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 Memoirs Of A Geisha﻿ By Arthur Golden   Week I

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Date covered April sixth

**Summary**  Chiyo and her sister were taken from their family to become geishas. They were separated and Chiyo continues to wonder where her sister is. She is being trained in the geisha ways.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Key Points**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chiyo as blue eyes instead of brown[[image:memoirs-of-a-geisha-profile.jpg align="right"]]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Auntie is helping and protecting Chiyo
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hatsumomo does not like Chiyo
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hatsumomo is the most senior geisha

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Current theme** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Love/Lust/Family Love <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Physical – virgins more expensive <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Question of whether or not they (Chiyo and Satsu) will escape <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Question of whether or not Chiyo and Tanaka get married

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Connections**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Taking Children - An issue we read about was taking children from their families. This is like in real life child services.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Manipulation - My own sister is very much like Hatsumomo, she's very manipulative
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Carlisle Indian Industrial School - This school relates to Carlisle Indian School with taking children away
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">School and the difference of teachers. Teachers have many personality.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To Holly's sister and Sarah's sister.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Today's reading reminded me of the movie Mulan. In both stories, they are forced to be geishas. They do not meet the standards of normal geishas.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">**Travel Traces**
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where today's action begins (Page 8-9): The setting started in the Yoroido, Chiyo's hometown. It's a poor place and fishing in the sea is the main job
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where today's key events happened (Page 34-36): Chiyo is seperated from her sister. She was forced to go and train to be a geisha and her sister is a prostitute.
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where today's events end (Page 100): Chiyo saw Hatsumomo and her boyfriend on the floor with him feeling her up.
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Di had amazing pictures:

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