Since last night, I've read twenty more pages of the novel. Similar to the last entry I made, I can't do much more than give a short summary of what happened. It's not because of how short this last section was, it's mainly because this last section had few big events to describe. The first event was Sayuri's mizuage. Sayuri and Doctor Crab are bound as mizuage partners. And they spend a night together at an inn...which is extremely awkward for Sayuri. There are basic reasons why you can guess it'd be awkward for her. But what makes it worse is that the Doctor says he will collect the blood from it...creeper? I think so. anyways, after it is over, they leave the inn in the morning, and the Doctor gives her herbs towill avoid pregnancy. Since her mizuage, Sayrui wears a new hairstyle, and notices other geisha who have the new hairstyle and thinks lower of the girls who have not yet had their mizuage. Also since her mizuage, Mother has put a stop to Hatsumomo's tormenting Sayuri. Another event that has occured is that Nobu has asked to be Sayuri's danna. Sayuri does not want this though since she does not share the feelings with Nobu and this would ruin her chances of being the Chairman's danna. She expresses these feelings to Mameha, who says she is in no place to be choosy with who her danna will be. Also, she hints she is not happy with the Baron. Sayrui becomes a full geisha and makes many observations about geisha during this section, and makes many realizations about life, especially when she entertains the men in the military. They talk about all the things at war, and after hoping these things will lessen her suffering after learning she will not be able to be with the Chairman, she realizes they just make her realize how selfish her suffering is. Later on, Mameha tries to collect her money from the bet she made with Mother about Sayuri paying off her debts before she is twenty, but Mother tries to get herself out of paying the full amount of money. Sayuri takes Mameha's side, though, instead of Mother's, which pays off because Mameha tries to convince Mother to make a man named General Tottori become Sayuri's danna, instead of Nobu, since she knows Sayuri does not want to be with Nobu.
This section was pretty meaningful to me, especially since I understood Sayuri's feelings even more. She exposes her thoughts even more in this section, which gives reasoning for her selfish actions. I can't help but think I would do the same thing in her situation, which makes me relate to her even more. Sayuri's life is almost fully developed now, even though she is only eighteen. From what she has explained about a geisha's life so far, I can't see anything exciting happening anytime after she finds out who her first danna will be. But I guess I'll have to keep reading to find out!
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