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When Is Sayuri To Take Control Of Her Life Critical Lens

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In this quote, Nobu is telling Sayuri to take control of her life. This is relative to the theme of Destiny and Self-Determination. Sayuri compares her life to a stream once again, explaining to Nobu that she does not have any control over it. But Nobu retaliates, saying that she can easily move WITH the water, contracting the belief in fate. Some aspects in life can be controlled. Symbolism is also seen though this, as we are hearing Sayuri once again compare herself as a whole, to a body of water, with uncontrollable tendencies. For this quote, I found that it was a fall in Sayuri’s love life. Here Sayuri decides to sleep with another man, during this she is aware that her old ‘friend’, Pumpkin, is going to bring Nobu into the room; all
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