Through some difficulties, Sayuri finally succeed in achieving her goal and spent her life with the man she loved.ĭOI: 10.22161/ijels.4.3. These characteristic was drawn in Sayuri’s attempt in getting close to a man who was giving her a new purpose in her life. Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by. This was portrayed in 4 characteristics of the main character, Sayuri, who was strong-willed, brave, persistent, and resourceful girl. The result showed the theme in Memoirs of a Geisha was about achieving a goal, to achieve one’s goal, one has to struggle. This study used library research as the methodology and obtained the primary data from the novel, while the supporting data obtained from books and internet sources. Keywords: Theme, characterization, struggle, goal.Ībstract: This study concerned on the analysis of theme viewed from the portrayal of the main character in Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work – suspenseful, and utterly persuasive.Vol-4,Issue-3,May - June 2019 Author: Adri Christiawan, Gentara Alam Bumi Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett O’Hara. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geisha’s elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child’s unusual blue-grey eyes. According to Arthur Golden’s absorbing first novel, the word “geisha” does not mean “prostitute,” as Westerners ignorantly assume–it means “artisan” or “artist.”
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