Memoirs of the Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha (Book Report) 1) Plot: This exotic fable is about a young, innocent girl named Chiyo (9 years old in 1929) who lives in a poor fishing village in Yoroido with her older sister Satsu, her father and sick mother. Since Chiyo’s mother is going to die soon and her father can’t do much to support their family, he sells his two daughters into slavery to a renowned geisha house. Chiyo has unusual …

…would happen to her and that is, she became enraged and fought with the Mother, therefore, she was kicked out of the house onto the streets. The final foreshadowing I was able to see was when Sayuri was sleeping with the Minister because there were footsteps near the building and the Minister assumed it was only birds chirping but I figured it would either be Nobu or the Chairman and indeed, it was the Chairman.