by the feelings of the characters particularly Nitta Sayuri, who was firstly, often known as Chiyo, the lady from a poor coastal city who was bought to an okiya to be educated to turn out to be a geisha. It was centered on how a geisha is educated, concerning the life of a geisha. I all the time felt myself controlling my feelings particularly on attempting sequences within the novel. I used to be controlling my feelings simply how Sayuri did, the way in which a geisha ought to.
The character of Hatsumomo, however, made me really feel combined feelings. I used to be indignant as a result of of her cruelty to a helpless youngster however I additionally pity her as a result of she is aware of that this very younger helpless lady can eat her alive if she is going to get correct coaching as a geisha. The primary actual kindness that she skilled from the “Chairman” touched her deeply and gave her hope, a sense of function which vanished completely after she failed to fulfill her older sister once they deliberate to runaway and return to their residence.
The e book confirmed me that geishas usually are not prostitutes. They’re well-trained, skilled entertainers and though they, most of the time, manipulate males’s emotion for their very own welfare, they know the place their stand and that these males’s cash have been reciprocated by providers sufficient that they don’t thoughts spending them. Communities depended significantly on Geishas, in a roundabout way however by the earnings they get from how the Geisha’s enterprise operates. The e book made me perceive how arduous it’s to be a Geisha, how a lady provides her virginity to the best bidder and how loving doesn’t have a area in a lady’s life if she actually wish to achieve her profession.
The film didn’t do a lot explaining because the e book however it was good. It didn’t present how meticulous it’s to tie an obi. I didn’t really feel overwhelmed by the dance scene as I felt studying the way it was described within the e book. Additionally they modified how Hatsumomo left. Within the e book, she bought so indignant on a consumer that she bit him and after that, she was kicked out of the okiya however within the film, she burned their okiya. I believe it was a main turning level and shouldn’t be modified. It was additionally talked about within the e book the way it felt unusual when Hatsumomo was not residing there of their okiya anymore. It was a good probability to play on the feelings of the viewers.
However there have been good issues concerning the film reminiscent of good soundtrack which carried on the temper and emphasised the feelings felt in several scenes, the casting was good though I might have chosen a prettier Mameha, and the colours have been vivid, and some scenes made me undergo the identical feelings once more as after I learn it within the e book such because the distant romance between the Chairman and Sayuri. I might additionally prefer it higher if it was proven within the film how the Chairman grew to become Sayuri’s danna and that the 2 of them moved to NYC and Sayuri determined to place up her personal teahouse there.
III. Response
The film is a nice complement for the e book. It was good by itself however studying the e book will make you perceive extra, not solely about being a Geisha however the tradition in China, the complexity of the distinction in financial standing, the traditions that remained well-kept, and the depth of the sort of relationship that Sayuri and the Chairman had.
The characters have been nicely introduced within the books in addition to the settings and scenes. I like studying and I don’t get simply uninterested in books however it is usually uncommon that I really feel heavy within the chest to simply put a e book down. “Memoirs of a Geisha” is one of my favourite novels and though the film didn’t make it to my record, it’s a must-see if you happen to learn the novel. It could be a lot better if you happen to learn the e book first as a result of the film will simply Help you to visualize though that will not be wanted as a result of all the things was vividly described by Arthur Golden within the novel the identical means Rob Marshall exactly recreated the scenes that preserved the novel’s lovely tragedy.
