Friday, November 18, 2011

Memoirs of a Geisha pgs. 401-428


Sayuri can’t imagine her life having Nobu as her danna. So, she asks Pumpkin to bring Nobu to a room so he can see Sayuri having sex with another man. Pumpkin brings the Chairman instead, because she knows this will mess up things. Pumpkin then tells Sayuri she’s still bitter that Sayuri became the daughter of the okiya, and it was supposed to be her. This is where we see Pumpkin start acting like Hatsumomo. After the incident Sayuri believes the Chairman will never become her danna, and is set to meet Nobu in a hotel. Instead of Nobu showing up it’s the Chairman. There the two express their feelings for each other, and the Chairman become Sayuri’s danna. Nobu was furious after hearing Sayuri had sex with another man, and abandoned her. Chairman takes Sayuri on a few trips to the U.s., and Sayuri decides this where she wants to stay. The book ends with Sayuri opening her own teahouse to entertain Japanese men, and admitting she was scared, but knows it was the right decision.

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