lots of different stuff

Since I haven't had the chance to blog about Memoirs of a Geisha, it's about time i do so. The novel has such an intense and detailed plot, and I think the my favorite character of all is Hatsumomo. I've just been calling her Hatsu for short. But I think her evilness is the best representation of all the politics that were common during the times of a geisha.

Where to look first

Last week when we were all in a frenzy to finish Invisible Man, we breiefly mentioned that there were SOOO many allusions throughout the novel.
So far few of  the ones I've found are:
-The Great Gatsby: there were those Eyes, and the Sign that advertized optic white piant
-1984: the brotherhood is watching, the use of the name brotherhood. Did anyone look up 1984 as research?
-Brer Rabbit which they stated during the time he was at the hospital. I researched that fairy tale, and the connection is really weird but kind of interesting, but i'll save that for our seminars.
And now i've just gone kind of blank on what other connections i found in this book.
I have to say though as cool as it is that there are a bajillion connections to this one book, I really don't like that it's so vile....it all comes in a really overwhelming amount too.