At this point in
Memoirs of a Geisha, I would symbolize the character Chiyo as a puppy. Chiyo can be symbolized like this for many reasons. She has a lot to learn as a geisha in training. Likewise, a puppy has a lot to learn, like learning how it's bad to pee on the carpet, and it's bad to chew up an entire couch. Another reason why she can be symbolized like this is that puppies are very curious. Almost everything that they experience is new. Chiyo is being paraded around Gion, seeing many things that are entirely new to her. She had grown up in a small fishing town, but now that she was sold by her father, she lives in a a city, learning how to be a geisha. Because of this, she likes to sneak around at night, hoping to find a way escape from her terrible life as a maid in an okiya.
Another important character in the story is Hatsumono. She could be symbolized as a lion. Hatsumono feels threatened by Chiyo as soon as she turns up at the okiya that Hatsumono lives at. Immediately, Hatsumono tries to make Chiyo's life as miserable as she can. If a lion feels threatened, it will attack whatever is threatening it, similar to how Hatsumono attacked Chiyo in the okiya. Hatsumono is afraid that Chiyo will become a better geisha than her.
Duncan,
ReplyDeleteI really liked how in your blog you showed how the character Chiyo is symbolized as a puppy and gave lots of detail to back that up. You also did a good job of symbolising Hatsumono as a lion and backed that up very well also.
I love the deeper connections you made from the characters to the symbols. Like the curiosity of a puppy, and how it's still learning gave a great visualization of Geisha, even though I don't know who she is.
ReplyDeleteI like how you connected the characters to animals. Characterizing Chiyo as a puppy really tells me about his personality. When you characterized Hatsumono as a lion it really describes her personality and i feel like i know her even though ive never read that book.
ReplyDeleteI like how you added pictures to explain your posts, it helped me kind of understand what your book was about. I feel like i have connected with the characters even though I havent read the book.
ReplyDeleteThats cool how you relate the charcters to animals
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job explaining how characters related to animals and you had information to back it up i havnt seen someone do that before.
ReplyDeleteI like how you used similar animals to show that they aren't completely different, but one is curious and one is more defensive. It's easier to relate to the characters even if you haven't read the book. The pictures also help to visualize the characters personality.
ReplyDeleteThe conections you made beetween the animals is something that I think is very interesting
ReplyDeleteThe way you looked at the symbolism of the animals is intriguing. I think this book may be a viable option for me to read.
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job on comparing to the animals and what people in thiss book symbolize! It was very clever on how you came up with the different ways on how Chiyo relates to a puppy and how Hatsumono is like a lion.
ReplyDeleteReally like how you compared the characters in this book with animals! Keep doing what your doing Duncan!
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