Memoirs of a Geisha; Chapters 31-35

I thoroughly enjoy the Minister. He's a horribly crude man but hilarious. The first encounter Sayuri has with him he ends up puking off of a little porch thing and then falling off the porch into his vomit. I laughed pretty hard while reading that part. Drunk people are usually pretty entertaining. Sayuri was confused as to how the Minister could possibly have had a good time, but he requested for her company again. It was bright of Sayuri to ask Mameha and Pumpkin to join them. I was sort of surprised to find out how crude Pumpkin was. I wasn't exactly expecting that because she was always such a cute little girl. She is now thoroughly enjoying all the American soldiers, though. Mameha was reluctant to join Pumpkin and Sayuri in their entertaining, which I found strange. When they rode on the plane and Sayuri started developing her plan to betray Nobu San, I felt a little sick. Nobu San was a good man and even though he could be a little mean had always treated Sayuri kindly. I think Sayuri just should have let him be her danna, but no, she had to devise a whole plan to get the Chairman instead. If I was Sayuri I would have given up on the Chairman altogether. He doesn't even show very much interest in her. When they all bathe together I was a little creeped out. Once again, though, its a difference in culture. They treat their bath like its a hot tub. Sayuri's idea to frame herself with the Minister is just gross. I'm not sure why she would want to portray herself in that way. I was surprised that Pumpkin betrayed her, but not too surprised. Sayuri had taken a lot away from Pumpkina and Pumpkin seemed to be quite a jerk nowadays. I guess at least Nobu San still found out about the whole encounter. I was surprised that the Chairman wanted to become her danna after he saw what she was doing. He must have loved her just as she had loved him. Their life is like bittersweet, though. Sayuri says how she's not really his wife. I imagine she would have loved to be, but thats not her job. I believe that they loved each other, even though it was never mentioned in the book. It was strange that they sort of mentioned that they had a son together. She said she couldn't say whether they had a son and whether or not they Sayuri had to move to America because of that. I'm not sure I would like to move to America. It would be quite a different lifestyle. Sayuri surely seems to enjoy life as an American, though. I suppose when the Chairman died Sayuri wouldn't have been too old. I enjoyed this book a lot. It was interesting to read such a detailed story about a lifestyle that is rarely explained. I liked the book and read the whole thing in a day shortly after I chose the book. Its funny because I chose the book because the girl on the front had such pretty eyes, and thats sort of how Sayuri become such a popular geisha. I watched the movie that was made after the book and I enjoyed that, too. I think it portrayed the book very well. I'm glad I chose this book for my Asian reading assignment.