Memoirs of a Geisha Person vs Culture
The theme Arthur Golden uses in Memoirs of a Geisha, is person versus culture. Sayuri struggles being a geisha because she wishes to be the mistress of the Chairman, the man that she is in love with. But this goes against the rules of being a geisha. ... Basically in layman""s terms, a geisha is an upper-level or high class prostitute. ... Everything that she wants, she cannot receive because she is a geisha. Also, in becoming a geisha, Sayuri has lost many loved ones. ... When Sayuri first arrived at the geisha house, she had already made a nemesis, a very beautiful geisha named Hatsumomo.